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Norman, Oklahoma, United States
Vincent Grant "Vince" Gill (born April 12, 1957) is an American neotraditional country singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He has achieved commercial success and fame both as frontman to the . .
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Vincent Grant "Vince" Gill (born April 12, 1957) is an American neotraditional 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 twenty studio albums, charted over forty singles on the U.S. Billboard charts as Hot Country Songs, and has sold more than 22 million albums. He has been honored by the Country Music Association with 18 CMA Awards, including two Entertainer of the Year awards and five Male Vocalist Awards. Gill has also earned 20 Grammy Awards, more than any other male Country music artist. In 2007, Gill was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Gill was born in Norman, Oklahoma. His father, J. Stanley Gill, was a lawyer and administrative law judge who played in a country music band part time and encouraged Gill to pursue a musical career. His homemaker mother, Jerene, played the harmonica. At the encouragement of his father, Gill learned to play several instruments, including the banjo and guitar, before he started high school at Oklahoma City's Northwest Classen High School. He first played with a teenage band called Bluegrass Revue in the late 1970s. The other members were: Billy Perry on the banjo, Bobby Clark on the mandolin & Mike Perry on the bass. (Bobby Clark plays with a group called Williams and Clark now.) While in high school, he performed with "Mountain Smoke," a bluegrass band that once opened for Pure Prairie League. After he graduated, he played in a number of bluegrass bands, including Ricky Skaggs' "Boone Creek"; later, he became a member of Rodney Crowell's road band, The Cherry Bombs.
the song "go rest high on that mountain" was played at my cousins funeral. i didnt really understand why god took him at such a young age but the only thing i remember from all of this was that song. and now i understand he waasnt needed here anymore
what a great voice and such a talented musician.
VINCE IS AWSOME. GOD BLESS OUR SOLDIERS.
Vince is my all time favorite singer. Amy is a blessed woman.
We played Go rest high on that mountain at my daddys funeral. I have to hear it every once in a while, for him. He died of cancer at 45, in April 2008. I can't wait to see him again in heaven.
we played go rest high on that mountain at my unckles funeral
did he record that song? IF TOMORROW STARTS WITHOUT MEIS THAT THE ONE TAT MAKES ALL YOU CRY AND PLAYED AT THE FUNERALS?
I am trying to find the song If tomorrow starts without me where is it on this site
vince Gill Has a beautiful voice
River like you, what a song, thaks Vince.
THE REASON WHY ???? BECOS YOU ARE AWESOME !!!!!!
Love this song...played at my moms and my brothers funeral....i also cry evertime i hear it cause it brings back those very sad times but can't help but listen to it
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this was played at my grandmas funeral too i cry every time i hear it i wish my grandma was still her
this song was played @ my husbands funeral!! Love the son
i love this song as well it was played at my papa and my son's funeral love you papa and my son forever you will be missed
i love vince gill!!!!! you da best!!!!!
this song was played at my granpas funeral to. i love this song and always will. love ya gramps.