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July 1, 2022

Hi Gang:

Well, I guess if we’re going to start off a new month with a problem this is a good problem to have:

We have sold completely out of my new CD!!

By the time you read this our supply should be replenished, but for the past several days we’ve been jumping through every hoop we could find trying to locate some copies to fill the orders backing up in our office. The label has been struggling, too, as even their pre-orders out distanced anything any of us envisioned. Like I say, it’s a nice problem to have, but it’s a problem just the same.

Thanks so much for your incredible response and for your patience. As soon as a new supply comes in our front door, I’ll be autographing them and Judy will be shipping them out the back. Above all, don’t stop ordering. This is only temporary!

Also by the time you read this our new video featuring Dolly Parton should be just about ready for viewing as well, and I sure hope you like it. The editing process has taken a bit longer than we planned, but last I heard it was 98% finished. The song, “Someday It’ll All Make Sense,” is already playing on quite a few radio stations around the country and the response has been extremely positive. I’m hearing reports of it not only being played on the classic country stations but on some gospel and some bluegrass channels as well. People are telling me that it’s a message that needs to be heard during these crazy times, and I hope it speaks to each of you in a positive way.

Speaking of gospel radio, I got a very pleasant surprise last week when the gospel song I co-wrote with Jerry Salley, “Go Spread The Gospel,” showed up as the #1 bluegrass gospel song of the week in the Bluegrass Today popularity charts. I told you a couple of months back that the reigning Bluegrass Entertainers of the Year, Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers, had recorded it and I’m thrilled with the success it is enjoying. If you haven’t heard it check it out here.

It sure was fun having so many of you in town last month for CMA Fest, and the day I spent signing my new record at the Universal Music booth was one of the true highlights for me. I saw many of you that I hadn’t seen in years, and enjoyed renewing old friendships and making some new ones. I’m told we had one of the longest autograph lines in the building…my aching hand told me that if nothing else! To all of you who took the time to stop by, thank you.

I was on the Opry three consecutive nights…Thursday, Friday, and Saturday…and after the Friday show, Universal Records and the Opry co-hosted a meet ‘n greet backstage with me and Bill Cody. Folks who bought the new CD from the Opry gift shop that night were invited to join us, and we had a ball. Fans came forward and asked questions, Bill Cody was his usual warm and wonderful self, and I didn’t want to stop when our time was up. In fact, I didn’t…I kept saying “Let me tell just one more story.” Somebody finally had to turn the power off!

From the personal corner of my world, I had a wonderful Father’s Day with my three children and a few days later was able to celebrate my son, Jamey’s, forty-fourth birthday. Where did the years go?

We’re scheduled to be on the Opry the 2nd, 12th, and 16th of this month. Tune us in or come see us if you can. I hope those of you in America will join me in celebrating Independence Day with a grateful heart, and that we’ll see you back here again in August. Stay cool.

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August 2, 2022

Hi Gang:
 
And thank you, thank you, thank you!!
 
In all my years in the music business, I have never received as much positive reaction to anything I’ve done as I have these past few weeks to the release of both the recording and the video of “Someday It’ll All Make Sense” with Dolly Parton.
 
Your social media posts, your texts, your e-mails, your cards ‘n letters, have been overwhelming, and I just wish I could thank each of you personally. There’s no way to explain how it touches me when you say how the song touches you….illustrating one more time the undeniable power of music.
 
Dolly has been unbelievable in her support as well, calling our working together “the most meaningful fun I’ve had in years.” Trust me…that goes both ways! She is the ultimate professional, and by her lending her undeniable talents to this project, she has caused it to receive much wider exposure and acceptance than it could have possibly received otherwise. I told her we need to get matching socks and go on the road!
 
Oh, and have you heard that an acoustical/bluegrass version of the record is coming later this month? The official category in which it will be released is called American Roots, and it features great musical talents like Sierra Hull on mandolin and her husband, Justin Moses, on fiddle and dobro. With their unique touches added to the existing musical bed, it gives the song an “earthiness” (is there such a word?) that Dolly and I both love. The recording and lyric video are scheduled to be released to both the bluegrass and the country/gospel markets on August 19th.
 
