Vince Gill
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Hall of Famer
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Vince Gill is a Norman, Oklahoma-born country legend who went from playing bluegrass bars as a teenager to winning 22 Grammy Awards, selling over 30 million albums, joining the Eagles as a touring member, and earning the CMA Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award in 2025, before celebrating five decades in music with his "50 Years From Home Tour" and a monthly EP series in 2026 that stands as one of the most prolific creative bursts of his already extraordinary career.
Current Tour & Setlist
Gill's "50 Years From Home Tour" launched June 18, 2026 at the Dr. Phillips Center in Orlando, Florida, celebrating his five decades in music with a six-night residency at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville and additional stops across Florida, St. Louis, Charleston, Springfield, and beyond, accompanied by a monthly EP series on MCA Records also titled "50 Years From Home" featuring six new songs and one previous hit per installment. He is also continuing to perform with the Eagles at their lengthy residency at The Sphere in Las Vegas, making 2026 one of his busiest and most celebrated years on record, and fans can expect a career-spanning setlist including "When I Call Your Name," "Go Rest High on That Mountain," "Whenever You Come Around," "The Heart Won't Lie," and new material from the EP series.
Early Life
Born Vincent Grant Gill on April 12, 1957, in Norman, Oklahoma, and raised in Oklahoma City, he grew up in a household where his father Jay Stanley Gill, a federal appellate court judge, played guitar and banjo at parties and dances and introduced his son to both stringed instruments and the lifelong love of golf that became as central to Gill's identity as music itself. His parents recognized his talent early and bought him a professional Gibson ES-335 semi-hollow electric guitar when he was just ten years old, and by age 16 he was performing in Oklahoma City bars with a local bluegrass band called Mountain Smoke that also opened for Kiss, absorbing everything from Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs to rock and jazz entirely by ear before joining the Bluegrass Alliance in Louisville at age 18 and briefly playing with Ricky Skaggs's Boone Creek.
Career Highlights
After relocating to Los Angeles in 1976 and working with fiddler Byron Berline in Sundance, Gill joined Pure Prairie League in 1979 and co-wrote their 1980 number-one country hit "Let Me Love You Tonight," then briefly joined Rodney Crowell's band the Cherry Bombs before moving to Nashville in 1983 and signing a solo deal with RCA Records. His MCA debut single "When I Call Your Name" in 1990 won both the CMA Single and Song of the Year awards and a Grammy for Best Country Vocal Performance, launching one of Nashville's most consistently celebrated careers of the next two decades. Gill has since released 21 solo albums, sold over 30 million records, charted 45 singles, won 22 Grammy Awards and 18 CMA Awards, been inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2007, the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2005, and the Musicians Hall of Fame in 2022, received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2012, joined the Eagles as a touring member in 2017 following the death of Glenn Frey, and received the CMA Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award in November 2025.
Family & Personal Life
Gill married his first wife Janis Oliver, one half of the country sister duo Sweethearts of the Rodeo, in 1980 while both were pursuing music in California, and the couple had a daughter, Jenny Gill, in 1982 before divorcing in 1997. He first met Christian pop superstar Amy Grant in 1993 during a Nashville Christmas television special, and after both had divorced their respective partners they married on March 10, 2000, in a barefoot private ceremony in Nashville, welcoming their daughter Corrina Grant Gill on March 12, 2001, who has since begun pursuing her own music career. Gill has described Corrina as the glue of their blended family, which includes Amy's three children from her first marriage to Christian musician Gary Chapman, and the couple has remained deeply connected to their Nashville community through annual Christmas shows at the Ryman Auditorium and ongoing charitable work.
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