Mel Tillis's Profile
Brief about Mel Tillis: By info that we know Mel Tillis was born at 1932-08-08. And also Mel Tillis is American Musician.
Some Mel Tillis's quotes. Goto "Mel Tillis's quotation" section for more.And I got to know Red Foley well. And I got to know Lefty really well, he was a great guy.
Tags: Great, Guy, RedBut if you put a script up in front of me to read, or a cue card, I couldn't do it without stuttering.
Tags: Front, Put, ReadBut now I've been in the arena for 47 years and I stutter less today than I did in those days.
Tags: Days, Less, TodayI didn't get to meet Hank Williams. I was in the Air Force on Okinawa when he passed away.
Tags: Away, Force, MeetI'll do about 13 shows in Branson next year, and I'll be performing at the Grand Palace.
Tags: Next, Shows, YearI'm not retiring.
Tags: RetiringNo, my son's a songwriter and he does that.
Tags: Son, SongwriterWell, you know, back then there wasn't many albums, it was the singles. You sold singles.
Tags: Albums, Singles, SoldYou know, being an entertainer is partly being on the road, and a lot of your songs come from the road.
Tags: Road, SongsAnd I began to tell little anecdotes that had happened to me, and people would laugh. And I began to like that, you know. But I knew that, 'cause I'd do that in school, but I wouldn't do it out there in front of all them people.
Tags: Laugh, School, TellAnd I had to take care of a little dog too named Suzy. It was the promoter's wife's - Judy Lynn's - it was her dog. And one of my duties going on the tour was to take care of it.
Tags: Care, Her, WifeAnd my daddy could play a harmonica and also the guitar, so I guess I got a little bit from both of 'em, but I think mostly from my mother's side of the family.
Tags: Family, Guitar, MotherAnd they turned around and leased it to The Assembly Of God Churches - their headquarters are in Springfield, Missouri. They leased it to them for the first year. Then, after the first year, they will donate it to the church.
Tags: After, God, YearAnd you know, we'd go to church. We were Baptists. And every now and then there'd be a tent would set up, and it was the Holiness folks. And we liked their music.
Tags: Church, Liked, MusicBut I've got a lot of ideas, I bought me a ranch in Florida and I still have my farm in Ashland City, Tennessee so I'm gonna spend a little time at each one of those places and you'll probably hear some more songs out of me.
Tags: Hear, Ideas, TimeRelated topics
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