Vince Gill

Vince Gill (2012)

Vincent "Vince" Grant Gill (born April 12, 1957 in Norman , Oklahoma ) is an American country singer, guitarist and songwriter. He has recorded more than 20 studio albums and was represented with over 40 singles in the American single country charts . Gill is a 20-time Grammy winner, has received 13 CMA awards, and has sold more than 24 million albums.

biography

Early years

Gill was born in Norman , Oklahoma . His father, J. Stanley Gill, was a lawyer and administrative judge who played in a country band and encouraged his son to become a musician. With the help of his father, Gill learned to play the banjo and guitar . When Gill was ten years old, his parents gave him a Gibson ES-335 and a Fender Super Reverb amplifier. Even in high school , Gill, who was also a talented golfer , played in the teenage band The Bluegrass Revue. At the age of 18 he became a member of the Bluegrass Alliance, in which Dan Crary also played. While Gill was still in high school. he joined the bluegrass band Flock and Mountain Smoke, which opened concerts for Kiss and Pure Prairie League . When he was 19, he moved to Los Angeles , where he joined Byron Berline 's Sundance Band . There he met Janis Oliver, his future wife, who soon became known as a member of the Sweethearts of the Rodeo .

Career

Gill's appearance at Eric Clapton's 2007 Crossroads Guitar Festival

In 1978 he was hired as the lead singer of the country rock formation Pure Prairie League. A year later, Gill released the first album with the band, entitled Can't Hold Back . The group could not build on the successes of previous years, and so Gill got out after three years. With his wife and daughter, he moved to Nashville in 1982 , where he joined Rodney Crowell's band Cherry Bombs. In 1984 he released his first single, Turn Me Loose . With the next record, Victim of Life's Circumstances , he was able to place himself in the hit parade for the first time. He was named Best Young Singer of 1984 by the Academy of Country Music . In the following years he mainly worked as a session musician. He masters several instruments, sings and writes songs. The collaboration with Rosanne Cash , the daughter of Johnny Cash, was particularly intense .

In 1989 he was asked by Mark Knopfler to join the band Dire Straits as guitarist and singer . However, Gill was just signing a new record deal and turned down the offer. In the same year his breakthrough came with the album When I Call Your Name , which sold over three million times. The title song reached number 3 on the country charts and was named "Single of the Year" by the CMA in 1990 . In the same year Vince Gill received a Grammy for "Best Vocal Country Performance". In 1991 he was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry . His next albums Pocket Full Of Gold and I Still Believe in You also reached platinum status and numerous single releases made it into the country charts. His Christmas album Let There Be Peace On Earth also achieved excellent sales. In 2010 he joined the group The Time Jumpers and played in 2011 on the album Welcome 2 My Nightmare by Alice Cooper .

With the reunion of the country rock band Eagles in 2017, he is traded as a possible successor to the founding member, guitarist and singer Glenn Frey , who died in 2016 . Together with Frey's son Deacon , he is part of the line-up for the Eagles' North America tour in 2018.

Private

In 1998, the marriage with Janis Oliver was divorced. Two years later he married Amy Grant . They have one daughter and live in Nashville. His house has a home studio that recorded his Guitar Slinger and Bakersfield albums, as well as numerous other albums, and a swimming pool .

Gill has a penchant for Martin as well as old Fender and Gibson guitars . He mostly uses vintage instruments and owns around 300 guitars. In 2010, many guitars and amplifiers were destroyed by a flood.

In September 2013, Westboro Baptist Church supporters struck his concert at the Kauffman Center in Kansas City , Missouri . Followers called Gill an adulterer for abandoning his first wife.

Awards

In 2005 Gill was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and in 2007 the Country Music Hall of Fame . In September 2012, he was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame . On November 5, 2014, Gill received the Irving Waugh Award of Excellence at the 48th CMA Awards.

Academy of Country Music Awards 1984: "Top New Male Vocalist" 1992: "Song of the Year" - I Still Believe In You 1992: "Top Male Vocalist" 1993: "Top Male Vocalist" CMA Awards 1990: "Single of the year" 1991: "Singer of the Year" 1992: "Singer of the Year" 1992: "Song of the Year" - Look At Us 1993: "Album of the Year" - I Still Believe in You 1993: "Singer of the Year" 1993: "Song of the Year" - I Still Believe in You 1993: "Entertainer of the Year" 1994: "Entertainer of the Year" 1994: "Singer of the Year" 1995: "Singer of the Year" 1999: "Vocal Event of the Year" - My Kind of Woman / My Kind of Man 2014: "Irving Waugh Award of Excellence" BMI Awards 2014: "BMI Icon Award" Country Music Hall of Fame 2007

Grammy Awards 1990: "Best male country vocal performance" 1991: "Best vocal country collaboration" 1992: "Best Country Song" 1992: "Best male country vocal performance" 1993: "Best instrumental country performance" 1994: "Best male country vocal performance" 1995: "Best Country Song" 1995: "Best male country vocal performance" 1996: "Best vocal country collaboration" 1996: "Best male country vocal performance" 1997: "Best male country vocal performance" 1998: "Best instrumental country performance" 1998: "Best male country vocal performance" 1999: "Best male country vocal performance" 1999: "Best instrumental country performance" 2001: "Best instrumental country performance" 2002: "Best instrumental country performance" 2004: "Best male country vocal performance" 2007: "Best male country vocal performance" 2008: "Best Country Album" Hollywood Walk of Fame 2012

