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A worthy choice for Spotlight Artist, although he is not one of my personal favorites. In many ways he reminds me of Steve Wariner, another artist who can pick , sing and write songs. Both are dynamic stage performers but the one area where Vince has the advantage over Wariner is in his media personality. Consequently, Vince Gill is better known to the general public. I look forward to Steve Wariner being the Spotlight Artist some month, as well
I could’nt agree with you more they both are great.You are right about Vince and the media he dose a lot of cleb. golf tourment for charity.I think he still has his charity golf tourment there in Nashville TN.
Steve was our spotlight artist back in February:
https://mykindofcountry.wordpress.com/2011/02/01/spotlight-artist-steve-wariner/
Mea culpa – I forgot
Excellent choice for this month’s spotlight artist.
Besides his own catalog, he just might be the best back-up/harmony singer ever. I guess one of his earliest efforts was with Rosanne Cash on “I Don’t Know Why You Don’t Want Me”. It would be interesting to see a list of all the songs he’s appeared on. Saw him once at Long Island’s Westbury Music Fair. He was so popular that he could command $55 when other country artists like Suzy Bogguss, Kathy Mattea and Mary Chapin Carpenter could only get $30 – 35.
Great selection for this month’s spotlight. His music serves as a stark counterpoint to the shallow rock & rap loving tatooed freaks that seem to be holding country music hostage today. Vince has kept one foot firmly planted in country music tradition even though he has stretched his musical boundaries from time to time. The only fault I ever found with Vince’s music is that for a time the ballads selected for single release were far too similar. I would often hear the song intro and I wasn’t sure which Vince tune it was going to be.
Nevertheless he is one of country music’s finest vocalists and it’s great that he is back with fresh material. Still hoping that one day he’ll record a full duet album with Patty Loveless.
Amen to that !
Nice!
I bet Leeann will be pretty happy about this too. 🙂
Ha! Yes, I most certainly am happy about this! I cannot, cannot wait to read this month’s coverage, because he just might be one of my faves, to understate a bit.:)
Vince Gill is one artist on the never-ending lists of artists whose work I intend to dig deeper into, so I’ll be thrilled to read this month’s coverage. (And yay for Leeann!!) I’m enjoying his new Guitar Slinger album quite a bit.
Next to his excellent singing, songwriting and guitar playing abilities Vince is one of the funniest guys in country music. His keen sense of humor and extremely quick wit were two of the reasons that he made such an entertaining CMA Awards Show host for so many years.
This past week one of the radio industry websites was collecting stories from radio personalities about happenings at concerts that were funny, scary, unusual or otherwise unforgettable. Here’s a story that perfectly illustrates how funny Vince can be even when he’s not onstage:
From Angie Ward, MD/midday personality WTQR Greensboro, N.C.:
“The very first major concert I emceed was Vince Gill while on the air at WSTH (South 106) in Columbus, Ga. I had never spoken in front of a crowd larger than a hundred people, and the coliseum was sold out! I was so nervous backstage before the show that Vince noticed. He asked if I was all right, and I explained my fear. In that wonderfully soft and soothing voice of his he said, ‘Oh, you’ll do fine. Just remember my name is VANCE GRILL.’ and then he repeated it several times for the next half hour, until I walked out on stage and… Well, no, I didn’t call him ‘Vance Grill,’ but only because I had written his real name on my sweaty palm and I read it!”
Vince Gill is one of the greatest talents in music today. He’s incredibly versatile as a musician and songwriter and still posseses one of the purest vocals around. I’ve followed his incredible career since his PPL days and even back then it was obvious he was something very special. The Vince Gill’s of the world are few and far between. Nice spotlight on an enormously gifted man.