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Hampton Roads Daily Press - Found 18 hours ago
... year-old legend in the Rolling Stones concert movie 'Shine A Light.' On Saturday, country triple threat Vince Gill brings a less raucous but...

Posted on November 21, 2008, 1:29 pm

Vince Gill performs Nov. 15 at Ruth Eckerd

St. Petersburg Times - Found Nov. 12, 2008
Time was, I couldn't be bothered with humble guitar-picker Vince Gill, a frontman for '70s soft-rockers Pure Prairie League before he became a...

Posted on November 12, 2008, 8:29 am

Vince Gill chooses to mix it up in concert

Virginian Pilot - Found 4 hours ago
By Evan Henerson Los Angeles Daily News If there's a particular number you want to hear during a Vince Gill concert, go ahead and shout it out.

Posted on November 22, 2008, 3:35 am

Kidman, Jackman Join CMA Line-up

Billboard - Found Nov. 10, 2008
Vince Gill, Julianne Hough, Jake Owen, John Rich and Jimmy Wayne join previously announced presenters Billy Ray Cyrus, Miley Cyrus, Heidi...
Kidman, Jackman Join CMA Line-up - Billboard
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Posted on November 10, 2008, 7:24 am

Vince Gill Records With Richard Marx

104.9 EZ Rock - Found Nov. 18, 2008
Vince Gill recently went into the studio to record with Richard Marx.

Posted on November 18, 2008, 2:44 am

Vince Gill Records With Richard Marx

FM KX96 Online - Found Nov. 17, 2008
Vince Gill recently went into the studio to record with Richard Marx.

Posted on November 17, 2008, 11:06 am

Vince Gill Records With Richard Marx

QX104 FM - Found Nov. 17, 2008
Vince Gill recently went into the studio to record with Richard Marx.

Posted on November 17, 2008, 10:17 am

Vince Gill Records With Richard Marx

Golden EzRock - Found Nov. 17, 2008
Vince Gill recently went into the studio to record with Richard Marx.

Posted on November 17, 2008, 5:53 am

Vince Gill Records With Richard Marx

The BEAR - Found Nov. 17, 2008
Vince Gill recently went into the studio to record with Richard Marx.

Posted on November 17, 2008, 3:31 am

CASTING CROWNS, KRISTIN CHENOWETH, JULIANNE HOUGH, DARIUS RUCKER AND ...

Futon Critic - Found 8 hours ago
Glia Estefan, Brian Setzer, Aaron Neville, Patti LaBelle, Lee Ann Womack, CeCe Winans, Neil Diamond, Vince Gill, Jane Monheit and The Click...
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Posted on November 21, 2008, 11:27 am

Vince Gill Biography

Vince Gill
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Vince Gill
Gill playing at the Crossroads Guitar Festival in 2007
Gill playing at the Crossroads Guitar Festival in 2007
Background information
Birth name Vincent Grant Gill
Born April 12, 1957 (1957-04-12) (age 51)
Origin Norman, Oklahoma, United States
Genre(s) Country
Bluegrass
Blue-eyed soul
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s) Vocals, electric guitar, mandolin, Dobro, banjo
Years active 1979-present
Label(s) RCA
MCA
MCA Nashville
Associated acts The Notorious Cherry Bombs
Pure Prairie League
Rodney Crowell
Amy Grant
Website VinceGill.com

Vincent Grant "Vince" Gill (born April 12, 1957) is an American neotraditional country singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He has achieved commercial success and fame both as frontman to the country rock band Pure Prairie League in the 1970s, and as a solo artist beginning in 1983, where his talents as a vocalist and musician have placed him in high demand as a guest vocalist, and a duet partner. Gill has recorded more than twenty studio albums, charted over forty singles on the U.S. Billboard charts as Hot Country Songs, and has sold more than 22 million albums. He has been honored by the Country Music Association with 18 CMA Awards, including two Entertainer of the Year awards and five Male Vocalist Awards. Gill has also earned 19 Grammy Awards, more than any other male Country music artist. In 2007, Gill was inducted into the esteemed Country Music Hall of Fame.

