BEFORE ELVIS PRESLEY BELONGED TO THE WORLD, HE BELONGED TO GLADYS — AND LOSING HER LEFT A WOUND FAME COULD NEVER REACH
admin You know the jumpsuits. You know the black hair, the unmistakable silhouette, the roar that…
Read MoreVINCE GILL WON THE GRAMMYS — BUT THE SONG THAT MAY OUTLIVE THEM ALL IS THE ONE HE ALMOST NEVER RECORDED
Vince Gill has spent a lifetime collecting the kind of honors most musicians can only…
Read MoreVINCE GILL DIDN’T NEED TO RAISE HIS VOICE — “I GAVE YOU EVERYTHING I HAD” HURTS BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING LEFT TO FIGHT FOR
He did not raise his voice. He did not plead for another chance. He simply…
Read MoreVINCE GILL AND PATTY LOVELESS DIDN’T NEED TO OVERSING IT — “MY KIND OF WOMAN / MY KIND OF MAN” SIMPLY SOUNDED LIKE TWO PEOPLE WHO ALREADY KNEW
He did not oversell the emotion. She did not soften its edges. And somewhere between…
Read MoreDWIGHT YOAKAM AND BUCK OWENS DIDN’T ASK NASHVILLE FOR PERMISSION — “STREETS OF BAKERSFIELD” PROVED CALIFORNIA COUNTRY STILL HAD A THRONE
Some country duets are designed to sound beautiful. Others sound like two people walking through…
Read MoreLINDA DAVIS DIDN’T NEED TO RAISE HER VOICE — SHE LET ONE OLD CHARLEY PRIDE SONG SILENCE THE ROOM
Some singers reach for the biggest note they can find. Linda Davis did something harder.…
Read MoreVINCE GILL DIDN’T NEED A BIG FINISH — HE JUST SANG ABOUT THE LIFE STILL STANDING BESIDE HIM
There are moments when Vince Gill can make a crowded room feel remarkably small. No…
Read MoreVINCE GILL BEGAN THE SONG ALONE — THEN LAINEY WILSON TOOK THE SECOND VERSE, AND AN OLD COUNTRY CLASSIC SUDDENLY BELONGED TO ANOTHER GENERATION
Lainey Wilson once joked that she could listen to Vince Gill sing the phone book.…
Read More“STRING CHEESE” SHOULDN’T HAVE WORKED — THEN HANNAH HARPER AND CARRIE UNDERWOOD SANG IT LIKE A SECRET THEY’D BEEN KEEPING FOR YEARS
There are song titles that immediately tell you to prepare for heartbreak. Then there is…
Read MoreTHE LAST NOTE VINCE GILL NEVER FORGOT — WHEN HE AND DOLLY PARTON FINISHED “I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU,” NO SPEECH WAS NEEDED
Stay with the final note. Not the applause that comes afterward. Not the cameras sweeping…
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