Vince Gill is an awesomely talented performer who used to win the Country Music Awards Performer of the Year award on a yearly basis. Formerly a vocalist for Pure Prairie League he was the lead vocalist on "Let Me Love You Tonight" which was their biggest hit. His vocal talents are held in such esteem that during a televised tribute to Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys, Vince handled Brian's falsetto vocal parts on some of his most challenging material. The man can sing just about anything. In 2006 he released a four disc set called "These Days" which won a Grammy for Country Album. Each disc was devoted to a different genre of music with a "Groovy" side, "Rockin" side, "Country & Western" side and a "Bluegrass/Acoustic" side. The man can literally sing anything and sing it well
I was fortunate to catch Vince live at Meadowbrook opening for the immortal Roy Orbison on Roy's last Michigan appearance before his death in the late 1980s.
On the Country Western record Vince recorded "Some Things Never Get Old" with duet queen Emmylou Harris Let's listen to Vince as he brings his outstanding pipes to his own composition. Let's also set the time machine back to 1980 for "Let Me Love You Tonight" with the Pure Prairie League!
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