Vince Gill (was Re: Melba Montgomery, still going strong??
On Fri, 12 Feb 1999, Stevie Simkin wrote: Also, I was wondering where might be a good place to start to put a tentative toe into Vince Gill's back catalog. I take it you must already have The Key, so if that's the case, I'd start with When I Call Your Name, the title song of which has to be one of the best HARD country songs of the past 10 years.--don
RE: Vince Gill
I'm about halfway through my videotape of the AE show (I was working that night, playing alt.country g to a bar crowd, virtually none of whom applauded, but many of whom told us afterward that we were great - what's up with that?), and wanted to put in a word for his band, especially the lovely and talented Sonya Isaacs (Gill is producing an album on her for, uh, Dreamworks? Lyric Street? one of those, I think), Jeff White (his album is due out soon, and is going to cinch the case for Gill as you know what), Jeff Guernsey on the fiddle, and of course, the great John Hughey. Of course I forget the bass player's name g. One of the drummers, is Billy Thomas, who's co-written several songs with Jeff. Boy, are they tight, and they don't give up one bit of expressiveness and emotion for it. Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/ Website revised 2/1/99
Re: Vince Gill
On Saturday in my area we got both the Austin City Limits with Old 97s and Whiskeytown *and* this Vince Gill special. Anyone know whether this is going to be rebroadcast? As far as the Vince Gill "Live By Request" special: It will be rebroadcast Sunday, February 14 10:00 pm - midnight and again on Monday, February 15 2:00 am - 4:00 am. Tera
Re: Vince Gill
They're saying: "Vince's two-hour all-request concert Saturday on AE" . . ." that boy can really play some electric geetar" . . . "I pretty much agree" . . ."he's got great chops as a player and, obviously, a real grasp of all the country subgenres". . . "a pretty impressive-sounding set ". . ."Vince and band (to my ears, of course) basically kicked the butt of the 97s and Wtown . . ." etc, etc, etc. Little behind the curve on this, being a digester, but it's nice to see Vince getting some props, especially from some who weren't already converted. With all that's problematic with the Nashville system, Vince is surely part of any solution. T.V. contrivances aside, it was a terrific show. Of course, those of us who've seen Vince perform before were not surprised by the quality of his book or his chops g, or that he and his pros would have it all over those upstarts, the 97s and Wtown g, again. What's the name of the guy who's mentored Vince at MCA again?, his producer? . . .you know . . . uh, um . . Darth?, no . . . oh yeah, Tony Brown. n.p. The Key, o' course
Vince Gill
I'm surprised no one's mentioned Vince's two-hour all-request concert
Saturday on AE. I probably would've preferred just a straight two-hour
show from Vince. It seemed like his heart wasn't in to some of his more
pop-oriented stuff -- unlike the obvious enthusiasm he showed when given a
request for something from The Key or a shuffle tune. Anyway, the man
sure can sing and pick -- highlights for me were the two songs from The
Key -- the duet with Patty Loveless ("My Kind Of Woman, My Kind Of Man"
and "The Key To Life"). Both of 'em just tore me up. I was surprised
"When I Call Your Name" wasn't chosen, but it was still a pretty standout
show.--don
RE: Vince Gill
On Monday, February 01, 1999 3:02 PM, Don Yates
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I'm surprised no one's mentioned Vince's two-hour all-request concert
Saturday on AE. I probably would've preferred just a straight two-hour
show from Vince. It seemed like his heart wasn't in to some of his more
pop-oriented stuff -- unlike the obvious enthusiasm he showed when given
a
request for something from The Key or a shuffle tune. Anyway, the man
sure can sing and pick -- highlights for me were the two songs from The
Key -- the duet with Patty Loveless ("My Kind Of Woman, My Kind Of Man"
and "The Key To Life"). Both of 'em just tore me up. I was surprised
"When I Call Your Name" wasn't chosen, but it was still a pretty standout
show.--don
I pretty much agree with everything Don said, but I had to turn the sound
of when Vince trotted out Branford Marsalis. What was up with that?
Joyce
RE: Vince Gill
Reply to: RE: Vince Gill What's wrong with Branford? That was the best part of that show I saw. Rather than just playing the hits it's nice to see Vince add a little something interesting to the proceedings. How many chances to you get to Vince Gill duel with a real saxophone (alto? soprano? Whatever it is)? It wasn't one of the lame ideas like the BackStreet 98 degrees Snyc Boyz singing Billy Joel songs at the American Music Awards. CD Joyce Linehan wrote: On Monday, February 01, 1999 3:02 PM, Don Yates [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: I pretty much agree with everything Don said, but I had to turn the sound of when Vince trotted out Branford Marsalis. What was up with that? Joyce RFC822 header ---
Re: Vince Gill
I'm surprised no one's mentioned Vince's two-hour all-request concert Saturday on AE. I probably would've preferred just a straight two-hour show from Vince. I thought the whole request part of it was kinda silly, especially since it was only so real to begin with, seeing that they already did guitar changes before each phone caller requested the song they wanted to hear. Makes you wonder just *how* fake it was. I mean, they very easily could have just taken the callers in the order that they wanted to play the set. Never trust TV land. Meanwhile, I must say that that boy can really play some electric geetar. There was one song with an extended solo that really really stunned me. No idea what it was called, of course. NW
Re: Vince Gill
Well, Don, interestingly enough... I wasn't going to mention this till you brought it up, but I too saw that Vince Gill special and was pretty impressed. On Saturday in my area we got both the Austin City Limits with Old 97s and Whiskeytown *and* this Vince Gill special. Now, although some of the Gill was a bit schmaltzed-out for my taste, what surprised me--watching these two shows back to back--was the degree to which Vince and band (to my ears, of course) basically kicked the butt of the 97s and Wtown. It was awfully interesting to see them juxtaposed so closely I came close to taking a more tolerant Weisbergian view of Nashville corporate country many gs, since Vince had tons more musicianship, more country tradition, more everything, than both "alt.country" bands put together. He's got that voice, fo course, but besides that he's got great chops as a player and, obviously, a real grasp of all the country subgenres (no western swing there, but hey, he's Nashville...). However much one likes 97s or Wtown, they didn't cut much mustard next to Vince, I must confess Now if Vince just had his bangs hanging down all sloppy-ass, then I guess he'd have it all g, --junior
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Yeah, as Neal points out, the "request" format was a bit awkward, since the guitar tech was anticipating each "request" (!), but I thought that was a minor drawback. Overall, especially since the performance was live, I thought it was a pretty impressive-sounding set Can you imagine what he could do in a club, with dancers, etc? --junior
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Matt Benz wrote: Junior's comparison is fair enough; I have no doubt Gill was more impressive, but did either Old 97's or Whiskeytown play anything remotely country sounding? I believe that Whiskeytown played the very beautiful (and very country sounding) "I Lost the Battle but I Won the War". Ryan said something about doing it for his mother. It's one of those songs that cuts through the Whiskeytown hype and b.s. and makes you realise that Ryan has flashes of astounding inspiration amidst all the crap. One day maybe we'll get an album's worth of Caitlin/Ryan duets. That would be something to hear. Stevie
Re: Vince Gill
Ph. Barnard wrote: However much one likes 97s or Wtown, they didn't cut much mustard next to Vince, I must confess To each his own... -- Chad Hamilton University of Texas Graduate School of Business [EMAIL PROTECTED]
