Vince Gill 1985

Vince Gill 1985, hand-drawn in Nashville, age 28 with his 1960 “slap-back” Fender Stratocaster that he bought from Nashville session player Tom Bukovac.

Vincent Grant Gill (born April 12, 1957) is an Oklahoma native, guitar virtuoso, American 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 20 studio albums, charted over 40 singles on the U.S. Billboard charts as Hot Country Songs, and has sold more than 26 million albums.
He began playing in bluegrass bands almost immediately on graduating from high school and debuted on the national scene with the country rock band Pure Prairie League in 1979.

He is a member of the Western Performers Hall of Fame and the Grand Ole Opry. Gill is well known for his flawless singing and skilled guitar playing.

Hits such as “Oklahoma Borderline”, “Cinderella”, “When I Call Your Name”, “Never Knew Lonely”, “I Still Believe In You”, “Tryin’ To Get Over You”, “Whenever You Come Around”, “Go Rest High On That Mountain”, “If You Ever Have Forever In Your Mind” and “Feels Like Love” has earned him 21 Grammy Awards, more than any other male country music artist.

In 2007 he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. On February 4, 2016 Gill was inducted into the Guitar Center Rock Walk by Joe Walsh of the Eagles.

In 2017, Vince Gill and Deacon Frey were hired by the Eagles to fill-in for the late Glenn Frey.

Gill has been married to singer Amy Grant since March 2000.

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