Discography

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Studio albums

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		CH	US	Country	CA	CA Country
1984	Turn Me Loose RCA	-	-	Country64 (8 weeks) Country	-	-	First published: 1984
1985	The Things That Matter RCA	-	-	Country63 (6 weeks) Country	-	-	First published: 1985
1987	The Way Back Home RCA	-	-	Country13 (21 weeks) Country	-	-	First published: 1987
1989	When I Call Your Name MCA	-	US67 × 2 Double platinum (78 weeks)US	Country2 (165 weeks) Country	CA- platinum CA	-	First published: November 14, 1989 Sales: + 2,100,000
1991	Pocket Full of Gold MCA	-	US37 × 2 Double platinum (98 weeks)US	Country5 (171 weeks) Country	CA- platinum CA	-	First published: March 5, 1991 Sales: + 2,100,000
1992	I Still Believe in You MCA	-	US10 × 5 Quintuple platinum (100 weeks)US	Country3 (153 weeks) Country	CA45 × 3 Triple platinum (39 weeks)CA	CA Country3 (34 weeks) CA Country	First published: September 1, 1992 Sales: + 5,300,000
1994	When Love Finds You MCA	-	US6th × 4 Quadruple platinum (112 weeks)US	Country2 (134 weeks) Country	CA18th × 2 Double platinum (23 weeks)CA	CA Country2 (42 weeks) CA Country	First published: June 7, 1994 Sales: + 4,200,000
1996	High Lonesome Sound MCA	-	US24 platinum (44 weeks)US	Country3 (93 weeks) Country	CA43 gold (9 weeks)CA	CA Country5 (56 weeks) CA Country	First published: May 28, 1996 Sales: + 1,050,000
1998	The Key MCA	-	US11 platinum (27 weeks)US	Country1 (73 weeks) Country	CA25th gold (9 weeks)CA	CA Country2 (55 weeks) CA Country	First published: August 11, 1998 Sales: + 1,050,000
2000	Let's Make Sure We Kiss Goodbye MCA	-	US39 gold (7 weeks)US	Country4 (44 weeks) Country	-	CA Country6 (20 weeks) CA Country	First published: April 18, 2000 Sales: + 500,000
2003	Next Big Thing MCA	-	US14 (9 weeks) US	Country4 (34 weeks) Country	-	-	First published: February 11, 2003 Sales: +286,000
2006	These Days MCA	-	US17th platinum (19 weeks)US	Country4 (47 weeks) Country	-	-	First published: October 17, 2006 Sales: + 4,000,000
2011	Guitar slinger MCA	-	US14 (4 weeks) US	Country4 (26 weeks) Country	-	-	First published: October 25, 2011 Sales: + 102,000
2013	Bakersfield MCA	-	US25 (11 weeks) US	Country4 (24 weeks) Country	-	-	First published: July 30, 2013; with Paul Franklin Sales: + 342,000
2016	Down to My Last Bad Habit MCA	-	US35 (4 weeks) US	Country4 (27 weeks) Country	CA50 (1 week) CA	-	First published: February 2016 Sales: + 81,600
2019	Okie MCA	CH70 (1 week) CH	US71 (1 week) US	Country9 (2 weeks) Country	-	-	First published: August 23, 2019 Sales: +32,200

Web links

Commons : Vince Gill  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

• Official website of Vince Gill

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The 85th PGA Championship / News / Vince Gill: A man whose life is in tune (8/13/03) , accessed January 10, 2015, pga.com
2. ↑ Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007 , (39:50), youtube.com
3. ^ Vince Gill - "Killer Guitar Player" (8:28 am), accessed January 10, 2015, youtube.com
4. ↑ Entry at opry.com
5. ^ Classic West Marks Eagles' First Concert Since Glenn Frey's Death
6. ^ Website of the Eagles - news and tour dates
7. ^ Rig Rundown Premier Guitar
8. ^ Vince Gill's Guitar Collection Musicians Friend
9. ↑ Watch: Vince Gill Confronts Westboro Baptist Church ( Memento of the original from October 29, 2014 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Retrieved January 28, 2015, Us995.cbslocal.com 
10. ↑ Star for Vince Gill ( Memento of the original from December 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Hollywood Walk of Fame 
11. ↑ Calvin Gilbert: Vince Gill Presented CMA Irving Waugh Award of Excellence | CMT , November 6, 2014
12. ↑ Chart sources: CH UK US CA
13. ↑ Fall Preview - New Albums from. Billboard , August 5, 2006, p. 20 , accessed April 8, 2020 . 
14. ↑ Vince Gill: On Oct. 17, 2006, “These Days” was released. In: instagram.com . October 17, 2018, accessed April 8, 2020 . 
15. ↑ Guitar Slinger sales in the United States ( December 18, 2015 memento on the Internet Archive )
16. ↑ Sales for Bakersfield in the United States ( April 9, 2020 memento on the Internet Archive )
17. ↑ Sales for Down to My Last Bad Habit in the United States ( Memento from March 22, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
18. ↑ Sales for Okie in the United States ( March 22, 2020 memento on the Internet Archive )