Mel Tillis - Sawmill

[@mikepurdue7472]

Workin' at the saw mill, and i sing this to myself everyday

[@lenaaustin6692]

Purdue universe. Keep rocking 😎

[@JohnWhite-si4xc]

thank you for this post I love playing this to bug my sons and grandsons because we own a sawmill and this song bugs them why i dont know lol

[@larryreece1427]

Thats REAL country music we dont have that anymore we miss ya mel !!!

[@vickylee1936]

Love that sing by Mel Tillis ..Sure do miss my good ole country music 🎶 ❤❤❤❤

[@GeorgeJackson-nh5ri]

Just heard it for the first time, great song, great artist, his daughter pam approached me at her concert 8 years ago, she came right up to me before the show and took my hand and said i had a great smile, never forget that, they are both legends.

[@woodyw6891]

In the late 90s, my Pops bought Mel Tillis’s old tour bus. Nothing has changed since Mel converted it. A living room, with a recliner, couch, and a dining booth up front. In the middle were 8 bunks, and a master bedroom, and bathroom in the back.

[@Echo-wc7sm]

Great song, heard for the first time fairly recently I feel it is underrated, peaked at #2 on the charts sounds like a #1 hit. There are other country songs about working class life but I'm hard pressed to think of one I like better than this.

[@Mr.NoName1972]

Wow! I thought this country classic went to #1 for Mel Tillis back in 1973, Maybe it did on the Radio & Records country chart.

[@johnlennon8653]

Grew up with Mel songs, and glad i heard it on XM yesterday. Reminded me of the days before voice tone and all the "bubble gum " crap we have now. Mel,Hank,Lefty,Waylon, and all others are national treasures in country music and should have bronze statues in the towns that they were raised in.

[@adamwright9996]

My god. What a damn fine song. Every one is playing their part and creating magic. Just fucking beautiful, man.

[@scottwilkes3705]

I've always loved this song and now days it makes me think of my daddy because he may not have worked in a sawmill but the first 20 years of my life he worked in the cotton mill in our hometown and sadly daddy and the cotton mill are both gone and our town is mainly a grocery store and fast food restaurant (burger joint) town now along with a few other non-industrial businesses

[@ThePoobears]

the era that never gets old loved the 60's and 70's country music the best.

[@rin3guy]

This song is actually from 1959 but was re-released in 1973.

[@danicegewiss862]

@@rin3guy Wasn't that the Faron Young version? I don't believe Mel was a star in 1959.

[@williamboylejr.9098]

Mel Tillis’ 1959 version of Sawmill was on Columbia Records. The 1973 version was on MGM Rrecords.

[@ThePoobears]

@@williamboylejr.9098 I never knew that so cool...I only heard the 1973 version ...

[@holtridge7337]

Yeah man

[@traviscoonrod185]

Good song! I had forgot about this one. Funny how a guy who studdered when he talked was not only able to sing without stuttering but, sing with such a smooth voice. I always say, Mel was proof that you can do anything if, you want to, there are no limits!

[@hobertlee7598]

Brings Back Really Really Good Memories

[@holtridge7337]

I remember this song being on the radio when I was a kid riding in my Dad's pickup truck.

[@geraldwright9841]

RIP, Mel. You were a classic

[@colinengle2310]

Happy early birthday

[@stuyoung376]

One of the greatest of all time! What a voice!!!

[@jacktaylor1030]

WOW, this Song brings back some BIG TIME Memories. I was a young 18 year old Foreman, on a Construction Framing Crew. Every time this Song was played on the Radio, the whole Crew would stop, and start singing along to the Lyrics. It was crazy funny, could've been a Music Video segment for Television. When the Song finished, the Crew was motivated enough to work their asses off until it was played again, later in the day. It was hard, Slave labor work, back in the day, it also was an extremely fun Atmosphere to work in.

[@marsdwarf]

Thanks for sharing this moment of connectedness mate.

[@brianjohnson6053]

18 year old "FORMAN" I call bullshit

[@jacktaylor1030]

@@brianjohnson6053 HRY DUDE, I WAS BADASS WHEN I WAS YOUNG, MY OLDER BROTHER EVENWORKED UNDER ME, AND IT 'S NO BULLSHIT. I RAN INTO THAT BOSS ABOUT 20 YEARS LATER, AND HE STILL SAYS HE NEVER HAD A BETTER LEADER.I WAS THE LEAD LAYOUT MAN, AND EVERY CREW MEMBER FOLLOWED RIGHT BEHIND ME.

