WOOOOWIE! Mark this day! We just got tickets for the Crossroads concert in July in Chicago! YEAH!!!!!! I was thinking we would not get them...I think they sold out in 5 minutes! Thank God for teenagers who wireless our house for the internet and tell us which laptops to buy!

And to think when my husband told me he was taking me to see Vince Gill in Rockford I honestly thought (please forgive me! I was ignorant!) "Oh my God I will die listening to a country singer for three and a half hours!" So I begrudgingly went to these great 4th row seats he had gotten....And somewhere into the first set I woke up. Holy Cramoly....this guy was good! Great! The band was awesome...everyone was having fun....and then he was funny and heartwarming and genuine too! And NORMAL! Wow. Three and half hours were up and I was saying "Come back, play some more!"

Then we had several bad things happen in our family and it was doctors and tests and a flight across the country to reconnect with my mom and sister...STRESS STRESS STRESS. During one of our fun moments I told my mom about Vince Gill...like I discovered him or something...and it turns out she's a big fan from way back. Did you ever feel like you were lost in a fog? I had no idea, and this is my mom! So I set them up with tickets to his Fort Myers concert last Weds (I was there in spirit only, physically in Illinois) They had the BEST time! They called me during the intermission and said everything was wonderful! Mom said his daughter was there and she has the most beautiful voice too. My sister was totally exhausted from being out so late (she's an early bird). And everybody is happy. The three of us are planning to go together next time. I buy the tickets to the show, mom will get my plane tickets. And the beauty of it all is: while there will be more doctors, more tests and more stress, we are focusing on comraderie and fun and joyous music. Yeah Vince!

I will get to see Vince come back and play some more--- along with some of my other very favorite musicians: B.B., Buddy, Clapton, Uncle Willie. YEAH! This rocks! WOOOOOO WOOOOOO!

Your husband has great taste in country artists and congratulations on getting tickets for the Crossroads concert, I hope they put it on DVD again.

What a nice story Dawn, and welcome to the Vinceaholics, who don't want to recover! I'm glad you and your Mom can enjoy Vince together. My Mom just looks at me and rolls her eyes whenever I say something about Vince, so I just don't bother to enlighten her anymore, she just doesn't know what fun she's missing! Have a great time at the Crossroads concert, Kay

Great story Dawn. Yes we are totally and willingly addicted to Vince. Welcome to the "do not want to recover group ".

Vinceaholic! I love it! Nope, don't want to recover! Yes, I thank God that my husband has such good taste. I found out later that he told everyone at his work that he was taking me to Vince's concert and that I would love going --- and he knew I did not really know who Vince was. I am the luckiest gal in the world, married to this guy!

My mom....she cracks me up! Now after his concert she confesses to me that she is having "Vince dreams". Oh for gosh sakes --- this is my MOTHER!!!! GIVE ME NO DETAILS PLEASE MOM! But to humor her I did find on Ebay a big old concert t-shirt with his face plastered on it that she can sleep in. Again, I LOVE the fact that we have something FUN to focus on.

Oh --- I bought "These Days" and it has blown me away! It is so good on so many different levels. Not since I was 16 and picked up an old copy of the "The White Album" to find out what the Beatles were really all about have I been so enthralled with a musical set anyone has put out. But I am preaching to the choir here, you are all Vince fans and you all know this already! I bought another copy and sent it to Mom and sis. They also have rave reviews! My two teenage boys are the lone desenters of Vince fans in my family, and they, like I once was, are ignorant, which if I remember right, is part of being a teenager. Gotta love 'em!.

Smilingly,
Dawn

I'm glad you're enjoying the boxed set Dawn. I've been playing it on an almost daily basis since I got it last Oct and it still blows me away.

Welcome Dawn,
It's all good! Don't worry about the unenlightened teenagers....what the heck do they know:) Actually it was my teenage son that got me hooked on Vince back in the early 90's! Go figure!!!
I'm proud to admit that I'm powerless over Vince and my life is only managable if I can listen to his music everyday and get to concerts as often as I can to see him play live! Can't wait to leave here for Nashville in a few days!

Enjoy your newfound obsession,

Jackie

I was at the Rockford concert too! I had to choose between George Strait who was playing in the suburbs or Vince. Since I have already seen George, I went with Vince. What a great concert. I have every Vince Gill cd and These Days is by far the best. His voice just keeps getting better and better.

Oh it's so fun to welcome new Vinceaholics to our hopeless, helpless, happy huge group! He is truly the BEST. I am hopelessly addicted and will never be cured (and don't want to be) and I too must feed my affliction with daily doses of his CDs - my most recent favorites being, of course, the 43 songs from These Days. (Thank you again, Vince, for this wonderful gift to your fans!)