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Tuesday July 8, 2025

 

Tuesday morning, back at home in Music City. We’ll hit 88 for a high with rain today, and it looks like a chance of rain all week. We’ve had more rainy days than I can ever remember having here in Nashville through the first half of 2025.

 

YESTERDAY

It was all about getting home from Missouri. And I did, with some great memories from the weekend of two shows back home in the Show Me State.



 

Yesterday, as I wrapped up my trip, I had so much fun at the Florida Winery and Resort that my musical friends Will Denton



 

And Becky Denton manages.



 

Can’t wait to go back there again one day.



 

NEXT SHOW

I’ll be in Shiloh, Illinois, for a third time on August 1 and 2 with Freedom Sings USA to write songs with veterans once again. And on August 2, myself and the songwriters you see on the poster below, will perform those songs to honor these veterans in a free concert.



 

Come and join us if you can.



 

SONG OF THE DAY

When I was back home, it was impossible not to see the miles and miles of tall corn out in the fields, with Dekalb and Pioneer Seed corn signs everywhere. Fertile farm country for sure. Those kinds of views were how I grew up, and was the inspiration for the song of the day “Corn”, which I wrote with Lisa Shaffer, and was the first song of mine that Darin and Brooke Aldridge recorded that they still perform during their shows today. If you’ve spent any time in the Midwest like I did, you can see the view described in our SONG.

 

In fact, they’ve recorded the song twice. Once on an early album of theirs, and then a second time on an album they recorded “live” at a Bluegrass festival.



 

HEALTH NOTES

Cardiologists are reminding those with hypertension to be very mindful of their salt intake. Increased salt intake affects how your kidneys manage the water balance in your body.

 

A nutritionist claims that the healthiest seafood to eat, in order, are sardines, mackerel, herring, clams, and trout.

 

Here’s an odd health fact. The average person makes enough saliva in a lifetime to fill 2 swimming pools.

 

HERE’S YOUR SIGN



 

Sort of a two-for-one stop.

 

PRIME

Amazon Prime Days begin tomorrow. Big savings on everything they say. We get our fair share of Prime boxes stacking up on our porch. I’ve checked. There is no 12-step program so far for those addicted. I’m sure we need to order items like Pickle Lip Balm, A Salmon Pillow Cushion, a “Dancing With Jesus” book, or a Nicolas Cage Pillowcase. Right?



 

GREAT FLYING NEWS

It looks like the TSA has done away with having to step out of your shoes at airport security lines. That started yesterday. That should speed up the lines a bit. But we could see a decrease in the sales of slip-on shoes.

 

 Now, if I can get them to stop taking my guitar case and going through it like I’m stashing something illegal, that would be awesome.

 

FUNNY LINE

This one is from Rita Rudner, who is a very funny comedian. I interviewed her in Las Vegas once while covering an awards show out there when I was on the radio. She’s very quick and intelligent. She said this. “Some people think having large breasts makes a woman stupid. Actually, it’s quite the opposite. A woman having large breasts makes MEN stupid.”



 LOW-COST CARS

They are hard to find these days, according to CarGurus.com. Especially vehicles priced under $30,000. The toughest 3 to find? The Chevy Malibu, the Honda Civic, and the Buick Encore GX.

 

Meanwhile, some of the hardest vehicles to sell are the Audi A7, the Nissan Leaf, and the Audi 8.

 

TODAY’S HEADLINE

I Was Dive-Bombed By An Evil Gull. (Duck and cover y’all)

 

TODAY
I’m writing with Brady Seals and Lauren Mascitti this morning. The first time for the three of us. I’ve written with both many times, but never together. Maybe I can get Brady to share some stories about his long-haired days with the band Little Texas.



 

Have a great Tuesday!

 

 

 

 

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