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Biography

Early life

Gill was born in Norman, Oklahoma. His father, J. Stanley Gill, was a lawyer and administrative law judge1 who played in a country music band part time and encouraged Gill to pursue a musical career. His homemaker mother, Jerene, played the harmonica.2 At the encouragement of his father, Gill learned to play several instruments, including the banjo and guitar, before he started high school at Oklahoma City's Northwest Classen High School. He first played with a teenage band called Bluegrass Revue in the late 1970s. The other members were: Billy Perry on the banjo, Bobby Clark on the mandolin & Mike Perry on the bass. (Bobby Clark plays with a group called Williams and Clark now.) While in high school, he performed with "Mountain Smoke," a bluegrass band that once opened for Pure Prairie League. After he graduated, he played in a number of bluegrass bands, including Ricky Skaggs' "Boone Creek"; later, he became a member of Rodney Crowell's road band, The Cherry Bombs.

Career

Gill debuted on the national scene with the country rock band Pure Prairie League in 1979, appearing on that band's album Can't Hold Back. Gill is the lead singer on their hit song "Let Me Love You Tonight" (1980), which he was still performing in concert years later - thus, he said, confusing many fans who knew him only from his subsequent solo work. Gill appeared on two subsequent albums along with then-wife Janis Gill before signing as a solo with RCA Records in 1983. He first charted while on that label. In 1989, he switched to MCA Records where he recorded his breakthrough hit "When I Call Your Name."

Solo work

Gill hosted the CMA Awards every year from 1992–2003. In 2004 he received a Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance. In 1997, he was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Dire Straits leader Mark Knopfler, a fan of Gill's music, had asked Gill to join the band full time. Gill turned down the invitation, but did sing backup on one song ("The Bug") from Dire Straits' album On Every Street. Gill has also sung duets with numerous artists, including Dolly Parton ("I Will Always Love You"), Alison Krauss and Union Station ("That's All"), Reba McEntire ("Oklahoma Swing," "The Heart Won't Lie," "It Just Has to Be That Way,""These Broken Hearts"), Amy Grant ("House of Love"), and Barbra Streisand ("If You Ever Leave Me"). More recently, Vince and Sheryl Crow sang harmony vocals on the Brooks & Dunn 2006 hit "Building Bridges". In 2006, Gill released "These Days," a 4-CD set of 43 new recordings featuring a range of musical styles: traditional country, ballads, contemporary, and acoustic/bluegrass. Guest performers included Sheryl Crow, Emmylou Harris, Diana Krall, Trisha Yearwood, Michael McDonald, Bonnie Raitt, Leann Rimes, Gretchen Wilson, Amy Grant, and Lee Ann Womack, among others.

In 2007, Gill along with Mel Tillis and Ralph Emery were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

In 2008, Gill won his 19th Grammy for Best Country Album, capping off his acceptance speech with: "Music is the only place in the world where true democracy lives - every note counts."

On October 25th, 2008, Gill will be one of the only country artists ever to perform in Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles 3

Personal life

Gill married country singer Janis Oliver of Sweethearts of the Rodeo fame, in 1980. The couple have one daughter, Jennifer Jerene Gill, born May 5, 1982. Vince and Janis separated in the mid-1990s and eventually divorced in June 1998. Vince married Christian/pop singer Amy Grant in March 2000. They have one daughter, Corrina Grant Gill, born March 12, 2001.

Gill, along with his wife Amy, are fans of the Nashville Predators. They have been season ticket holders since the opening season and are often shown on the jumbo screen. In the 2007 playoffs, he and Amy sang the national anthem for each game.

