Nov 11, 2019
About This Episode
One of the most popular singers in
modern country music, Vince Gill is famous for his top-notch
songwriting, world-class guitar playing and warm, soaring tenor,
all wrapped up in a quick and easy wit. Gill achieved his big
breakthrough in 1990 with "When I Call Your Name," which won both
the Country Music Association's Single and Song of the Year awards
as well as a Grammy. Gill has won 18 CMA Awards, including Song of
the Year four times – making him the most awarded artist in that
category in CMA history. Since 1990, Gill has won 21 GRAMMY
Awards.
A wide-ranging songwriter, his
compositions earned him entry into the Nashville Songwriters Hall
of Fame in 2005. The Academy of Country Music has conferred on Gill
eight awards, including its prestigious Home Depot Humanitarian
Award and the 2011 Career Achievement Award. Gill was inducted into
the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2007. He is also a member of the
Grand Ole Opry. In August 2012, Gill was honored with a star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame. He is a member of the four-time
Grammy-winning band The Time Jumpers. Gill has produced albums for
LeAnn Rimes, Amy Grant and Ashley Monroe and has made guest
appearances on more than 500 albums including on those by Barbra
Streisand, Eric Clapton, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, George Jones
and others.
About Michael Perry
Michael Perry is a New York Times
bestselling author, humorist and radio show host from New Auburn,
Wisconsin.
Perry's bestselling memoirs include
Population 485, Truck: A Love Story, Coop, and Visiting Tom, and
his latest, Montaigne in Barn Boots: An Amateur Ambles Through
Philosophy. His first book for young readers, The Scavengers, was
published in 2014 and first novel for adult readers, The Jesus Cow,
was published in May of 2015.
Raised on a small Midwestern dairy
farm, Perry put himself through nursing school while working on a
ranch in Wyoming, then wandered into writing. He lives with his
wife and two daughters in rural Wisconsin, where he serves on the
local volunteer fire and rescue service and is an intermittent pig
farmer. He hosts the nationally-syndicated "Tent Show Radio,"
performs widely as a humorist, and tours with his band the Long
Beds (currently recording their third album for Amble Down
Records). He has recorded three live humor albums including Never
Stand Behind A Sneezing Cow and The Clodhopper Monologues.
Learn more about Michael and where
to get his publications at www.sneezingcow.com.
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