All 'round nice guy, country music star, Mel Tillis.
In the 70's, a friend and I had a small radio production company which prepared a series of short shows with country music performers. When we interviewed Mel Tillis (who was a peach of a guy) we asked him about his stutter and why it was that he stuttered in speech but not while singing.
He thought it was because the music had a beat to follow, and further conjectured that, if he walked around with a bass drum strapped to his back, he'd be fine. However, he said, "People would think I was crazy as hell."
He then told one of the funniest stories in our series.
Another country star of the time, Faron Young, was a good friend of Tillis who always teased him about his stutter. Then Young was in a dreadful car accident that cut away most of his tongue.
Tillis told us: "I raced over to the hospital and up to Faron's room, and said: "I g, g,... I g, g,... I g, g, got you now!"
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