My Dad on steel, Shobud made that steel right after Mel won Entertainer of the year, Tyler Hall has it now, I was there with dad that day filming. It was done at the back studio at the opry. johnny Cash was there that day too. i was at vending machine. and Cash was waiting around, so he bought me a candy bar out of the machine.. he was really nice guy
Stutterin' boy was never better than in this classic with his kid. Mel Tellis is a gem, his music makes you tap your feet. He's written a million good ones for everyone, but he was a classic on his own. Not forgotten.
I've been a fan of Pam Tillis since I heard her first song.. A family friend played the fiddle for her and her father at one time.. Seeing Pam preform here singing behind her father has given me a new love for her. I grew up in family business,, so rock on...!!! A word for Mel,,,, keep on singin & a jokin.... "MOST RESPECT""
I have had the good fortune of working in the country music industry as an audio engineer during the best of the times. I mixed for Mel and the Statesiders many times. It's truly a shame what the want mores have done to the country music industry. Sure..there is a lot of money to be made but you know what? They RUINED it. when I'm old and feeble laying on my death bed I will take some very fond memories with me. Because I was there.
monmixer I couldn't agree more. I grew up listening to country music in the 1960's, '70's and '80's. Stopped listening in the mid-late 1990's and every year since then country radio has gotten progressively worse.
A #1 hit for Mel Tillis on the Country & Western charts. It was the 389th #1 C&W song of the Rock Era. It also hit #1 on the Canadian C&W charts. On a personal note, I saw Pam Tillis in February 1996 at the now closed Greenwood Civic Center (SC). Collin Raye and Jeff Carson opened.
This song was written by Kenneth McDuffie, and award winning songwriter. Kenny was born in Garrison, Nacogdoches County, Texas. A good man who is now deceased.
I remember seeing him going to Branson a lot with Conway Twitty and all the other country music singers. I wish I could go back and relive those days. I miss my hometown of Ozark Missouri.
