Old friend Billy Tillman. Big, big man who could play sax or flute like nobody's business. He's on the sax here with Blood, Sweat and Tears. A regular on the Dallas music circuit. Saw him often at Railhead

He the big guy second from the left. He left us a few years ago.

(2012) Dallas News reports that Tillman, whose horn work can be heard on the band's cover of Earth, Wind & Fire's 'Got to Get You Into My Life' among many other songs, slipped in the bathroom and hit his head. He had been waiting for a kidney transplant and was in Houston for medical treatment at the time of the accident.

Tillman got his start playing with such acts as the Coasters, Chuck Berry, and the late Roy Orbison before taking a job as music director for Gladys Knight. In 1973, he joined Blood, Sweat & Tears and remained with the band through 1977.

He appeared on the albums 'Mirror Image,' 'New City,' 'More Than Ever,' and 'Brand New Day' before exiting the group. He also appeared on the 1978 concert release, 'Live in Scandinavia.' He then joined the Dallas Symphony Orchestra as a soloist and continued making music on his own, releasing three solo albums during the '80s.



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Garlands Leann Rimes. Blue. Wow. What a song. What a voice... Rimes made her breakthrough into country music in 1996 with her debut album, Blue, which reached No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart and was certified multi-platinum in sales by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The album's eponymous leadoff single, "Blue", became a Top 10 hit. Rimes has won many awards, including two Grammys, three ACMs, a CMA, 12 Billboard Music Awards, and one American Music award. She has sold over 37 million records worldwide, with 20.3 million album sales in the United States according to Nielsen SoundScan. Billboard ranked her 17th artist of the 19902000 decade. Her hit song "How Do I Live" was ranked as the most successful song of the 1990's by Billboard Magazine.

Freddy Fender was born in San Benito, Texas, United States to Margarita (Garza) Huerta and her Mexican immigrant husband Serapio Huerta. He made his debut radio performance at age 10 on Harlingen's radio station KGBT, singing a then-hit, "Paloma Querida".

Fender dropped out of high school at age 16 in 1953, and when he turned 17, he enlisted for three years in the U.S. Marine Corps. He served time in the brig on several occasions because of his drinking, and he was court martialed in August 1956 and discharged with rank of private (E-1). According to Fender, he later received a letter from the U.S. Department of the Navy saying that he had been wrongfully discharged dishonorably because of alcoholism, and he was given a general discharge. He returned to Texas and played nightclubs, bars, and honky-tonks throughout the south, mostly to Latino audiences. In 1957, then known as El Bebop Kid, he released two songs to moderate success in Mexico and South America: Spanish-language versions of Elvis Presley's "Don't Be Cruel" (as "No Seas Cruel") and Harry Belafonte's "Jamaica Farewell". He also recorded his own Spanish version of Hank Williams's "Cold Cold Heart" under the title "Tu Fro Corazn".

He became known for his rockabilly music and his cool persona as Eddie con los Shades. In 1958, he legally changed his name from Baldemar Huerta to Freddy Fender. He took the name Fender from the guitar and amplifier, and Freddy because the alliteration sounded good and would "sell better with Gringos!" He then went to California.