American - Musician | August 8, 1932 - November 19, 2017
I'll do about 13 shows in Branson next year, and I'll be performing at the Grand Palace.
Mel Tillis
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And 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.
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And I got to know Red Foley well. And I got to know Lefty really well, he was a great guy.
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And 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.
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And 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.
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And then, when I started to school, I found out I couldn't talk.
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And 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.
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And 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.
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But 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.
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But if you put a script up in front of me to read, or a cue card, I couldn't do it without stuttering.
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But in those days - in the mid-'50s, early '60s - there was less than 300 radio stations that were playing country music and a lot of that wasn't full time.
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But now I've been in the arena for 47 years and I stutter less today than I did in those days.
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