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Vince Gill
Birth date: April 12, 1957
Birthplace: Norman, Okla.
Hair: black. Usually, he keeps it longish, but in '96, he gave people a shock
by cutting almost all of it off and growing a goatee.
Eyes: hazel with very long eyelashes
Height: 6 ft. 3 in.
Voice: tenor
Hat: no cowboy hats; wears baseball caps
Favorite clothes: dresses for comfort, favoring shorts, golf shirts, flip
flops, jeans
Former jobs: played professionally since age 16 with several bands -- Bluegrass
Alliance, Sundance, Pure Prairie League, Rodney Crowell's band The Cherry
Bombs; also a session singer and guitarist
Label: MCA
Instruments: superb guitarist; also plays banjo, piano, mandolin, fiddle and
Dobro
Hobby: Golf. Vince dreams of joining professional golf's Seniors Tour.
Pet peeve: People who take themselves too seriously
Pre-concert routine: lots of Nintendo
Favorite charities: Tennessee Junior Golf; Belmont University, many others
Platinum albums: Best of Vince Gill (1989, 1 million); When I Call
Your Name (1989, 2 million); Pocket Full of Gold (1991, 2 million); I
Still Believe in You (1992, 4 million); Let There Be Peace on Earth
(1993, 1 million); When Love Finds You (1994, 3 million); Souvenirs
(1995, 1 million); High Lonesome Sound (1996, 1 million)
Billboard Top 5 singles: "Cinderella" (1987); "When I
Call Your Name" (1990); "Never Knew Lonely" (1990); "Look
at Us" (1991); "Take Your Memory With You" (1992); "I Still
Believe in You" (1992); "Don't Let Our Love Start Slippin' Away"
(1992); "The Heart Won't Lie" (1993); "No Future in the
Past" (1993); "One More Last Chance" (1993); "Tryin' To Get
Over You" (1994); "Whenever You Come Around" (1994); "What
the Cowgirls Do" (1994); "When Love Finds You" (1994);
"Which Bridge To Cross (Which Bridge To Burn)" (1995); "You
Better Think Twice" (1995); "Worlds Apart" (1996); "Pretty
Little Adriana" (1996); "A Little More Love" (1997).
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Full name: Vincent Grant Gill
