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The Florida Strawberry Festival's headline entertainment is going beyond country in 2010 to include rock music's REO Speedwagon and Lynyrd Skynyrd, best known for the 1974 Southern anthem "Sweet Home Alabama." The festival stage will include members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, including Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Righteous Brothers' Bill Medley, ...

It took several tries before Kenny Rogers became a star. As a member of the First Edition , he shared in some million-sellers, among them "Reuben James" and "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town," an excellent Mel Tillis song about a disabled veteran.

Musical varieties as far flung as country western and calypso raise the art of "Hodgepodge" to new heights.

Tanya Tucker had her first country hit in 1972, when she was just 13 years old. Over the succeeding decades, Tucker became one of the few child performers to mature into adulthood without losing her audience, and during the course of her career, she notched a remarkable streak of Top Ten and Top 40 hits.

When Mel Tillis turns 74 on Tuesday, no one could blame him for planning a farewell tour or at least pondering semi-retirement. But after a half-hour phone conversation, it's obvious that the singer, songwriter, comedian, song publisher and bandleader is having too much fun to call it day.

I've read a lot of my friend's and co-worker's blogs posting on various aspects of their personal struggles, mostly about weight loss and getting fit.

Super songwriter Mel Tillis has a whole lotta love and gratitude for this singer called Robert Plant.

Mel Tillis clearly remembers the last time he performed in Fredericton. The show was held at the Aitken Centre in 1983.

A couple of weeks ago, talking to Mel Tillis on the phone from his Florida home, I asked if he had any memories of our province from tours here years ago.

Country singer and songwriter Mel Tillis is known for his music. But when he makes an appearance at this year's Wiregrass 50+ Expo in Dothan this week, he'll be speaking.

Today, is part one of two on the outspoken and entrepreneurial entertainer, Toby Keith.

The hit new show Opry Country Classics presented by Cracker Barrel Old Country Store returns this fall for an eight-week run beginning Thurs., Sept.

Mel Tillis may not be performing regularly in Branson, but retired he is not. A recent article entitled a oe Singing comes easiest to 77-year-old Mel Tillis a published on line in the North Country Times referred to his 13 years in Branson and up to 350 shows a year.

Producer Dino DeLaurentiis is 90. Actress Esther Williams is 88. Country singer Mel Tillis is 77.

Producer Dino DeLaurentiis is 90. Actress Esther Williams is 88. Country singer Mel Tillis is 77.

Today is Saturday, Aug. 8, the 220th day of 2009. There are 145 days left in the year.

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The moon is waning. The morning stars are Neptune, Uranus, Jupiter, Venus and Mars.

Producer Dino DeLaurentiis is 90. Actress Esther Williams is 88. Country singer Mel Tillis is 77.

Pam Tillis rebelled early in her music career and rejected the legacy of her father, country legend Mel Tillis.