Whatever it was, something persuaded country singer Pam Tillis to join fellow entertainer ... McCoy, a Longview resident and longtime country artist, established the East Texas Angel Network ...

Despite a vaunted pedigree, a pair of Grammys, a dozen Top 10 country singles and three 1990 albums that went platinum, Pam Tillis has never quite fit into the mainstream. Her biggest hit ...

Neither did the Thunder Bay woman, 33, ever expect to perform on stage as the opener for a concert by country music icons ...