Vince Gill, Mel Tillis, Ralph Emery elected to Country Music Hall of Fame
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Vince Gill, Mel Tillis, Ralph Emery elected to Country Music Hall of Fame

Tuesday, August 7, 2007 – Vince Gill, Mel Tillis and Ralph Emery were named to enter the Country Music Hall of Fame Tuesday.

Gill has enjoyed a long musical career, first gaining prominence with Pure Prairie League before launching a solo career.

Tillis has enjoyed a long singing career and recently was picked to join the Grand Ole Opry.

Emery has been known as a television personality with interview shows about country music. He also has written books about his life in country.

They will join the hall, which will have 101 members with their entrance, later this year.


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CD review - Down to My Last Bad Habit 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, ...
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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