Pam Tillis

Pam Tillis does country her way on "Rhinestoned" (Apr 2007)

"I think I'm the most hard headed person you'll ever meet," says Pam Tillis with a wry smile in her voice. "Not personally, but the way my mind works, once I head in a direction, I don't look back." It is clearly Tillis' hard-headed drive and determination that saw her through the dark days of her fizzled pop career in the early '80s and her subsequent doldrums when she inevitably switched to country and followed the highly regarded path of her legendary father, Mel Tillis. It was that same tenacious spirit that guided Tillis through the industry jungle of her spectacular successes as well as her disappointing periods.  ...

The time is right for Pam Tillis (Sep 2002)

When Pam Tillis decided to pay tribute to her father, country music legend Mel Tillis, she also decided that nothing would get in her way. "I just felt like it was time," she says, "so I was going to do it even if I ended up paying for it myself." That turned out to be unnecessary - "It's All Relative - Tillis Sings Tillis" - is out Sept. 3 with an Epic/Lucky Dog imprint - but the determination she felt is reflected in the album's music. With 12 cuts that range from hard core honky tonk to  ...