[@doughesson]

@@brianjohnson6053 His Daddy could have owned the company. Ever work for the boss' son?

[@waynedelaney3452]

I had a chance to meet Mel and Pam his daughter they were both very nice people it was really cool because we were uninterrupted by anybody else and me and Mel stood there and just talked about prices of diesel fuel and what was going on in the economy and it was just a good conversation very nice man

[@harrygrimminger5451]

What a great Country Tune. They dont sing em like that any longer. My friend Shoe's favorite tune.

[@operationmongoose1]

Great song. I love this kind of music.

[@fabianklaus7513]

Cool

[@markcarbonaro6524]

Love the dobro on this song. The line that gets me is: "...cuz the gravy was too thin..." Love it!

[@Echo-wc7sm]

When I heard the song I thought he was saying "cuz the baby was too thin" which also would have made sense..

[@sauquoit13456]

On this day in 1973 {November 4th} Mel Tillis' "Sawmill"* peaked at #2 {for 1 week} on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart, for the week it was at #2, the #1 record for that week was "Paper Roses" by Marie Osmond... It reached #5 on the Canadian RPM Country Singles chart... Between 1958 and 1989 Mel Tillis had seventy-five records on the Hot Country Singles chart, thirty-five made the Top 10 with six reaching #1... Thirteen of his seventy-five charted records with duets, seven with Sherry Brych, two with Nancy Sinatra, and one each with Bill Phillips, Bob Wills, Webb Pierce, and Glen Campbell... Lonnie Melvin 'Mel' Tillis passed away at the age of 85 on November 19th, 2017... May he R.I.P. * "Sawmill" was Mel Tillis' first of three records to peak at #2 on the Hot Country Singles chart, his other two were "Midnight, Me, and the Blues" {1974} and "Send Me Down To Tucson" {1979}... And from the 'For What It's Worth' department, the remainder of Billboard's Hot Country Singles Top 10 on November 4th, 1973: At #3. "Country Sunshine" by Dottie West #4. "We're Gonna Hold On" by George Jones and Tammy Wynette #5. "Don't Give Up On Me" by Jerry Wallace #6. "Ridin' My Thumb To Mexico" by Johnny Rodriguez #7. "The Most Beautiful Girl" by Charlie Rich #8. "'Til The Water Stops Runnin'" by Billy 'Crash' Craddock #9. "I'm Your Woman" by Jeanne Pruett #10. "Sing About Love" by Lynn Anderson

[@edallen5053]

Ray Price and mel tillis was the greatis

[@mogges1]

Dam it doesn't this bring back some dam good times.YEAH I wish time was like it was back when this song was played.no choreograph here straight from the soul

[@grouchosays]

Absolutely incredible!! Great syncopation.

[@stanfischer6175]

Was 20 when this song came out, if you had long hair and this song was playing at a bar you didn't go in.

[@stevejackley4241]

great song. I was only 6 years old when this song came out, great sond mel

[@smug8567]

My daddy worked down there at the saw mill, the plainer mill, for an old man named Dixon. Old man Dixon was very cruel feller. Didn't treat his employees very well, didn't pay 'em too much a wage, didn't pay my daddy too much a wage. Just barely enough to get by on, I reckon. But I reckon he got by alright.

[@KetoStradivarius]

Smug Smugly Jesse needed killin’ with that Kaiser blade.

[@fkauthority]

I'm the only sane son of a bitch around here...

[@80srockedandrolled]

It's a shame that I cant find one of his best songs of all time MAMA'S GONNA PRAY

[@wildcman]

Go BigBLUEforLIFE it was the b side of this single ,but not on the same album I have it but can't upload it

[@vannjunkin8041]

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[@christopherwelfl9875]

Mel tillis one best heard song when I was kid in 70s

[@PhantomSmeagle]

It seems you have some sort of typing impediment.