Thanks, too, to those of you who have ordered and continue to order the “As Far As I Can See” album from which this song came. In addition to other, more traditional outlets, it’s the first record of mine to ever have been on sale in the racks at CrackerBarrel. I’m told it goes great with ‘taters and cornbread! You can even order up second and third helpings if you’d like!
 
With all the excitement swirling around our new music I haven’t said much about my 61st Anniversary as a member of the Grand Ole Opry which came back in mid-July. I appreciate so many of you remembering it, though, and I continue to be a proud member of this most special country music family. I’ll be onstage there this month on the 2nd, the 12th, the 13th and the 27th.
 
A great young country singer and songwriter, Bradley Gaskin, has released a song he and Jim “Moose” Brown and I wrote a few years back called, “Sunset And Wine,” and you can listen to it by going to https://songwhip.com/bradleygaskin/sunset-and-wine.  It’s definitely “country,” and I hope you’ll like it. I’ve got several other songs I’ve written that have either just been recorded by other artists or getting ready to be. I’ll keep you posted as they become available.
 
And for any of you who may be in or around Nashville later this month, I’ll be doing a songwriters’ evening at the Bluebird Cafe with Bobby Tomberlin and Buddy Cannon on August 24th, and another round with my fellow Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee, Steve Dorff, at the City Winery on October 4th. If you’re going to be here on either of those dates, mark our shows down on your calendar and come see us.
 
And don’t forget our “As Far As I Can See” exhibit which continues into next year at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.
 
I hope you’ll all staying safe in the heat and away from the renewed Covid outbreaks taking place all around the country. At one point in July, there were five people in my family and business organization testing positive for Covid. Even my doctor contracted it and had to cancel one of my appointments. Fortunately, none of the cases was serious. The heat, however, is extremely serious, and I hope you are continuing to take all the recommended precautions and staying cool. Thankfully, we finally got a little rain to bring down the temperatures a bit in Whisperville.
 
Have a great month of August, and we’ll see you back here in September. Thanks again for continuing to be the best group of fans anybody could be lucky enough to have.
Hi Gang:
 
And thank you, thank you, thank you!!
 
In all my years in the music business, I have never received as much positive reaction to anything I’ve done as I have these past few weeks to the release of both the recording and the video of “Someday It’ll All Make Sense” with Dolly Parton.
 
Your social media posts, your texts, your e-mails, your cards ‘n letters, have been overwhelming, and I just wish I could thank each of you personally. There’s no way to explain how it touches me when you say how the song touches you….illustrating one more time the undeniable power of music.
 
Dolly has been unbelievable in her support as well, calling our working together “the most meaningful fun I’ve had in years.” Trust me…that goes both ways! She is the ultimate professional, and by her lending her undeniable talents to this project, she has caused it to receive much wider exposure and acceptance than it could have possibly received otherwise. I told her we need to get matching socks and go on the road!
 
Oh, and have you heard that an acoustical/bluegrass version of the record is coming later this month? The official category in which it will be released is called American Roots, and it features great musical talents like Sierra Hull on mandolin and her husband, Justin Moses, on fiddle and dobro. With their unique touches added to the existing musical bed, it gives the song an “earthiness” (is there such a word?) that Dolly and I both love. The recording and lyric video are scheduled to be released to both the bluegrass and the country/gospel markets on August 19th.
 
Thanks, too, to those of you who have ordered and continue to order the “As Far As I Can See” album from which this song came. In addition to other, more traditional outlets, it’s the first record of mine to ever have been on sale in the racks at CrackerBarrel. I’m told it goes great with ‘taters and cornbread! You can even order up second and third helpings if you’d like!
 
With all the excitement swirling around our new music I haven’t said much about my 61st Anniversary as a member of the Grand Ole Opry which came back in mid-July. I appreciate so many of you remembering it, though, and I continue to be a proud member of this most special country music family. I’ll be onstage there this month on the 2nd, the 12th, the 13th and the 27th.
 
