Vince Gill History
Vince Gill paid nearly a decade and a half of dues en
route to becoming one of the most popular country
stars of the '90s. Starting out as a bluegrass singer
and multi-instrumentalist, he initially made his name
with country-rockers Pure Prairie League, and spent
the '80s as part of country's new traditionalist wing
before finding massive success as a contemporary
country hitmaker. Gill had strong mainstream appeal,
yet enough songwriting chops and grounding in
tradition that he could maintain his artistic credibility
without being branded a crossover-happy hack. That
balance made him the kind of performer that awards
ceremonies can feel good about honoring, and honor
him they did -- Gill has won more CMA awards than
any performer in history, and his 14 Grammys tie him
with Chet Atkins for the most ever by a country artist.
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Vincent Grant Gill was born April 12, 1957, in Norman, OK. His father, a judge, played banjo
and guitar, and Vince picked up both by his teen years; he later added fiddle, dobro, mandolin,
and bass to his repertoire. In high school, Gill played in the bluegrass band Mountain Smoke,
which gained enough of a local reputation to open a concert for Pure Prairie League. Gill
graduated in 1975 and moved to Louisville to join the band Bluegrass Alliance, with whom he
stayed for a year. He then briefly played with Ricky Skaggs' Boone Creek outfit before setting
out for Los Angeles, where he joined fiddler Byron Berline's group Sundance. In 1979, he
accompanied a friend to audition for Pure Prairie League, mostly out of curiosity as to whether
they remembered his high-school band, and they wound up hiring him as their lead singer. Gill
recorded three albums with the band, helping them land a Top Ten pop hit with "Let Me Love
You Tonight," and also began writing songs for them. He departed in 1981 to join Rodney
Crowell's backing band, the Cherry Bombs, where he met Emory Gordy Jr. and Tony Brown,
both of whom would later produce his solo records. In 1982, he appeared on the David
Grisman album Here Today, and the following year he landed a solo deal with RCA thanks to
his connection with Brown. Gill, his wife Janis, and their young daughter moved to Nashville.
With Gordy producing, Gill issued his debut mini-album, Turn Me Loose, in 1984, with a style in
keeping with his recent country-rock past. He notched his first charting country single with the
minor Top 40 entry "Victim of Life's Circumstance," and the following year completed his follow-
up, The Things That Matter. A duet with Rosanne Cash, "If It Weren't for Him," gave Gill his first
Top Ten hit, and his next single, "Oklahoma Borderline," duplicated its predecessor's success.
1987's The Way Back Home gave Gill his biggest RCA hit in the Top Five "Cinderella." In the
meantime, he also worked as a session guitarist, wrote songs for other artists, and toured with
Emmylou Harris.
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Gill issued the stopgap holiday album Let There Be Peace on Earth in late 1993, and returned with When Love Finds You in 1994, which became his first album to break the pop Top Ten. It, too, sold over four million copies, and gave him five Top Five country hits: "What the Cowgirls Do," the title track, "Whenever You Come Around," "Which Bridge to Cross (Which Bridge to Burn)," and "You Better Think Twice." Gill was clearly a country hit factory by this point, but instead of coasting into the inevitable decline, he got more ambitious with his next project, 1996's High Lonesome Sound. Returning to his bluegrass roots, Gill crafted a tour of American roots-music styles that earned him some positive critical attention, even if overall reviews were mixed. It proved commercially potent as well, giving him several more hits, including the Top Fivers "Worlds Apart," "Pretty Little Adriana," and "A Little More Love." |
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