TILLMAN, FLOYD
(*1914)
TILLMAN, FLOYD (b. Ryan, Okla., December 8, 1914) Tillman is a legendary HONKY-TONK SINGER/SONGWRITER who was also a pioneer performer on the electric guitar. In the words of the Faber Encyclopedia of Popular Music, What JIMMIE RODGERS did for railroads in country music, Tillman did for adultery with his most famous composition, 1949's Slippin' Around. Tillman was a multitalented instrumentalist who performed with many of the Southwest's best WESTERN SWING bands in the 1930s, beginning with the…