Mel Tillis Talks about Stuttering (National Stuttering Awareness Week; Episode 115)
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Mel Tillis joins Peter Reitzes and Eric Jackson to talk about stuttering and to help celebrate National Stuttering Awareness Week, May 11-17. During the show we featured the new song "All I Need is Love" off the wonderful new album titled Listen being released June 23 by the Our Time Theatre Company (an artistic home for young people who stutter). For more information about stuttering, visit the Stuttering Foundation. Also, if you are looking for a speech therapist who treats children or adults who stutter, visit the Stuttering Foundation's extensive, international referral lists.
Check out this wonderful letter that Mel Tillis wrote about his stuttering and this interview in which Mel Tillis discussed his stuttering. The song titled "All I Want Is Love," featured on today's podcast, was written by Our Time member Andre Gillyard, age 16, and features lead vocals by Holly Brook and Duncan Sheik. Featured background vocals are by the original cast members of Spring Awakening and the Our Time kids. For information about this wonderful album, go to ourtimetheatre.org.
This episode was recorded and published May 15, 2009.
Summer Self-Help Conferences
- National Stuttering Association's 2009 Annual Conference, held in Scotsdale, Arizona, July 8-12.
- FRIENDS: The National Association of Young People Who Stutter, 2009 Annual Conference, held in Tampa, Florida, July 23-25.
- British Stammering Association's, 2009 National Conference, held in London, England, September 11-13.
Posted by StutterTalk at 5/15/2009 1:20 PM 
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Categories: uncategorized
Tags: disfluency mel dysfluency country fluency slp stutter stammer music tillis therapy mel tillis stammering treatment sid4 stuttering
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