Newest EP in Year-Long 50 Years From Home Series Out Today
NASHVILLE, TN – April 10, 2026 – For End Of The Night, the sixth release in his 50 Years From Home year-long EP series, Vince Gill stays unapologetically in the heartbreak lane, the same lane as the preceding EP, Lonely’s What I Do. He just makes it sound very different this time. The EP is out today on MCA.
Instruments featured on the cover of each EP are from Gill’s personal collection. For End Of The Night, he chose the 1967 Gibson ES-335 his parent’s bought him as a Christmas present when he was ten years old, and which he continues to play.
“It’s sitting on the somber side, isn’t it?” Gill says of the seven-song set—six originals capped by the pleading “Don’t Let Our Love Start Slippin’ Away,” his No. 1 Billboard chart hit from 1992.
Stylistically, End Of The Night draws from more of the pop and rock side of Gill’s multi-faceted musicianship. The melodies are still strong, and the instrumental surroundings are smooth and polished, yet muscular. “It feels to me like it’s a much more contemporary record,” Gill explains. “It reminds me of being in California when I lived there during the late 70s and early 80s.”
The End Of The Night trip begins with “New Kind of Lonely,” which mines a soulful groove with atmospheric pedal steel from Paul Franklin and “blood harmony” backing vocals by Gill and his daughter, Jenny Gill. It’s the first time he has written with Barry Dean, who has penned hits for Little Big Town, Tim McGraw, and Tenille Townes, among others. “A lot of these songs I’m writing with people I’ve never gotten to write with before, which has created a whole new creative world for me,” Gill notes.
End Of The Night’s title track, meanwhile, was co-written with Jeremy Spillman and Jordan Fletcher. “I always have an idea in my back, so we don’t show up and just sit in a room and stare at each other,” Gill explains. If the song has hints of the Eagles, a band Gill has been part of since 2017, it’s no accident; it even has “intentional” references to a “sad cafe” and the Sunset Grill that the group’s Don Henley sang about on his 1985 solo hit.
“She’s an Angel” maintains the melancholy in devastating fashion (“Oh, I couldn’t wake her / Lord, why did you take her / I never got to tell her goodbye”) within what Gill considers “a Fleetwood Mac-y sounding record” he created with contemporary hitmaker HARDY. “I love that guy,” Gill says. “I love his way with words—just really, thoughtful.”
Penned with Jason Nix and Driver Williams, “What I Love About Love” features a duet with Gill’s longtime friends, Lady A. “I remember when we first started working on it, I said, ‘This reminds me of a Lady A song,’ and they were kind enough to come in and make it pretty cool. We had a ball.”
“We are lifelong fans of Vince Gill,” said Lady A’s Hillary Scott. “I’ll never forget hearing this song for the first time on Vince’s iPhone speaker backstage in Nashville last fall when he shared it with us. Being asked to be a part of this project is truly humbling and an unforgettable experience.”
Gill’s former bandmate Andrea Zonn, now with James Taylor, provides harmony vocals on “Where Will My Heart Go Now,” which he co-wrote with Liz Rose. “I’m always casting singers, like maybe a director does a movie,” explains Gill. “I think, ‘Who’s the right person for this part?’ It’s more than just getting the Rolodex out and calling a singer—it has to be the right voice with the right song.”
Gill wrote “How in the World Did I Ever Lose You” with Jack Schneider, a onetime member of his touring band who has gone on to his own recording career. Schneider returns to play acoustic guitar on the track. “We started with that first line (‘The worst night of my life has sure got me down / Your words cuttin’ like a knife, said “I’m leavin’ town”’)—it starts off sad and doesn’t disappoint,” Gill says. “I think first lines, the first couple lines of songs, are everything. Schneider is also the photographer of all the guitars featured on the 50 Years From Home series.
End Of The Night also provides a showcase for Gill’s well-established guitar acumen, a skill that ranges from supple and subtle to biting and has earned him multiple Grammys for Best Country Instrumental Performance, along with numerous honors recognizing his musicianship including induction in the Musicians Hall of Fame. Appropriately, the EP’s cover features the 1967 Gibson ES-335 guitar his parents bought him as a Christmas present when he was 10 years old, which he has kept and continues to play.
Like the other 50 Years From Home EPs, End Of The Night was produced by Gill at his home studio near Nashville, with engineers Justin Niebank and Matt Rausch and a core group of musicians that includes Franklin, guitarists Jedd Hughes and Tom Bukovac, bassist Jimmie Lee Sloas, keyboardists Gordon Mote and John Jarvis, and drummer Fred Eltringham. Commemorating his departure from Oklahoma to begin his music career in earnest, he has been releasing a new EP each month, drawing from songs he has accumulated mostly over the past few years, with each collection built around a unifying theme. “I’m grouping them together and telling my story,” Gill explains. “Each one’s different, but they’re all part of what I do. It’s very rewarding.”
Episode 6 of 50 Years From Home with Vince Gill and Charlie Worsham provides a deeper dive into the recording of End Of The Night. Full episode coming soon. Previous episodes can be seen HERE.
TRACK LISTING:
(For complete EP credits, download HERE)
- “New Kind of Lonely”
- “End Of The Night”
- “She’s An Angel”
- “What I Love About Love”
- “Where Will My Heart Go Now”
- “How in the World Did I Ever Lose You”
- “Don’t Let Our Love Start Slippin’ Away”
Photo credit: David McClister Download photo HERE
ABOUT VINCE GILL:
One of the most popular artists in modern country music, Vince Gill is famous for his top-notch songwriting, world-class guitar playing and warm, soaring tenor, all wrapped up in a quick and easy wit. Gill achieved his big breakthrough in 1990 with “When I Call Your Name,” which won both the Country Music Association’s (CMA) Single and Song of the Year awards as well as a Grammy for Best Country Vocal Performance, Male. In total, Gill has won 18 CMA Awards, 22 Grammy Awards, and 8 Academy of Country Music Awards, and in 2025 was presented with the CMA Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award. In 1991, Gill was invited to become a member of the Grand Ole Opry, and in 2007 was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. In 2012 he was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. A gifted songwriter, Gill’s compositions earned him entry into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2005 and the prestigious BMI Icon award in 2014. Throughout his career, he has released 21 albums, sold over 30 million albums, and charted 45 singles. In 2022, Gill was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame. Always considering himself a musician above all else, Gill has over the years been a part of some iconic bands, including Pure Prairie League, The Notorious Cherry Bombs, and The Time Jumpers. In 2017, Gill was asked to join the Eagles on the road, and he continues to be a part of that historic band’s tour. 2025 marked the 50th anniversary of Gill leaving home to pursue a career in music. To honor that milestone, he signed a lifetime contract with his record label MCA and is releasing an EP series of brand-new music every month for a year, titled 50 Years From Home.