Mel Tillis and Ray Price

Ray Price
Ray Price has covered -- and kicked up -- as much musical turf as any country singer of the postwar era. He's been lionized as the man who saved hard country when Nashville went pop, and vilified as the man who went pop when hard country was starting to call its own name with pride.

Mel Tillis
In light of all the attention given Mel Tillis' infamous speech impediment -- he even named his autobiography -Stutterin' Boy -- the polished, sincere vocal delivery and songwriting skills that first earned him fame were often lost in the shuffle; nonetheless, throughout the course...