[@cooperturner5662]

Rest in peace Mel Tillis

[@dayakim5584]

Well, once I was a slave at the sawmill Talk about a poor boy, talk about a poor boy Never saw a dollar bill Well, my work was so hard at the sawmill Think about a poor boy, think about a poor boy When you go to write your will Well, seen my teardrops falling down My wife left this sawmill town She said, sawmill life had many sins 'Cause the gravy was too thin I can't work no more at the sawmill Mercy on a poor boy, mercy on a poor boy Let me have a dollar bill If you bring your wife to the sawmill Well, how you gonna please her, how you gonna please her When she wants a dollar bill They're not satisfied at the sawmill Women like a dollar, women like a dollar Yes, and women always will Seen my teardrops falling down My wife left this sawmill town She said the sawmill life had many sins, Lord 'Cause the gravy was too thin I can't work no more at the sawmill Mercy on a poor boy, mercy on a poor boy Let me have a dollar bill Mercy on a poor boy, mercy on a poor boy Let me have a dollar bill

[@jamesavery9581]

Love this song.

[@2010luckydude]

Good country song !

[@jeffreyhill8951]

My dady worked at a saw mill I can relate

[@pattycat100567]

just me and algee playin dominos outside drinkin rum at the old log cabin 1999............all over now!

[@ericbarnes1155]

Wanna know the real fantastic thing about this man is that when he wasn't singing He stuttered really bad it's incredible.

[@wolfofpaso]

Love them double dobros...oh man

[@timarmstrong6257]

This is killer 😁

[@russellfields1165]

Good song

[@ericbarnes1155]

To this day i still can't believe this man Stuttered when he didn't sing.

[@toonage75]

is there an original video... oh! Mel hit me at 14-15... had my 'rones a rolling... &determined t'ata' move! Really, up' ta... and moved... 'cause 'mones'. lol Geez 'live! It was him, & his music, + the time... Then, the rest is in the book. "Woman like a dollar!" ...need apee now ;p

[@wolfofpaso]

Damn them dobros, love em!

[@dennisdeel3229]

Good music.all the time

[@brendalance831]

They know their lumber.

[@grantalbrecht7206]

sawmill days

[@reindeerbermy3796]

great

[@rj9617]

Love it!

[@georgiacaskey6869]

R.I.P. Robert George Bucher Jr Froggy taylers saw mill

[@tomr599]

get well mel soon

[@wesharvey6560]

R I P Mel

[@tannerhudgins217]

Fun fact Mel Tillis had a bad stuttering problem when he talked but you would never know it when he sang.

[@brianjohnson6053]

Also was a great actor

[@Honkanen89]

Aw hell I work at a sawmill, in the planer division anyway, and I can't complain about the work and the pay is great lol. But in the States in the 70's I guess it was a whole different ball game lol

[@0011peace]

It depends on the job and what kind of woman you have and how many children.

[@naturesfinest4871]

Honkanen89 the song was written and performed by Mel originally in the late 50's...this is the 70's remake

[@brianjohnson6053]

87 green chain 10 dollars a day

[@debbiehunter9021]

Sorry to hear about the your father death prayers and love to all the family Pam and Sorry jr love from Debbie at the Orange Blossom Opry in Ocala

[@GermanEnglish-ck6so]

I have the cassette.

[@larrysummers7555]

RIP

[@angelaallen340]

❤️🎵♥️

[@brianjohnson6053]

I worked at the sawmill 10 dollars a day 1987 old man was full time cutting skidding and hauling for 900 a month

[@rustyshakleford9222]

GOD BLESS WILLIES ROADHOUSE

[@carsmasher]

Ferron Young had this song out in the 60s.

[@dmons601]

I spent 30min trying to find the song

[@jerryensminger494]

Saddletramp. MMM's the BBBest

[@stevejackley4241]

song

[@williamwarrenconkright3973]

followup this one with stomp them grapes

[@angelaallen340]

😁

[@fabianklaus7513]

I work at a sawmill

[@wendymcwhorter124]

Silver wings

[@PhillipCox-cv5sk]

There is no money to be made at a sawmill been there done that

[@pattycat100567]

mercy on a po boy mercy on a po boy,hope shes on the pill.........

[@ryanducharme7505]

Worked at a sawmill for 25years, some times it was good, but, if you got foremans that are jackasses, it could be a living nightmare

[@bjohnson1489]

Ten hours for ten dollars at the sawmill

[@jasonwilson4266]

1

[@bossmann6358]

His earlier version is way better

[@jimslsswaps3272]

CLTP IS MY SAWMILL