BILL BLOG
Thursday August 28, 2025
Thursday it is. 84 degrees high here in Music City today, and we have a couple of 90-degree high days on tap again. So, Fall is not quite hear yet…so pull the pumpkin-flavored everything off the shelves.
YESTERDAY
My writing session was with Jerry Salley and Kristy Cox. Jerry is the head guy at Billy Blue Records, and he’s written and produced Kristy’s records for a long while. Award-winning records in Australia, where Kristy is from originally. The two of them are writing and stacking up songs for her next project, which should be released late this year or early next year.
Both of them have been on the road quite a bit. In fact, Kristy is just back from a tour in Ireland.
We compared pictures and notes as both of us love the Emerald Isle. I showed her this picture of a VRBO my wife and I stayed in when we were there to marry my daughter.
Some kind of VRBO huh? And then the picture of the wedding site that she was familiar with in beautiful Northern Ireland.
I think anyone who’s been to Ireland wants to go back. Uh, and maybe get another pint of Guinness.
I brought the idea yesterday that Kristy loved, so we wrote towards that. There’s more work to be done on this one, so we’ll gather again in a couple of months to finish it up.
KATRINA
Here’s another fun tease of the song “Stones” from my friend Katrina Burgoyne that she’s releasing as a single soon. We wrote the song a couple of years ago, and both of us knew it could be a great song for her, and it has certainly been that in “live” performances, as the audience always lights up when she sings it. It’s fun to watch that for sure.
CONGRATS!
I’m so happy for my talented friend Emily Ann Roberts, who signed a deal with Sony Records yesterday. That was bound to happen, and the former Voice contestant’s talent is obvious to all. She is destined for great things as she’s a double threat. Not only does she sing great, but she has an INFECTIOUS personality. If you follow her on her socials, you already know that.
And I feel very blessed that she sang on a song that I wrote with her and Alex Miller, which made a little noise when the two of them recorded “More Country Than You”.
Way to go Emily Ann!
SONG OF THE DAY
Something a little different. This is a jingle that my friend Steve Dean and I wrote in about 20 minutes that won a contest for a flooring company here in Nashville R&S Wood Flooring. The company has used our jingle in TV and Radio commercials for a long time. Heck, it even popped up on a movie theater screen once! I always joke on stage that it’s my most-played song ever on the radio. And it just might be. Check out our little JINGLE here.
SEPTEMBER
Here’s my show schedule for September, which is just a few days away.
September 4-6 in Marion, Illinois, with Freedom Sings USA writing songs with veterans.
Saturday, September 13, in Livingston, Tennessee, at Main and Monroe for two shows with Lauren Mascitti.
Saturday, September 20, at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum for a songwriter show with Steve Dean.
For more info on these shows and others, click the TOUR tab on my website.
HEALTH NOTES
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized COVID-19 vaccines for the fall…but only for high-risk groups.
A new wellness trend is at hand…or at fingers in this case. Professional back-scratching. Yep. Women with long fingernails are scratching your back. It’s already happening in Miami. And they say it’s good for you.
A man in China has received the world’s first-ever pig lung transplant in a groundbreaking medical procedure.
HERE'S YOUR SIGN
I'll keep my eyes wide open.
I DON’T WANT THIS
Actress Emma Stone claims that the first time she had to wear a corset for a film she was part of that her organs shifted. Uh…nope. I would have passed on that role. Call me crazy, but I don’t want to feel any of my organs shift. I like them where they are. I think that may have happened one time when I flew in an acrobatic airplane, but that’s for another time.
POWERBALL
It’s worth 950 million now after there were no winners from yesterday’s drawing. Wow. What would you possibly do with that kind of money?
Not all lotto winners buy wisely. Some buy some very odd things. Here are a few.
A fireworks factory.
A wrestling league.
One woman who won bought her sister breast implants. And now I’m trying to figure out what stupid thing I can buy if I win.
FUNNY MARRIAGE QUOTE
Don’t know who said it…but it’s funny.
“Marriages are made in heaven. Then again, so are thunder, lightning, tornadoes, and hail”.
TODAY’S HEADLINE
This fake funny one from Babylon Bee…although there is some truth in this.
Local Man Would Rather Wander Store For Hours Than Ask For Help. (Been there)
TODAY
I’m writing with noted bluegrass artist Rebecca Frazier, who is also a gifted guitar player. My publisher helped set up this online writing session today after I asked him if he knew any artists from the state of Virginia who played well. I have an idea for a song that has Virginia roots in it, and I think Rebecca could be the perfect co-writer for this. We’ll be meeting officially online this morning to chase that idea. Looking forward to it.
Have a great Thursday!
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