A great young country singer and songwriter, Bradley Gaskin, has released a song he and Jim “Moose” Brown and I wrote a few years back called, “Sunset And Wine,” and you can listen to it by going to https://songwhip.com/bradleygaskin/sunset-and-wine.  It’s definitely “country,” and I hope you’ll like it. I’ve got several other songs I’ve written that have either just been recorded by other artists or getting ready to be. I’ll keep you posted as they become available.
 
And for any of you who may be in or around Nashville later this month, I’ll be doing a songwriters’ evening at the Bluebird Cafe with Bobby Tomberlin and Buddy Cannon on August 24th, and another round with my fellow Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee, Steve Dorff, at the City Winery on October 4th. If you’re going to be here on either of those dates, mark our shows down on your calendar and come see us.
 
And don’t forget our “As Far As I Can See” exhibit which continues into next year at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.
 
I hope you’ll all staying safe in the heat and away from the renewed Covid outbreaks taking place all around the country. At one point in July, there were five people in my family and business organization testing positive for Covid. Even my doctor contracted it and had to cancel one of my appointments. Fortunately, none of the cases was serious. The heat, however, is extremely serious, and I hope you are continuing to take all the recommended precautions and staying cool. Thankfully, we finally got a little rain to bring down the temperatures a bit in Whisperville.
 
Have a great month of August, and we’ll see you back here in September. Thanks again for continuing to be the best group of fans anybody could be lucky enough to have.
FromBill-btn

June 2, 2022

Hi Gang:

June is finally here, which means the release of our new album is only a few days away. And I can’t begin to tell you how excited I am.

In all my years in the music business, I have never felt the love and support from a record company and a promotion team that I’m feeling right now from Team BA and the folks at UMG Records. They have set me up with media interviews all around the world, an hour-long appearance on Talk Shop Live, CD covers to autograph, promotional t-shirts, an upcoming appearance at Fan Fair X during CMA Fest, ads in the Opry souvenir programs, and other things I have never received before. Plus, a few days ago I got to film a video with Dolly Parton to promote the first single from the album, “Someday It’ll All Make Sense.”

I can only say that everyone should have the experience of working with Dolly, the consummate professional in everything that she does. She has mastered the art of being serious when need be and being loose, and wacky, and funny anytime she can. Like during the filming when our award-winning director, Trey Fanjoy, was calling out instructions to us across the studio. Dolly interrupted her by yelling, “Speak louder, Trey. Bill is hard of hearing and I’m hard of listening.” Dolly takes her work seriously, but never seems to take herself too seriously. I don’t have the words to describe my love and admiration for this incredibly special woman. Hopefully, you’ll enjoy the video when you see it.

May was a special month in Whisperville any way you slice it. Not only did I jump headfirst into working to promote my new record, but I got to help shine the spotlight on my friend, Jamey Johnson, when I inducted him into the membership of the Grand Ole Opry on May 14th. By now I’m sure you’ve seen the pictures and heard the soundtracks, but suffice it to say I was almost as excited as Jamey was. He and I have been friends, fellow recording artists, and songwriting partners for 25-years or so, and I’ve known the entire time how badly he wanted to be an Opry member. I’m happy for him, and I’m equally happy for the Opry. They just gained a wonderful new member.

Going back to speaking of Talk Shop Live, I had a great time spending an hour there with my buddy, Bill Cody, back on May 25th. We talked about my upcoming record, laughed a lot, took messages from viewers (they told us folks were watching all around the world), laughed some more, and hopefully sold a few copies of the new album. If you have pre-ordered your copy, thank you very much. I hope you will enjoy it. And in answer to many questions, yes, we will have them for sale through our office beginning on June 10th.

Lots of you seem to be finding music from my very first albums in the digital world these days as well. As I told you earlier this year, Universal has uncovered 31 of my records that have never been released on Spodify, YouTube, Pandora, Tidal, and other streaming formats, and they are making them available a few at a time. The first four are out now, and I’ve seen some awfully nice comments that you’ve left for me on the various sites. Thank you…I appreciate your kind words very much.

May was also a sad month on several musical fronts with the passing of Naomi Judd, Mickey Gilley, and arranger and keyboard maestro, Bill Walker. I had the pleasure of working with each of them over the years, and they will all be missed.

