THE DUET THAT HUSHED THE ROOM — VINCE GILL AND ASHLEY McBRYDE TURNED “WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME” INTO A HEARTBREAK THAT FELT NEW AGAIN
admin Some country songs survive because they remind us of a particular year. Others survive because…
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THE HARMONY THAT STOPPED THE ROOM — VINCE GILL AND ALISON KRAUSS SANG AS IF THE DISTANCE, THE LONGING, AND EVERY UNSPOKEN YEAR HAD FALLEN AWAY
HE WROTE IT AFTER ONE SMILE STOPPED HIM COLD — YEARS LATER, VINCE GILL AND…
Read MoreONE OCTOBER NIGHT, TRISHA YEARWOOD AND VINCE GILL BROUGHT PATSY CLINE BACK TO THE OPRY — AND FOR A FEW MINUTES, TIME SEEMED TO DISAPPEAR
Some voices leave a stage. Others seem to remain there forever. On an October night…
Read MoreLOST IN A WORLD WITHOUT HAGGARD — Vince Gill’s Voice Broke as Paul Franklin’s Steel Cried for the Man Who Shaped Every Note
LOST IN A WORLD WITHOUT HAGGARD — VINCE GILL’S VOICE TREMBLED AS PAUL FRANKLIN’S STEEL…
Read MoreTHE NIGHT MERLE HAGGARD HANDED THE KEYS TO THE HONKY-TONK — Dwight Yoakam Stepped Through Those Swinging Doors and Never Looked Back
THE NIGHT MERLE HAGGARD OPENED THE “SWINGING DOORS” — AND DWIGHT YOAKAM WALKED STRAIGHT INTO…
Read MoreBEFORE ELVIS PRESLEY BELONGED TO THE WORLD, HE BELONGED TO GLADYS — AND LOSING HER LEFT A WOUND FAME COULD NEVER REACH
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…
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