Vince Gill gets open and personal on his latest album, 'Okie'
CHICAGO - Vince Gill covers a lot of personal ground on his new album "Okie" (MCA Nashville). The country star offers heartfelt takes on his relationship with his mother, his marriage to Christian and country-pop singer Amy Grant and his friendship with the late singer-songwriter Guy Clark. There's also a devastating ballad about child sexual abuse, a song influenced by Gill's own run-in with a coach who acted inappropriately.
"More than anything, I wanted to open myself up to vulnerability and tell the truth as best I could on this album," he says, calling from a tour stop in Thackerville, Okla.
A member of the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Grand Ole Opry, Gill has 21 Grammys to