On the personal side, I guess many of you have heard that my grandson, Gabe’s, cancer is finally in remission, and he was able to go with his family on a week’s vacation in California. So many of you have lifted Gabe and the family up in your prayers, and those prayers are definitely being answered. This is not the end of Gabe’s journey, though, so don’t stop now. Thank you so much and God bless.

I’ll be on the Opry June 9th, 10th, and 11th during CMA Music Fest, and will be signing autographs in the Universal/UMG Fan Fair X booth the afternoon of the 10th. Come see us if you’re planning to be in Nashville.

Thanks for everything, have a great month, stay cool, and we’ll see you back here again in July.

FromBill-btn

May 3, 2022

Hi Gang:
 
Well, it’s a good thing I took a few days off at the end of April to relax and stare at the ocean for awhile. From the looks of things, I might not get a whole lot more rest for the next six weeks or so. Things are poppin’ all around me!
 
UMG Records sent out a press release last week detailing the exciting news about my rejoining the label that I called home for 23-years and the initial projects that are on the horizon. First, is a new album called, “As Far As I Can See,” which will be released on  June 10th. It will contain 14 of my biggest hits from across the years  plus two duets with Dolly Parton. Two days after the announcement, the record was already the #1 most pre-ordered record from Amazon!!  You’d be hard pressed to get the smile off my face right now!!
 
One of the two Dolly duets is the original demo recording of “If It’s All The Same To You,” which Dolly recorded with me not long after she moved to town in 1964. The other, and the one I am so incredibly excited about, is the song you might have heard me sing on the Grand Ole Opry and/or Larry’s Country Diner called, “Someday It’ll All Make Sense.”
 
You may have heard me sing it, but you’ve really not heard the song until you hear it with Dolly’s voice added to the mix. The few people who have heard it say that it reminds them of the old Porter & Dolly duets, and that’s just about the best compliment our record could be paid. It’s stone country, and I think you’ll be surprised at how well our voices blend. Plus, the positive message of the song makes it one of the favorite records of my entire career. I can’t wait for you to hear it.
 
Oh, and did I mention that Dolly and I are set to film a video together in a couple of weeks? It’ll be a tough job, but somebody’s got to do it!
 
In the meantime there’s a lot of other things going on. On May 3rd I am recording a TV visit with my friend, Clint Black, for his new show on the Circle Network. When they give us an air date I’ll let you know. Jeannie Seely and I are also taking part in the filming of a documentary tribute to the late Minnie Pearl that same day. Somewhere between May 23rd and May 29th the interview I did with Jimmy Fortune for his new show will air on seven different networks across the country. You can check it out at www.mylifemysongs.com by clicking on “Shows.” 
 
My Sirius/XM radio buddy, Dallas Wayne, has invited me to join him on May 7th to perform his new song, “He Even Brought Her Flowers,” for the first time on the Opry. And on May 14th I’ll be joining the Opry cast and management in officially inducting my longtime friend, Jamey Johnson, into the Opry family. I’ll be on the Opry two more times in May as well, the 28th and the 31st.
 
I had a great honor bestowed on me a few days ago when the Atlanta Braves’ 2021 World Series championship trophy made an appearance in Nashville, and they asked me to be the one to present it to the fans down at the Hall of Fame. Me and a whole bunch of my fellow Braves fans did the “Chop” and laughed and relived a lot of great memories from last season. I even got to try on a World Series ring…and it made my treasured Grand Ole Opry ring look mighty small in comparison.
 
People are starting to ask if I’m going to take part in any CMA Music Fest activities this year, and the answer is yes. I’ll have the details in our June newsletter.
 
On the personal side, my grandson Gabe had pain management surgery (injections) in late April to try and ease the pain from the arthritis with which he has been diagnosed. It seems like it’s one thing after another for him, and we continue to thank you for your thoughts and prayers on his behalf. Just don’t stop now.  
 
Here’s wishing each of you a merry, merry month of May, and we’ll see you back here in early June. Thanks for everything….
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