

“Coca-Cola Cowboy”: This was more about a time, from the “Every Which Way But Loose” movie. Quickly, the Top Five Songs/Moments from each.ĥ.

Jim Nabors had a perfect name you’d like for him to be your neighbor. Mel Tillis was a country songwriting stud. Tillis was a stud singer, entertainer and, most prolifically, an underrated songwriter. Nabors was a wonderful baritone and actor. As Gomer Pyle on either “The Andy Griffith Show” or “Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.,” it took Jim Nabors four syllables, minimum, to say “Golly.” Remember? Probably took the stuttering singer/songwriter M-M-M-Mel Tillis about eight.īut when they sang, all the hayseed and the stutters melted away, and what kicked in was what was inside that had to come out, all rhythmic and pretty.
