February 27, 2025 • 5 mins
One of my favorite entertainers is Vince Gill. I found a few gens from a Vince interview I did back in 2016. Haggard advice.....and how tough was it to sing at the George Jones memorial service.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
All right, Bob Pikett Bob Pickett Radio Podcast. Well I
found it an interview I did with Vince Gill back
in twenty sixteen. I got to go to Nashville go
to the studio with Vin Say. He was releasing a
new album. Back then, the album was called down to
My Last Bad Habit, which if you don't have in
your collection, my goodness, it's great. Anyway, you got a
(00:20):
chance to go in sit down with Vince and ask
him a bunch of questions. So here's part of that
interview from back in twenty sixteen, Vince Gill and the
Bob Pickett Radio Podcast, Stories of your songs? Are you
really comfortable sharing your life with your listeners more today
than you were in the past.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Oh? I think what's interesting about getting older is she
get more honest.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
You know.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
I think when you're young, you're not. Maybe you're not
don't have enough wisdom or enough life experience to I
don't know what it is, but I just feel like
I heard Merle Haggard say this one time. He said, oh, hell,
just go tell the truth. Then you don't have to
think about covering your tracks or this or that. He said,
just own it. Just tell the truth and be done
(01:01):
with it. And and I think it's okay. I think
that that music is is the most moving when it's real, right,
you know. And and so that's what I want more
than anything. I don't want anybody to be impressed by
a record I make, but I want them to be
moved by a record I make, by a song I
might write, or something I might play, or in how
(01:22):
I choose to sing. It's it's uncanny to me, you know,
and I and I'm the only one, I think in
that feels this way. I'm sure there's there's others that do.
But every single note that's played and sung is equal,
and it matters, and it's you know, they all are
a part of telling that story. And so I go
(01:46):
to great lengths to make sure everything has its proper
place and whatever you play doesn't step on what he played,
and and music is meant to be this this really wonderful,
uh conversation between musicians before the singer ever starts cutting
loose and doing what they do, you know, the musicians
(02:06):
always lift that singer up to be able to tell
that story. So all those things are equally important to me,
and I gnash my teeth over every note that.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
Goes on, I tell you the words of wisdom right
there from Vince Hill. Always been a big fan since
back in his pure Prairie League days. Remember that, back
when I did rock radio for a short time, I
played but We'd Love You Tonight. I also had a
chance to talk to Vince about a song. It's really
become a signature songs. It's played a lot at funerals,
and he sang it at the George Jones memorial back
(02:38):
in twenty thirteen, the song go Rest High on that Mountain?
Does it ever get any easier to sing go Rest
Town on that Mountain? Is it harder every time? Because
that song means so much to every body to it? Now?
Speaker 2 (02:51):
Yeah, I mean I really have to go to a
I have to go to my own place, you know
when I sing that, because if I get caught up
in it, you know, every now and then I'll I'll
fall apart. You know. I fell a part it Georgia's
Memorial trying to sing that song, and part of it
was what I was doing and why I was doing it,
But part of it was Patty's voice singing with me,
(03:11):
and just how much history there has been. There's thirty
three years of history of me and Patty Love was
singing together. A lot of people don't realize that, but
I sang on her first record and her first hit record,
which was Timber back in the mid eighties, and she
sang on what I Call Your Name a few years later,
my first hit record. So great, Keinshi up there in
(03:32):
great history, and just that moment was once again I
just didn't I couldn't get it, couldn't get it out.
But that's okay, you know, kind of in hindsight, as
I looked at that memorial service, everything else was very
stoic to that point and very performed, and I was
(03:53):
knocked out by how well everybody performed at that memorial.
I leaned over to Amy and said, might have been
the best I ever heard. Those guys and an artist
after artists. You were just blown away with how great
they did, you know, And then I got up and
just completely came on.
Speaker 1 (04:11):
It was like a movie. It was like a movie.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
Yeah, but what it did. It gave the whole room
that that breath to fall apart, you know, and the
okay to fall apart, and everybody did.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
You know, So it's all good again. This is from
an interview I did with Vince Gill back in twenty sixteen.
A year later, in twenty seventeen, Vince became a part
of the Eagles. Any if you haven't seen Vince Gill
with the Egles, well you got a few more chances.
Of course you got to go to Vegas, but it'll
be worth it right there. Lay This summer, Vince is
going to launch his solo tour. He had a short
(04:46):
solo tour a couple of years ago. I got a
chance to go up to see him at Billy Bob's
performed that show. And looking forward to to catching up
with Vince Gill hopefully sometime soon. And I've got to
tell you one of my favorite Christmas albums of all time,
Vince Gill's Christmas album Let There Be Peace on Earth.
If you do not have that in your vinyl collection,
(05:08):
you've got to get it. Something I look forward to
playing during the holiday season. And I've got to mention this.
So I think that Vince is one of the best
host of the CMA Awards that they ever had. Please
bring them back, Vince Gill. Bob Pickett Radio podcasts spread
their word. Tell your friends and neighbors about the podcast
daily Podcast Monty Dear Friday that you can listen to,
(05:30):
and also check out my YouTube channel Bob Pickett Radio
on YouTube for a lot of these video interviews, as
well as my Instagram. You can find me Bob Picket
Radio on Instagram. Yeah you can tell. There's a theme there.
Bob Pickett Radio and we'll see you on the radio.
