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VINCE GILL GETS A JUMP ON 2013 WITH MULTIPLE PROJECTS

Posted by adminjb on Jan 11, 2013 in News | Comments Off

Vince Gill Gets a Jump on 2013 With Multiple ProjectsIt’s pretty clear that nobody’s dictating to Vince Gill what a Country Music Hall of Famer’s career ought to look like. Every few months, news makes the rounds of his involvement in some other singular, tradition-savvy project. He joined the Western-swinging Time Jumpers and got them into his studio to record an album, which resulted in two Grammy nominations.

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COUNTRY MUSIC’S TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2011

Posted by admincw on Jan 4, 2012 in News | 3 comments

It’s that time of year when Billboard recognizes the achievements in that beleaguered format, the “album.” Nashville’s finest kept   busy this year. Check out our best-of picks

“Guitar   Slinger” | Vince Gill

There   have been a lot of talented artists to come down the pike the past five years,   but there is only one Vince Gill. This album – his first during that time span   – features a diverse mix of everything he does well. There’s the bluesy side   of “Tell Me Fool,” the traditional stylings of “The Old Lucky Diamond Motel”   and the beautiful “Threaten Me With Heaven,” among many other great tracks!   This is how it’s done! More at Billboard.com

VINCE GILL HITS THE TRAIL ON MONDAY WITH GUITAR SLINGER WILL SHOWCASE FIRST NEW ALBUM IN FIVE YEARS ON NATIONAL TV

Posted by admincw on Oct 21, 2011 in News | Comments Off

A guitar slinger’s gotta’ ramble.

Country Music Hall of Famer Vince Gill will make a series of national television and high-profile concert appearances over the next few weeks to perform selections from Guitar Slinger, his first new studio album in five years. The album—in both its standard and deluxe editions—will be released Monday, Oct. 24.

VINCE GILL SLINGS IT AT HOME

Posted by admincw on Aug 31, 2011 in News | Comments Off

The Oakland Press

For country veteran Vince Gill, there’s no place like home — especially for his new album, “Guitar Slinger.”

Gill recorded the set, his first new release in five years, at the studio he built in the Nashville home he shares with his wife, fellow artist Amy Grant, and their children. But, Gill says, home and studio became interchangeable terms during the sessions.

“It was just a great environment,” says Gill, 54, who also guests on Alice Cooper’s upcoming “Welcome 2 My Nightmare.”

“When things come from home, they just feel different. I’m in there barefoot most of the time, maybe in a pair of gym shorts. I don’t have to doll up and leave town, so to speak. You walk down the hall and there’s the kitchen and Amy’s in there knockin’ up some brownie or making some cookies or whatever the heck. …

“The musicians who played on this record loved the vibe that went on in the process of recording these songs and spending time in the house. It doesn’t feel like work, in a really neat kind of way. There were times where I didn’t know if we were really working or just screwing off.”

“Guitar Slinger” isn’t due out until Oct. 24, and Gill is well aware of the time that’s passed since 2006’s four-CD set “These Days.” He’s already released the first single, “Threaten Me With Heaven,” whose co-writers included Grant and Will Owsley — who tragically committed suicide in April of 2010.

“(The song) has a totally different impact on me now that he’s gone,” Gill acknowledges. “I’ve never confronted something quite like that in my life, write a song with somebody and have them do that before it came to fruition and all that. So it’s already had a profound impact on me.

“As bad as Will struggled in his personal life, I didn’t think he would ever do that. In my heart, I just wish he could’ve hung on and seen this (song) have an opportunity to have an impact on people’s lives. Maybe it would’ve changed things for him.”

Vince Gill performs at 10:15 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 4, on the Michigan Lottery Main Stage at Arts, Beats & Eats in downtown Royal Oak. Admission is $3. Visit www.artsbeatseats.com.