Billy Joe Royal passed away on this date ten years ago. I opened six shows for him in Michigan that year and we drove up together on three occasions. Billy had an office in the Mel Tillis building, where I wrote, when I first came to Nashville. Billy had many country hits in the late 80's and early 90's like "Burned Like A Rocket" and "Tell It Like It Is" and huge Pop success in the 60's and 70's with hits like "Down In The Boondocks", "Hush" and "Cherry Hill Park". He shared dozens of stories o