mel tillis

Who would have thought that a childhood bout with Malaria and the stuttering that it caused would become a signature for today's KLAW Classic artist.

December 4th, 1956 During a Carl Perkins recording session also involving Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee, Elvis Presley visited the studio and jammed with Perkins and Lewis extensively with the tape recorders rolling.

November 27, 2006 Montgomery Gentry’s Troy Gentry plead guilty in Duluth, Minnesota, to a misdemeanor charge involving his killing of a captive black bear in 2004.

The very first number for Mel Tillis was actually a single by the song's co writer 13 years before it reached number one. Webb Pierce and Mel Tillis co wrote today's KLAW Classic 'I Aint Never', and Pierce recorded it and released it as a single...

2000  LeDoux Receives Liver Transplant Chris LeDoux underwent a successful liver transplant, after discovering he has primary sclerosing cholangitis.

1992 Brooks & Gill Reign At The CMAs Vince Gill and Garth Brooks are double-winners in the 26th annual Country Music Association awards at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry House.

Mel Tillis has one of the strongest voices in Classic Country Music.  Who would have thought that he has trouble speaking?

Mel Tillis returned to the stage of the Grand Ole Opry this weekend for his first performance since emergency quadruple bypass surgery in March, as part of Nashville’s annual CMA Music Fest.

Country Music Hall of Famer Mel Tillis underwent heart surgery over the weekend, but daughter Pam Tillis reports that the 81-year-old is doing very well.

When you hear Mel Tillis talk, all you think about is the stutter.  But, when you hear Mel Tillis sing, that is a different story all together.  Mel developed the stutter during a bout with Malaria as a child, but it never affected his ability to sing.

Your KLAW classic today comes from the another classic artist celebrating a birthday.  Mel Tillis was born in Florida 80 years ago today as Lonnie Melvin Tillis.

Country Music Hall of Famer Mel Tillis was amongst eight recipients of the President Obama’s National Medal of the Arts on Monday. The 79- year-old accepted the honor from the president in the East Room of the White House.