Gill hosts Thanksgiving special
Thursday, November 10, 2011 – Vince Gill will host the America's Opry Weekend Thanksgiving Special slated to air on radio Nov. 23-27. The radio program will celebrate Thanksgiving and the beginning of a music-filled holiday season, with Gill playing some of the year's biggest hits about life, home, and thanks. The America's Opry Weekend Thanksgiving Special will also contain cuts from Gill's new release, "Guitar Slinger" and several of his holiday favorites, including some he'll be singing with his wife Amy Grant on the couple's 2011 Twelve Days of Christmas tour.
Among the artists and songs included in the Thanksgiving special are Gill's Blue Christmas, Dierks Bentley's Home, Martina McBride's I'm Gonna Love You Through It, Blake Shelton's God Gave Me You, Trade Adkins' Million Dollar View, Carrie Underwood's Temporary Home, and Brad Paisley's Winter Wonderland.
More news for Vince Gill
- 11/10/25: CMA honors Gill with Willie Nelson Award
- 10/17/25: Young, Majcen, GIll, Wilson unveil new music
- 10/10/25: Gill acknowledges "I Gave You Everything I Had"
- 07/27/24: "When I Think of Christmas," think of Gill, Grant
- 03/22/22: Gill tours again
- 12/17/21: Gill, Guyton team up for "American Underdog" soundtrack song
- 07/01/21: Acuff fiddle finds home at Country Hall
- 03/14/21: Prine, Carlile, Dan + Shay win GRAMMYS
CD reviews for Vince Gill
At this point in his career, Vince Gill could just as well have entitled this "Tried and True." He's not chasing trends - pop country or bro country - of chart-geared songs. He's too old for that, and at this point anyway, Gill knows what works for him.
And there is quite a lot that works on his first solo album since 2011's "Guitar Slinger." (He did release the excellent "Bakersfield" with Paul Franklin in 2013). Gill prefers a more soulful approach, ...
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 ...
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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