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Vince Gill Biography

Vince Gill is Nashville's Renaissance Man of the '90s. Admired for his singing, songwriting, and guitar-playing abilities, as well as his good looks and his golf game, Gill is so popular in Music City that at least one country music magazine has wondered if he might one day run for political office there.

Gill was born April 5, 1957, in Norman, Oklahoma, but his tenor voice was bred in bluegrass bands (among them one with Ricky Skaggs). He briefly fronted Pure Prairie League, where he had one top 40 pop hit, "Let Me Love You Tonight," in 1980; later he played guitar for Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell. He married Janis Oliver of Sweethearts Of The Rodeo in the early '80s, but the couple began divorce proceedings in 1997.

Gill released moderately successful singles for RCA from 1984-1988, but he didn't find his niche until he signed with MCA and released "When I Call Your Name," a ghostly song of heartbreak that won the Country Music Association's Single Of The Year award and started a string of hugely successful hits.

From 1990 to 1996, Gill may have won more awards than any other country artist, including five consecutive CMA Male Vocalist Of The Year awards, three consecutive CMA Song Of The Year trophies, and seven Grammys; his song "I Still Believe In You" took top honors from the Grammys, the CMA, the Academy Of Country Music, and the TNN/Music City News Awards.

Gill's records usually just scratch the surface of his talents (he's a lot more likely to let loose on his guitar in concert). He's best-known for ballads like "When I Call Your Name," "I Still Believe In You," and "Tryin' To Get Over You," but isn't limited to them. And if his prophetically titled most recent album, Next Big Thing, is any indication, he's still got plenty of ideas left in him.

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