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RIP Mel Tillis

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Hotch
Hotch Posts: 3,564
edited November 2017 in EggHead Forum
And we have lost another one of the good ones.
Rest in Peace

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2017/11/19/country-music-legend-mel-tillis-dead-at-85.html

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  • Jeremiah
    Jeremiah Posts: 6,412
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    Heard about it earlier on the willie Nelson Sirius station. They're playing a bunch of his music. 
    Slumming it in Aiken, SC. 
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  • Hotch
    Hotch Posts: 3,564
    edited November 2017
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    He was one of the best "Story Tellers" along with Tom T. Hall.
    Just take a look at the list of songs he wrote and co-wrote:
    https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/2825/works?sort=date#creditedWorkssong

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  • Gym
    Gym Posts: 366
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    GregW said:
    The loss of Mel is a real blow to traditional country music. What passes for country music today is not even in the same class as the great artist from the past.
    Amen brother. We lost one of the great ones.
    Modern country music is heading in the wrong direction. Maybe that's a discussion for another day.
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  • lwrehm
    lwrehm Posts: 381
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    I grew up hating his style of music, my father listened to it all the time...as I grew up (not really older) I began to realize that the traditional county music was truly in my head and heart...Goodbye Mel, and thank you.
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  • northGAcock
    northGAcock Posts: 15,164
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    So long me me me Mel Tillis
    Ellijay GA with a Medium & MiniMax

    Well, I married me a wife, she's been trouble all my life,
    Run me out in the cold rain and snow
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  • GregW
    GregW Posts: 2,677
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    Another artist that I have always liked is Marty Robbins, he was a great story teller also. There are so many greats that are no longer with us. I like to put on a great playlist on the country greats on the patio late at night. The last song that always closes out the night is Rainy Night In Georgia with Conway Twitty and Sam Moore from the Rhythm Country And Blues album. It never fails to send chills through me. 
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  • thetrim
    thetrim Posts: 11,357
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    That sucks.  Wasn't he the guy who Studerred all the time except for when he sang.  
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    XL 6/06, Mini 6/12, L 10/12, Mini #2 12/14 MiniMax 3/16 Large #2 11/20 Legacy from my FIL - RIP
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  • Hotch
    Hotch Posts: 3,564
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    Yes sir.  
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  • tml1230
    tml1230 Posts: 237
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     mel tillis and Lewis grizzard- u know they are  in heaven sharing a couple beers tonite 
    Sarasota Fl. and  Lake Toxaway N.C. (and Novembers on the island of Kauai) (and April in France.... Don't hate on me for that)
    BGE  medium and minimax
    HOW  BOUT THEM GATORS !
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  • SamIAm2
    SamIAm2 Posts: 1,896
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    tml1230 said:
     mel tillis and Lewis grizzard- u know they are  in heaven sharing a couple beers tonite 
    "That dog will bite you" - Lewis Grizzard, yep miss both of them. 
    Ubi panis, ibi patria.
    Large - Roswell rig, MiniMax-PS Woo; Cocoa, Fl.
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  • westernbbq
    westernbbq Posts: 2,490
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    Hilarious in canonball run. With bradshaw....after they run the car in the pool.  That cracks me up every time!
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