VINCE GILL IS a country music legend, racking up 22 Grammys and selling more than 26 million albums. Although part of Nashville’s ultimate power couple, with his wife Amy Grant, Gill is one of the friendliest and most unassuming stars one could meet. Gifted with a distinctive voice, possessing the power to move even the hardest of hearts to tears, he is also an incredible guitarist who can play in any style. Beyond his own extensive catalog, he’s contributed to more than a thousand recordings by other artists.
“I always aspired to be the guy who gets to play on other people’s records,” he tells Guitar Player. “I never had a hairbrush in my hand in front of the mirror pretending to be Elvis; I always had my head down studying the harmonies and the guitar parts on records. I’m very lucky to have a solo career and to play on so many records. Even when my record company used to ask me to cut back on the sessions for other artists, I refused. To me, it’s a harder job to bring something meaningful to someone else’s record than it is to create your own music.”
On top of his amazing recording career, Gill has been a member of the Eagles since 2017. It’s a dream gig for the guitarist, who was a fan of both the Eagles and Joe
