TILLIS, MEL
(*1932)
TILLIS, MEL (b. Lonnie Melvin T., Tampa, Fla., August 8, 1932) A fine songwriter and performer, Tillis hit his stride in the late 1950s as a writer and in the late 1960s as a performer. Born in Tampa, Tillis was raised in the small town of Pahokee, Florida, where he learned to play the GUITAR. After serving in the Air Force in the early 1950s and spending two years in college, Tillis went to Nashville in search of a career as a singer. WEBB PIERCE liked his material, and recorded Tillis's I'm…