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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 and Mike Perry on the bass. (Bobby Clark plays with Jerry Butler and the Blue Js 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" and Byron Berline and Sundance; later, he became a member of Rodney Crowell's road band, The Cherry Bombs.

Married country singer Janis Oliver of Sweethearts of the Rodeo fame, in 1980. The couple have one daughter, Jennifer Jerene Gill, born May 5, 1982. Gill occasionally mixed sound for his wife's band at concerts. Vince and Janis separated in the mid-1990s and eventually divorced in June 1998. Vince married Christian/pop singer Amy Grant in March 2000. They have one daughter, Corrina Grant Gill, born March 12, 2001.

Gill, along with his wife Amy, are fans of the Nashville Predators. They have been season ticket holders since the opening season and are often shown on the jumbo screen. In the 2007 playoffs, he and Amy sang the national anthem for each game.

Though Gill never attended college, he's a big fan of the University of Oklahoma football team. He also attends nearly every men's basketball game at Belmont University in Nashville.



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[guitaristpage]

I like that. Precisely

[strawman8]

That's two of the greatest talents,Vince and Jerry.Thanks for sharing your music man and the excellent bio on Vince.

[COLDB33R]

I am NOT a country fan as such, but you've got to give Vince Gill his due. He's got a great voice with that lovely bluegrass/newgrass influence and plays the ASS off of that Tele. When you're good you're good, no matter what genre.

[MegaDutchdude]

I like a lot of guitarists, EJ, JS, SV, SRV,TE..

when it comes to country, this man is the only one that knows how to keep me interested. I tire of albert Lee after 5 songs, to Vince i could listen whole day, his playing is just do damn tasty!!

[thal091]

vince gill is really amazing...

[kglas4bass]

BAMF!!

[buddimack]

I never realized Vince has so much natural music ability.What a great entertainer.

[TadRapidly]

Vince, just stop it, ok> We get it. You have more talent in one of your hair follicles than most of us have in our entire bodies. ;-)

[monster4josh]

Vince, a "neo-traditionalist"? Come on, this ain't Ricky Skaggs you're talkin' about here. Look at Vince's discography some time....