Vince Gill

Vince Gill – Sweet Memories: The Music Of Ray Price & The Cherokee Cowboys (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · August 31, 2023 · Comments off

Vince Gill and his friend and collaborator Paul Franklin have joined forces again for the album Sweet Memories: The Music of Ray Price & The Cherokee Cowboys.

The 11-track album comes ten years after the appearance of the duo’s much-admired Bakersfield album, and Gill and Franklin say the new set contains material that might even surprise the greatest devotees of Texan country hero Price. Notes Gill: “When we originally started thinking about doing this record, we were going to do half and half, focusing on two different artists like we did with Bakersfield, recording songs of Buck Owens and Merle Haggard. But we got to liking so many of Ray’s songs, that it became ‘Let’s do all Ray’ and ‘Well, Okay!’”

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Vince Gill – High Lonesome Sound (1996) [Reissue 2004] MCH SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

SACD / DSD By admin · October 21, 2022 · Comments off

High Lonesome Sound is the seventh studio album from American country music artist Vince Gill. It was released in 1996 on MCA Nashville. Two versions of the title track are included. The one at the end of the album was recorded in a more bluegrass orchestration, backed by Alison Krauss & Union Station.

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Vince Gill – Okie (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · September 26, 2022 · Comments off

Reclaiming a derogatory Dust Bowl-era term, Okie is loosely a concept album about human struggle in the Sooner State. But dealing with issues of divisiveness, faith and heartache, it’s also pure Americana. Taking a break from the bluegrass that has largely defined his later career, Gill turns to his gentle country singer-songwriter roots: Opener “I Don’t Wanna Ride the Rails No More” has echoes of his days in Pure Prairie League. As a lyricist, he pulls no punches, looking at how pro-choice is still not an easy choice on the sweet-toned “What Choice Will You Make” and embracing his Christianity on the gently shuffling “The Red Words” and “When My Amy Prays,” which finds Gill hitting the spine-shivering high notes. “Forever Changed” is a frank warning to abusers, while the hymn-like “The Price of Regret” is a plea for kindness. Gill also pays tribute to his heroes on “Nothin’ Like a Guy Clark Song” and “A World Without Haggard,” offering up what he learned from each. The music is mellow, but the messages are deep.

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Vince Gill – Down To My Last Bad Habit (2016) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · September 26, 2022 · Comments off

GRAMMY Award-winning MCA Nashville country star Vince Gill revealed via NPR his new album Down To My Last Bad Habit is set for release on February 12. Gill wrote/co-wrote, co-produced and is a featured musician on all 12 songs on Down To My Last Bad Habit. The album also includes guest vocals from Little Big Town and Cam.

‘Forty years into this, it’s still as much fun as it s ever been to play music,’ notes Gill. ‘At the end of the day, what I get excited about is doing something I haven’t done before. When I record a song, I feel successful if I’ve accomplished something new.’

Down to My Last Bad Habit marks Gill s first solo album since 2011 s Guitar Slinger. In 2013, The Oklahoma native partnered with famed steel guitarist Paul Franklin on Bakersfield as a tribute to the Bakersfield sound of Buck Owens and Merle Haggard. With 20 GRAMMY Awards to his credit, Gill has emerged as country music s most eloquent and impassioned champion. He is both a world-class guitar picker and a wide-ranging songwriter whose compositions earned him entry into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2005 and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2007. Gill has produced albums for LeAnn Rimes, Amy Grant as well as Ashley Monroe and has made guest appearances on over 500+ albums including Barbra Streisand, Eric Clapton, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, George Jones and more.

Gill returns this holiday season for a set of shows at Nashville s famed Ryman Auditorium with his wife, Christian contemporary artist, Amy Grant. In February, Gill is set to reunite with Lyle Lovett for a 13-city tour of acoustic shows.

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Vince Gill – High Lonesome Sound (2003) [DVD-Audio ISO]

DVD-A By admin · May 29, 2019 · Comments off

Vince Gill takes off on a tour of American music on High Lonesome Sound. The title cut steps back to a time he hasn’t visited in a while, drawing on his days as a bluegrass singer and guitarist to create a soaring, harmony-driven sound that applies Appalachian drive to modern country rhythms. Most of the rest of the album’s journey treks in new directions. The aggressive guitar riff that opens “One Dance with You” is straight Chicago blues, while the jaunty feel that enlivens “Down to New Orleans” draws on the Windy City’s funky rhythms with a deft touch worthy of Little Feat — with Lowell George, that is. “Tell Me Lover,” also bearing the trace print of Little Feat, dances through a swampy groove. The arrangements by Gill and producer Tony Brown give traditional sounds a modern sheen while maintaining a distinct regional flavor. Gill gets much more room to show off his impressive guitar prowess than on his past records. A pair of small complaints are that his lyrics don’t match the music (they are steeped in the modern country topical schemes) and he can overly sweeten the blues. Elsewhere, he uses the clichéd aspects of Cajun music in paying homage to Louisiana’s musical heritage (R&B and New Orleans second-line rhythms aren’t here and should be, because he’s musically sophisticated enough to pull them off). Therefore, this album works best when he’s not straining for authenticity: “Worlds Apart,” “Given More Time,” and “Pretty Little Adriana” leaven his tried-and-true formula into arrangements that are more progressively atmospheric than his past hits. Gill owns too many strengths to need to transform himself into Lowell George or Bonnie Raitt at this point in his career; he can leave his own mark on any music he chooses to play and — for the most part — does so here. (more…)