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Vince Gill resides at Country Music Hall of Fame

Wednesday, December 10, 2008 – Vince Gill will bring his guitars, songs, voice and probably a few musical friends when he takes the Ford Theater stage as the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum's 2009 Artist-in-Residence. The Tuesday evening performances are slated for Feb. 3, 17 and 24, 2009.

Established in 2003, the Museum's residency program annually honors a musical master who "can be credited with contributing a large and significant body of work to the canon of American popular music," according to the hall. Previous honorees include Cowboy Jack Clement, Earl Scruggs, Tom T. Hall, Guy Clark, Kris Kristofferson and Jerry Douglas.

Gill residency event tickets ($40) will be on sale exclusively to museum members Dec. 15-16 by calling (615) 416-2001. Tickets will go on sale to the public at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 17 and should be purchased online at www.countrymusichalloffame.com.


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CD review - Guitar Slinger It's hard to believe, considering what Vince Gill has accomplished over the past three decades, but the triple threat singer-songwriter-guitar picker may be in the most creative, productive stretch of his lengthy, remarkable career. Five years after Gill's Grammy-winning 4-album 43-song box set "These Days," his latest 12-song release again finds Gill tapping every ounce of his immense talents. The title song sums up his reputation as an ax man worthy of playing Eric ...
CD review - These Days To put this release into perspective, it would take Axl Rose the better half of a century to issue the same amount of material. Fortunately, Vince Gill is about as prolific as they come these days, and this daring four-disc release only is further proof of that. Each disc is divvied up depending on his mood, with the opening "Working On A Big Chill" album being "The Rockin' Record." And this album sets things off right with the lovely mid-tempo and groovy title track. ...


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