EVENT: Vince Gill
WHEN: Saturday, November 10, 8 p.m.
VENUE: Walt Disney Theater
NOTES: The country icon, who also
tours as a member of the Eagles in
place of the late Glenn Frey, will
perform songs from his new album,
Down to My Last Bad Habit, as well
as an assortment of chart-toppers
from his 38-year career.
TICKETS: Prices starting at $39.50.
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“I always go back to that because it was
the song that changed my world,” he says.
“It changed everything.”
It certainly did. “When I Call Your Name”
kicked off a run of 23 straight releases that
scaled Billboard’s country chart, including
the ubiquitous awards shows, winning countless
industry accolades. He was inducted
into the Country Music Hall of Fame — the
ultimate achievement for any country artist
— in 2007.
The funny thing is, he never set out to be
a star. “I just wanted to be another guy in
felt like every note of a song is of equal
more important than what the bass play-
bit of it — and I want to.”
That boundless team spirit may explain
why Gill has come to rival Willie Nelson —
the ageless Red Headed Stranger and the
the most collaborative artist in the genre.
Gill has guested on at least 500 albums, including
one from Barbra Streisand.
Since 2010, he has been a member of
the Time Jumpers, an evolving cadre of
Nashville session players devoted to western
swing. His 21st Grammy came from writ-
Kid Sister.
hear a slew of Eagles classics. Gill, of course,
out a satisfying set — and several encores.
“When I Call Your Name,” which the formidable
Roy Acuff reportedly insisted that Gill
sing every time he appeared on the Grand
Ole Opry.
Or, for that matter, “Go Rest High on that
Mountain,” which Rolling Stone ranks at No.
17 on its list of the 40 Saddest Country Songs
Ever Written.
Other Gill chestnuts that he and his band
-
enced “Take Your Memory with You,” and
Believe in You.”
“I think ballads are mainly what I do best,”
Gill says. “I grow weary of a lot of hot-shot
playing. I love the melancholy side of music.
A great ballad is where a vocalist really gets
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tional playing is more interesting than fast
playing. The older I get, the more I kind of
point there.”
Haggard classics and a new original song,
Down to My
Last Bad Habit. The song, which Gill calls
“the most country” on the album, is a paean
to Jones, often said to be the greatest
pure country singer of all time.
“George was a great friend and a great
collaborator,” Gill says. “When you start to
see your heroes going to the other side, it
has an impact.”
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