Vince Gill

Vince Gill
Musician Vince Gill playing an acoustic guitar
Gill performing live with the Eagles in February 2019
Background information
Birth nameVincent Grant Gill
Born (1957-04-12) April 12, 1957 (age 67)
Norman, Oklahoma, U.S.
OriginNashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter, musician
Instrument(s)
Years active1975–present
Labels
Member ofEagles
Formerly of
Spouse(s)
(m. 1980; div. 1997)
(m. 2000)
WebsiteVince Gill

Vincent Grant Gill (born April 12, 1957) is an American country music singer, songwriter and musician. He has achieved commercial success and fame both as frontman of 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.

He has recorded more than 20 studio albums, charted over 40 singles on the U.S. Billboard charts as Hot Country Songs, and has sold more than 26 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. As of 2022, Gill has also earned 22 Grammy Awards, more than any other male country music artist. In 2007 he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. In 2016, Gill was inducted into the Guitar Center Rock Walk by Joe Walsh of the Eagles.[1] In 2017, he and Deacon Frey were hired by the Eagles in place of the late Glenn Frey.

  1. ^ Midwest Communications Inc. "Eagles Guitarist Joe Walsh to Induct Vince Gill into Hollywood's RockWalk Next Month". WIN 98.5. Retrieved May 23, 2016.