COUNTRY MUSIC REMEMBERS MEL TILLIS: BOBBY BARE, RANDY TRAVIS, ALABAMA, CHARLIE DANIELS, JEANNIE SEELY, LORRIE MORGAN, MOE BANDY, MAX T. BARNES, EXILE, JOHNNY LEE, LEE ROY PARNELL, TIM RUSHLOW AND PAUL BOGART
Many of fellow country artist friends come out and publicly remember their good friend Mel Tillis. Hearts are breaking all over Nashville tonight. Mel and daughter Pam Tillis “ I’ve lost a brother. Mel was the very first person I met when I came to Nashville in the late ‘50s and we’ve been friends ever since. I’ve lost another fishing buddy and a talented, talented brother. Without Mel and ‘Detroit City,’ I probably would not have had a career. Mel’s one of those people you’ve got to love. ” - Bobby Bare , fellow Country Music Hall of Fame member and bandmate of Tillis' in " Old Dogs " with Jerry Reed and Waylon Jennings. Mel Tillis co-wrote Bare's smash-hit "Detroit City." "Mel was a special friend, great artist, and constant inspiration to me—Heaven’s choir just got sweeter." - Randy Travis, fellow Country Music Hall of Fame and Grand Ole Opry member “Hall of Fame entertainer and songwriter — he was all in one, a great combination. H