Mel Tillis

And I got to know Red Foley well. And I got to know Lefty really well, he was a great guy. ↗

— Mel Tillis

#great #guy #i #know #lefty

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. ↗

— Mel Tillis

#dog #duties #going #had #her

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. ↗

— Mel Tillis

#bit #both #could #daddy #family

And then, when I started to school, I found out I couldn't talk. ↗

— Mel Tillis

#i #out #school #started #talk

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. ↗

— Mel Tillis

#church #every #folks #go #holiness

But if you put a script up in front of me to read, or a cue card, I couldn't do it without stuttering. ↗

— Mel Tillis

#cue #front #i #me #put

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. ↗

— Mel Tillis

#country music #days #early #full #less

But now I've been in the arena for 47 years and I stutter less today than I did in those days. ↗

— Mel Tillis

#been #days #did #i #less

But Patsy, she was a great, great girl. And Brenda Lee is a wonderful person, and her mama Grace. I've known those folks for years and years and years. ↗

— Mel Tillis

#folks #girl #grace #great #her

I didn't get to meet Hank Williams. I was in the Air Force on Okinawa when he passed away. ↗

— Mel Tillis

#air force #away #force #get #hank