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Mel Tillis: Learning to Talk Through Singing

Mel Tillis talks about how he dealt with a stutter by singing.

Aired 09/15/2019 | Rating TV-14

FromKen Burns

Country Music

Mel Tillis: Learning to Talk Through Singing

Clip: Episode 4 | 3m 34sVideo has Closed Captions

Mel Tillis talks about how he dealt with a stutter by singing.

Mel Tillis talks about the his struggles as a young boy with a stutter and how he dealt with it by singing.

Aired 09/15/2019 | Rating TV-14

FromKen Burns

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