Floyd Tillman (December 8, 1914[1] – August 22, 2003)[2] was an American country musician who, in the 1930s and 1940s, helped create the Western swing and honky tonk genres.
[1] Tillman moved to San Antonio played lead guitar with Adolph Hofner, a Western swing bandleader, and soon developed into a songwriter and singer.
[1] He took a job with Houston pop bandleader Mack Clark in 1938,[1] and played with Western swing groups fronted by Leon "Pappy" Selph and Cliff Bruner.
[1] His 1949 "Slippin' Around", one of the first country western "cheating" songs, was a hit for Tillman as well as Ernest Tubb, Texas Jim Robertson and the duo of Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely.
Tillman's final album, recorded in 2002 and 2003 titled The Influence, paired him with country music artists who were influenced by his style and performing: Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Leona Williams, Dolly Parton, Justin Trevino, Ray Price, Frankie Miller, Hank Thompson, Connie Smith, Lawton Williams, Mel Tillis, Darrell McCall, Johnny Bush and George Jones.