Iheartcuntry stations all across this great nation. Have a blessed day.
Thanks for listening to Bob Pickett Radio podcast.
All right, Bob Pikett Bob Pickett Radio Podcast. Well I
found it an interview I did with Vince Gill back
in twenty sixteen. I got to go to Nashville go
to the studio with Vin Say. He was releasing a
new album. Back then, the album was called down to
My Last Bad Habit, which if you don't have in
your collection, my goodness, it's great. Anyway, you got a
(00:20):
chance to go in sit down with Vince and ask
him a bunch of questions. So here's part of that
interview from back in twenty sixteen, Vince Gill and the
Bob Pickett Radio Podcast, Stories of your songs? Are you
really comfortable sharing your life with your listeners more today
than you were in the past.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Oh? I think what's interesting about getting older is she
get more honest.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
You know.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
I think when you're young, you're not. Maybe you're not
don't have enough wisdom or enough life experience to I
don't know what it is, but I just feel like
I heard Merle Haggard say this one time. He said, oh, hell,
just go tell the truth. Then you don't have to
think about covering your tracks or this or that. He said,
just own it. Just tell the truth and be done
(01:01):
with it. And and I think it's okay. I think
that that music is is the most moving when it's real, right,
you know. And and so that's what I want more
than anything. I don't want anybody to be impressed by
a record I make, but I want them to be
moved by a record I make, by a song I
might write, or something I might play, or in how
(01:22):
I choose to sing. It's it's uncanny to me, you know,
and I and I'm the only one, I think in
that feels this way. I'm sure there's there's others that do.
But every single note that's played and sung is equal,
and it matters, and it's you know, they all are
a part of telling that story. And so I go
(01:46):
to great lengths to make sure everything has its proper
place and whatever you play doesn't step on what he played,
and and music is meant to be this this really wonderful,
uh conversation between musicians before the singer ever starts cutting
loose and doing what they do, you know, the musicians
(02:06):
always lift that singer up to be able to tell
that story. So all those things are equally important to me,
and I gnash my teeth over every note that.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
Goes on, I tell you the words of wisdom right
there from Vince Hill. Always been a big fan since
back in his pure Prairie League days. Remember that, back
when I did rock radio for a short time, I
played but We'd Love You Tonight. I also had a
chance to talk to Vince about a song. It's really
become a signature songs. It's played a lot at funerals,
and he sang it at the George Jones memorial back
(02:38):
in twenty thirteen, the song go Rest High on that Mountain?
Does it ever get any easier to sing go Rest
Town on that Mountain? Is it harder every time? Because
that song means so much to every body to it? Now?
Speaker 2 (02:51):
Yeah, I mean I really have to go to a
I have to go to my own place, you know
when I sing that, because if I get caught up
in it, you know, every now and then I'll I'll
fall apart. You know. I fell a part it Georgia's
Memorial trying to sing that song, and part of it
was what I was doing and why I was doing it,
But part of it was Patty's voice singing with me,
(03:11):
and just how much history there has been. There's thirty
three years of history of me and Patty Love was
singing together. A lot of people don't realize that, but
I sang on her first record and her first hit record,
which was Timber back in the mid eighties, and she
sang on what I Call Your Name a few years later,
my first hit record. So great, Keinshi up there in
(03:32):
great history, and just that moment was once again I
just didn't I couldn't get it, couldn't get it out.
But that's okay, you know, kind of in hindsight, as
I looked at that memorial service, everything else was very
stoic to that point and very performed, and I was
(03:53):
knocked out by how well everybody performed at that memorial.
I leaned over to Amy and said, might have been
the best I ever heard. Those guys and an artist
after artists. You were just blown away with how great
they did, you know, And then I got up and
just completely came on.
Speaker 1 (04:11):
It was like a movie. It was like a movie.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
Yeah, but what it did. It gave the whole room
that that breath to fall apart, you know, and the
okay to fall apart, and everybody did.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
You know, So it's all good again. This is from
an interview I did with Vince Gill back in twenty sixteen.
A year later, in twenty seventeen, Vince became a part
of the Eagles. Any if you haven't seen Vince Gill
with the Egles, well you got a few more chances.
Of course you got to go to Vegas, but it'll
be worth it right there. Lay This summer, Vince is
going to launch his solo tour. He had a short
(04:46):
solo tour a couple of years ago. I got a
chance to go up to see him at Billy Bob's
performed that show. And looking forward to to catching up
with Vince Gill hopefully sometime soon. And I've got to
tell you one of my favorite Christmas albums of all time,
Vince Gill's Christmas album Let There Be Peace on Earth.
If you do not have that in your vinyl collection,
(05:08):
you've got to get it. Something I look forward to
playing during the holiday season. And I've got to mention this.
So I think that Vince is one of the best
host of the CMA Awards that they ever had. Please
bring them back, Vince Gill. Bob Pickett Radio podcasts spread
their word. Tell your friends and neighbors about the podcast
daily Podcast Monty Dear Friday that you can listen to,
(05:30):
and also check out my YouTube channel Bob Pickett Radio
on YouTube for a lot of these video interviews, as
well as my Instagram. You can find me Bob Picket
Radio on Instagram. Yeah you can tell. There's a theme there.
Bob Pickett Radio and we'll see you on the radio.
Iheartcuntry stations all across this great nation. Have a blessed day.
Thanks for listening to Bob Pickett Radio podcast.
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