PEOPLE NAMES ‘THESE DAYS’ ONE OF THE 10 BEST

Posted by admincw on Mar 5, 2012 in Fanclub, News | 5 comments

In the new issue of People Magazine, “These Days” was named one of The 10 Best Albums of the Century (So Far.). “For sheer ambition alone, this four-disc, 43-track opus–so much more than just a country album, is tough to beat. Congratulations Vince!

VINCE GILL: HE’S COUNTRY MUSIC’S MVP

Posted by admincw on Nov 4, 2011 in News | 2 comments

Veteran Singer-Songwriter Brings His New Guitar Slinger to Town

Written by Chet Flippo – CMT

You only have to go back in recent history to the 1970s, when a young Vince Gill was a journeyman instrumentalist in such bluegrass bands as Mountain Smoke, Boone Creek and the group Byron Berline & Sundance, to catch a glimpse of the promise of the impact the young Oklahoman would one day have on the world of country music. He learned his chops on the road with such hustling groups and later as a member of the Eagle-esque group Pure Prairie League and Rodney Crowell’s ace road band the Cherry Bombs.

I think that today Gill is overwhelmingly country music’s most valuable player. In the overall scheme of things — especially considering the many roles he has played in the music — it would be hard to name anyone else more important to the music. As an artist, entertainer, songwriter, musician, sideman, show host, mentor to young artists and man-about-town Belmont University basketball fan.

POP MATTERS REVIEWS GUITAR SLINGER

Posted by admincw on Oct 31, 2011 in News | 2 comments

By Philip Majorins – Pop Matters

Vince Gill has earned a lot of respect over the course of his illustrious Nashville career. An exemplar of the country gentleman, his sweet tones and tasteful pickings have attracted fans from both sides of the modern/classic country divide. As a session player and solo artist his credentials proceed him in the soon to be released album Guitar Slinger. His first release since 2006’s These Days, a four-CD (43-song) box set that garnered much deserved critical acclaim. The thematic and rootsy These Days is an intimidating opus to follow, but one gets the sense that Vince Gill feels no pressure to repeat the artistic success of that formidable batch of tunes.

VINCE GILL’S CLAIM TO FAME

Posted by admincw on Oct 25, 2011 in News | Comments Off

The country veteran discusses his track record, work ethic and the family affair behind his new music
By Phyllis Stark – Special to MSN Music

Vince Gill is doing his best to earn his place in the Country Music Hall of Fame, never mind that he’s already a member.

Inducted in 2007, at age 50, Gill still admits to feeing a bit unworthy, despite his numerous career accomplishments, which include winning a whopping 20 Grammy Awards and selling more than 26 million records.

“I think a lot of that has to do with the fact that I’m so young,” says Gill, now 54, who has been making music professionally since the 1970s. “And I can’t help but look [at other stars] and go, ‘Well, I think THAT person should be in this hall long before I should.’ That’s just because of my respect for what’s come before me.

“The other side of it is I do want to go earn it,” he continues, describing what he calls his “workingman’s mentality.”

VINCE GILL NO LONGER HOLDING BACK

Posted by admincw on Sep 9, 2011 in News | Comments Off

Hall of Fame country star free to explore styles
Sarah Rodman – Boston.com

Vince Gill, famously, loves to play golf. So it’s not hard to imagine that one of the youngest-ever inductees into the Country Music Hall of Fame might hit the links and let himself go a little.

But that isn’t Gill’s style. In fact, that 2007 accolade spurred the justly acclaimed country singer-songwriter-guitarist to let himself go in another way: creatively.

“Some of my greatest heroes are songwriters, and so with getting inducted into the Hall of Fame, I feel motivated beyond even my expectations,’’ said Gill recently, on the phone from the home he shares in Nashville with his wife, Christian-pop singer Amy Grant, and their children. “I feel like ‘OK, they’ve [given me] that, now go earn it.’ ’’

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