"Hits & Grinners" Steve Dean & Victoria Venier are on the roster for this year's Gatlinburg Songwriters Festival coming up in August.

That time our friend wil nance sat in with us and played fiddle at the Flora-Bama.

Congrats to "Hits & Grinner" Bill Whyte who has the title track and the new single off this new album from Alex Miller on Billy Jam Records this Friday.

Happiest of birthdays to "Meem"...Victoria Venier Mom.

Congrats to "Hits & Grinner" Bill Whyte who is a co-writer on this new single release from Dailey & Vincent, "Moon Shines On The Still." youtube.com/watch?v=QRdmSj…

You'll find "Hits & Grinner" Steve Dean & Bill Whyte in Anna, Illinois this weekend for a Freedom Sings USA event, writing songs with veterans.

Anybody else "Want To Join The Amish?" youtube.com/watch?v=ehWVCJ…

Brady Seals on stage last night at Chiefs singing "Been There, Drunk That", that he co-wrote with "Hits & Grinner" Bill Whyte

Here's a sign we wanted to steal that we saw on the way into Payson, Arizona, a few years.

"Hits & Grinner" has two songs on the IBMA ballot. "Telluride" for "Best Song of the Year", and "Church Bells A Ringin'" for "Best Gospel Recording of the Year."

"Hits & Grinners" Bill Whyte & Steve Dean are in Anna, Illinois today through Saturday with Freedom Sings USA writing songs with veterans, with a free Saturday night concert.

A little tease here of the new song "Memories & Gin" that "Hits & Grinner" Bill Whyte co-wrote with Alex Miller, that's on Alex's brand new album "More Country Than You." facebook.com/share/r/18NbZM…

"Hits & Grinners" Bill Whyte & Steve Dean will be part of a Freedom Sings USA concert tonight in Anna, Illinois, performing songs they each wrote with a veteran yesterday. Showtime is 6:45 pm.

"Hits & Grinners" Steve Dean & Bill Whyte at a Freedom Sings USA breakfast table yesterday morning in Anna, Illinois.

"Hits & Grinners" Bill Whyte & Steve Dean on stage in Marion, Illinois for a Freedom Sings USA concert.

Guess which of these two is wearing bell-bottoms?

It's getting to be that time of year where you can play music in shorts, well, one of us can.

"Hits and Grinners" Steve Dean & Bill Whyte will be part of this great concert in Shelbyville, TN next weekend.

That time we were strumming on the big state at CMA Fest.