Mel McDaniel

I am truly sorry to hear about your passing. We never met, but a mutual friend gave me a bag of your pins that you sent. At least we knew about each other. It is a shame that we never met. I bought one of your first songs and I am only three months older than you. I am impressed by your love for your family. Rest in peace. The other, Mel McDaniel in Indiana

I still miss my friend

I was. A. Big fan. Of. His. I. Do. Miss. You. Him. From. Ryan. Caricofe. From. Orrville. Ohio

I loved his music

I met Mel McDaniel and his wife Peggy in Nashville at the Grand Ole Opry in 2006. Both of them were great, down to earth people. I miss them.

Mel and I dated in high school and I got to sit at the girlfriend´s table at the gigs they played. He was more like the blonde Elvis at the time but found his country niche soon. The next time I saw him after his career took off was at Mel McDaniel Day in Okmulgee Ok. We hung out after and got a tour of his new tour bus. Then years later he was headlining at Billy Bobs Texas and invited me backstage. I always knew he´d go far with that load of talent he possessed. And a fine human being to...

My deepest condolences

I apologize for my lateness. I was watching Mel on one of Mr. Black's shows and thought I should add something. Mel had a seriously rocky road to travel on his way to the "Opry." I shared some of that with him in Alaska. We fished together, I laughed at his ET impression numerous times and listened to his dreams. He was a singular individual I admired much. A bunch of us at the King's X, a cop bar in Anchorage, where he performed contributed to his expenses when he decided to give...

I met Mel back in 1991 at a truck stop where I ran smack-dab into him in the c-store. We both apologized at the same time & I knew he was famous & he says "I´m Mel McDaniel, nice to meet´cha" He let me take pictures of my truck beside his "Stand on It!" Tour bus. Super nice guy, I´m going to go listen to some of his stuff right now.