Discography

Selected awards

  • 1984 - Top New Male Vocalist (Academy of Country Music)
  • 1990 - Single of the Year (CMA)
  • 1990 - Best Male Country Vocal Performance (Grammy)
  • 1991 - Male Vocalist of the Year (CMA)
  • 1991 - Song of the Year (CMA)
  • 1991 - Vocal Event of the Year (CMA)
  • 1991 - Best Country Vocal Collaboration (Grammy)
  • 1992 - Song of the Year (Academy of Country Music)
  • 1992 - Top Male Vocalist (Academy of Country Music)
  • 1992 - Songwriters/Publishers of the Year (BMI)
  • 1992 - Male Vocalist of the Year (CMA)
  • 1992 - Song of the Year 1992 (CMA)
  • 1992 - Best Country Song (Grammy)
  • 1992 - Best Male Country Vocal Performance (Grammy)
  • 1993 - Top Male Vocalist (Academy of Country Music)
  • 1993 - Album of the Year (CMA)
  • 1993 - Entertainer of the Year (CMA)
  • 1993 - Male Vocalist of the Year (CMA)
  • 1993 - Song of the Year (CMA)
  • 1993 - Vocal Event of the Year (CMA)
  • 1993 - Best Country Instrumental Performance (Grammy)
  • 1994 - Entertainer of the Year (CMA)
  • 1994 - Male Vocalist of the Year (CMA)
  • 1994 - Best Male Country Vocal Performance (Grammy)
  • 1995 - Songwriters/Publishers of the Year (BMI)
  • 1995 - Male Vocalist of the Year (CMA)
  • 1995 - Best Country Song (Grammy)
  • 1995 - Best Male Country Vocal Performance (Grammy)
  • 1996 - Vocal Event of the Year (CMA)
  • 1996 - Best Country Collaboration With Vocals (Grammy)
  • 1996 - Best Male Country Vocal Performance (Grammy)
  • 1997 - Best Male Country Vocal Performance (Grammy)
  • 1998 - Best Country Instrumental Performance (Grammy)
  • 1998 - Best Male Country Vocal Performance (Grammy)
  • 1999 - Vocal Event of the Year (CMA)
  • 1999 - Best Country Instrumental Performance (Grammy)
  • 2003 - CMT's 40 Greatest Men of Country Music - ranked #17
  • 2007 - Best Male Country Vocal Performance (Grammy)
  • 2007 - Vocal Event of the Year (Academy of Country Music)
  • 2008 - Best Country Album (Grammy)

See also

References

External links

Vince Gill Videos and Clips

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Vince Gill video Music video by Vince Gill performing Go Rest High On That Mountain
with Robin Beresford [Producer]
(C) 1995 MCA Nashville clip
Title: Vince Gill Go Rest High On That Mountain
Description: Music video by Vince Gill performing Go Rest High On That Mountain with Robin Beresford [Producer] (C) 1995 MCA Nashville
Vince Gill video Music video by Vince Gill performing When I Call Your Name
with Tony Brown [Producer]
(C) 1990 Mercury Records clip
Title: Vince Gill When I Call Your Name
Description: Music video by Vince Gill performing When I Call Your Name with Tony Brown [Producer] (C) 1990 Mercury Records
Vince Gill video Music video by Vince Gill performing Look At Us
(C) 1991 MCA Nashville clip
Title: Vince Gill Look At Us
Description: Music video by Vince Gill performing Look At Us (C) 1991 MCA Nashville
Vince Gill video Music video by Vince Gill performing The Heart Wont Lie
with Jon Small, Jon Small
(C) 1992 MCA Nashville clip
Title: Vince Gill The Heart Wont Lie
Description: Music video by Vince Gill performing The Heart Wont Lie with Jon Small, Jon Small (C) 1992 MCA Nashville
Vince Gill video for all lovers clip
Title: Vince Gill & Dolly Parton I Will Always Love You (CMA 95)
Description: for all lovers
Vince Gill video The Reason Why is the first single from Vince Gills new album These Days available on MCA Records Nashville. clip
Title: Vince Gill The Reason Why
Description: The Reason Why is the first single from Vince Gills new album These Days available on MCA Records Nashville.
Vince Gill video Music video by Vince Gill performing What The Cowgirls Do
with Tony Brown [Producer]
(C) 1994 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. clip
Title: Vince Gill What The Cowgirls Do
Description: Music video by Vince Gill performing What The Cowgirls Do with Tony Brown [Producer] (C) 1994 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Vince Gill video Music video by Vince Gill performing Liza Jane
with John Lloyd Miller, Marc Ball
(C) 1991 MCA Nashville clip
Title: Vince Gill Liza Jane
Description: Music video by Vince Gill performing Liza Jane with John Lloyd Miller, Marc Ball (C) 1991 MCA Nashville