BILL BLOG
Wednesday January 21, 2026
Hump Day Wednesday.
And it’s all about keeping an eye on that winter storm that will move through this weekend. Today’s forecast predicts 6 inches of snow, and ice will be part of the equation for parts of middle Tennessee. Fingers crossed that Nashville will not freeze over, causing power outages and more, especially since the high temperature over the weekend is expected to be around 21 degrees above zero.
Six inches of snow will shut things down in the south in a hurry. But ice? Even worse. And you would be right. The South does not handle snow well.
And you know things are bad when this guy shows up with a bad forecast.
GEORGIA SHUTDOWN
I remember a trip my band was taking from Missouri to play in Lakeland, Florida, once, and we hit a major snowstorm in Georgia. Not a snowplow to be seen everywhere, and cars and trucks were sliding off the road. We finally managed to pull off the interstate to get gas. When I went in to pay the bill, on the counter was a child’s little bucket with a plastic shovel inside. A note on the bucket read, “Georgia Department of Transportation”.
42 will be the high in Nashville today as we brace ourselves.
YESTERDAY
I had no writing appointment yesterday, so I spent some time tweaking a song or two, and doing a grocery store run to prepare for possible Armageddon here in the south…S N O W
The little dead-end road we live on requires being alert when you drive it WITHOUT any snow, with a couple of hair-bending, blind curves. I’ve had my heart race more than once when a school bus or big delivery truck rounds those curves at the same time I am. So, if we get ANY kind of snow on our road? We won’t be going anywhere until it melts.
But…we’ve got groceries!
CANCELLED
Our “Hits & Grins” show was cancelled for this Saturday night in Lebanon, TN, due to snow concerns. Good plan. It has now been rescheduled to the middle of March.
GOOD NEWS
No, GREAT news really. I got a text from a music friend letting me know that a major bluegrass act has indeed recorded a song I helped write with my friend Laura Leigh Jones that will be released in the middle of the year. I can’t share the name right now, but if you follow the genre at all, you know this act. And yeah, I’m a tad excited. I got to hear the “rough” mix of it yesterday for the first time, and it’s just truly an awesome cut.
Totally made my day.
SONG OF THE DAY
You just can’t have enough songs about trailers. Brent Burns and I have written a couple of those, including this one, “Double Wide in the Sky”. The person in this song isn’t asking for a lot when he passes. He’s just asking the Lord to provide for him a place…a “Double Wide in the Sky” kind of space. Click on the link to watch and listen while a "lively" crowd in New Orleans helps Brent sing our song.
One of Brent’s fans, Myrna Riley from Hopedale, Louisiana, sent this picture to Brent letting him know she was thinking of him.
Now THAT truly is what the song is all about.
HEALTH NOTES
Flight passengers have been warned as airline water systems test positive for contamination.
Research says that those who stop taking weight loss drugs, on average, regain about 0.9 pounds per month. Researchers also estimated that body weight and risk markers for diabetes and heart disease would return to pre-treatment levels in less than two years.
The CDC claims that flesh-eating flies are spreading through Mexico. (What a pleasant thought)
HERE’S YOUR SIGN
Never hurts to have another skill set if you choose to be a musician.
SPEAKING OF SNOW
Nashville got creative with it’s snow plows. The Metro school system ran a contest where kids named the snowplows that are going to be everywhere this weekend in Nashville. Some of the winning names were:
Dolly Plowton
Blizzard of Oz
Frosty The Snow Plow
Snowella
And…Music City Plow
I’ll be keeping my eyes open for one of those.
THEM AN US
Donald Trump owns a separate house near Mar-a-Lago. He just put it up for rent. It will only cost you 1.47 million dollars a year to rent it.
I think I’ll stay at the Holiday Inn nearby.
HUSBAND TWEET
“Reached that age where the first conversation my wife and I have with each other every day is about how we slept.”
VALENTINE
I have no idea what to get my wife for Valentine’s Day. But I know what NOT to give her. A heart-shaped pizza would be one of those things.
Although if she doesn’t like it, it won’t go to waste.
DEFINITELY not this.
But maybe…this.
Considering how many times I would ring that bell, I would also have to give her Chapstick too. So there’s that.
COUNTRY MUSIC NAMES
You can tell Country Music has changed sometimes by the names of the artists. The #10 country song on the charts right now is “Amen”, recorded by Shaboozey & Jelly Roll.
It’s not Johnny & June anymore.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
From Mark Twain:
“Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with their experience.”
TODAY
I’ll be writing with a couple of talented folks today, Andrea Pearson and Caroline Owens. Andrea and I wrote the song “Telluride,” which is Caroline’s current bluegrass single and is still climbing the charts and getting a lot of airplay. We’ll celebrate that a little, I’m sure.
Have a great Wednesday!
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