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John Brock
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Posted 30 Nov 2017 10:45 am |
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Gomer is gone...a Voice for sure..Shazam RIP
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Bill McCloskey
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Posted 30 Nov 2017 11:25 am
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| I had no idea he was still alive. I thought he left us years ago. |
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Jack Stoner
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Kansas City, MO
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Posted 30 Nov 2017 11:29 am
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| Just saw it on news. He was 87. Had been in poor health lately but news report didn't say what. |
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Bill McCloskey
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Don Kuhn
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Poetry/Terrell ,Texas, USA
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Posted 30 Nov 2017 5:45 pm
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| I provided security for him and Lily Tomlin at his 70th birthday party in Sunnyvale, Tx. and he sang a few songs. Gomer can sing. |
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Terry Wood
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Lebanon, MO
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Posted 1 Dec 2017 4:04 am
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| He was a very talented actor and he could sing with the best of them. I have a CD of songs that he recorded in the 70s and it has some Country songs. It is a very Good CD. RIP Mr. Neighbors! |
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Godfrey Arthur
From:
3rd Rock
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Posted 1 Dec 2017 8:14 am
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Godspeed Jim!
Gawwwwwhhhleeeeehhhh...
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George Piburn
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The Land of Enchantment New Mexico
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Posted 1 Dec 2017 9:26 am Otis
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Not only was Jim a superlative singer
the fellow in the video below that played the drunk Otis,
he was the Piano Player for Mel Tillis. |
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Don Kuhn
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Poetry/Terrell ,Texas, USA
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Posted 1 Dec 2017 10:24 am
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| Wow George P. guess I'm not to old to learn something as I never knew about Otis being Mel Tillis piano player but now I know. Thanks |
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Herb Steiner
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Spicewood TX 78669
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Posted 1 Dec 2017 7:52 pm Re: Otis
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Not only was Jim a superlative singer
the fellow in the video below that played the drunk Otis,
he was the Piano Player for Mel Tillis. |
George
Hal Smith, the character actor that played Otis, was a legendary actor and voice actor in Hollywood. He owned a bar on Vine Street just south of H'wood Blvd. and the Capitol Records Tower. I'd occasionally drink there in the afternoons when I was living in H'wood.
He was born in 1916 and died in 1994 in Los Angeles. I don't believe he was ever anyone's piano player, let alone Mel Tillis'.
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Bill McCloskey
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Posted 1 Dec 2017 8:09 pm
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| Clearly another example of BAKEd News. |
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George Piburn
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The Land of Enchantment New Mexico
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Posted 2 Dec 2017 9:18 am Just what MMel said at a show.
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I am certainly no historian,
I did have a career in professional audio mixing in the 70's
During a Show at the Miami Dade County Youth Fair , some where between 1976-79 I did a show with the Mel Tillis Band.
When he introduced the band members he Mel said that the piano player was the fellow that played Otis the drunk on the Andy Griffith Show.
That is where I got the quote I expressed. If my comment is Hear Say I apologize and stand corrected to the discussion. |
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Bill McCloskey
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Posted 2 Dec 2017 9:21 am
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| Must have been a joke. Definitely not the same guy. |
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 7 Dec 2017 9:54 am
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Hal Smith, the character actor that played Otis, was a legendary actor and voice actor in Hollywood. He owned a bar on Vine Street just south of H'wood Blvd. and the Capitol Records Tower. I'd occasionally drink there in the afternoons when I was living in H'wood.
He was born in 1916 and died in 1994 in Los Angeles. I don't believe he was ever anyone's piano player, let alone Mel Tillis'. |
No mention of him here...
https://www.meltillis.com/band/ |
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Jim Waldrop
From:
Alabama, USA
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Posted 19 Dec 2017 12:38 pm Gomer
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Jim Nabors and I both graduated from the University of Alabama. He was there a little before me but he was not all that much older than me.
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