VINCE GILL PLAYS PERFECT ‘GENTLEMEN’ FOR LEANN RIMES
With this week’s release of ‘Guitar Slinger,’ his first studio album in five years, Vince Gill now has two new projects on the country charts, as he is a co-producer of LeAnn Rimes’ ‘Lady and Gentlemen.’ In addition to producing, the country legend also helped fine-tune the concept of LeAnn’s musical tribute to some of her heroes, one of whom happens to be him. The 29-year-old singer tackles one of her favorite Vince classics, ‘When I Call Your Name,’ on the album. Originally recorded in 1989, it’s the newest song on ‘Lady and Gentlemen,’ as the majority of tracks came from way before LeAnn was even born — an aspect of the project on which Vince was insistent.
“She sent me a list of songs, and because of her age it didn’t go very deep in its history, so I sent her a list of other things,” Vince tells The Boot of their initial planning of the album. “I wound up finding her about half of the songs.”
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VINCE MAKES A VISIT TO YAHOO’S RAM COUNTRY
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BLESSED WITH SINGING
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Over his 30-plus year recording career, Vince Gill has proved himself a prolific and astute songwriter, a highly regarded guitarist and one of country music’s most award-laden singers. He’s landed multiple song-of-the-year honors from the Country Music Assn. and the Academy of Country Music, along with two Grammy Awards — among his overall Grammy total of 20 — for best country song for “I Still Believe in You” and “Go Rest High on That Mountain” in 1992 and 1995, respectively.
This week, the 54-year-old musician is releasing “Guitar Slinger,” his first studio album in five years. While he was in Los Angeles recently to host the annual Country Music Hall of Fame benefit concert, Calendar asked Gill, who also plays the Troubadour in West Hollywood on Nov. 16, to talk about how he writes songs, what characterizes his favorite songs by other writers and how the new album came together.
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COUNTRY WEEKLY REVIEWS VINCE GILL’S NEW ALBUM ‘GUITAR SLINGER’
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Album title aside, one shouldn’t expect self-absorbed guitar soloing or extended axe-hashing on Vince’s latest release. In a manner reminiscent of Chet Atkins, Vince’s subtle fretwork caters to the needs of each song, as in the tender “Who Wouldn’t Fall in Love With You.”
A theme of morality runs throughout the album, from “If I Die” to the murder ballad “Billy Paul.” “Buttermilk John” is a traditional-styled country tribute to Vince’s late steel guitar player, John Hughey. In “Bread and Water,” a song partially inspired by Vince’s late brother, Bob, understated guitar and piano melodies enrich the story of a homeless man’s redemption.
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VINCE GILL TALKS ‘GUITAR SLINGER’ ON TODAY WITH KATHIE LEE & HODA
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