Vince Gill与Marty Stuart合写新EP《Marty And Me》推出 Grand Ole Opry入会35周年庆典同周末举行
Nashville消息——Vince Gill于10月16日经其官方网站宣布，推出与Marty Stuart共同创作的新EP《Marty And Me》。这是Gill纪念离家从事音乐事业50周年的《50 Years From Home》系列第11张EP，收录两人合写的5首新歌和1首翻唱，共6首。
开场曲《Praying Like Hell For Rain》由Gill与Stuart对唱，Stuart同时弹奏吉他，歌中两人分别以家乡俄克拉荷马州和密西西比州的角色入歌；《Wanting Me》由歌手Sonya Isaacs献唱和声；《My Broken Heart Can’t Take It Anymore》由Gill乐队成员John Meador助唱；EP最后收录Gill翻唱Merle Haggard的《The Bottle Let Me Down》，取自他2013年与Paul Franklin合作的专辑《Bakersfield》。整张EP由Gill在Nashville附近的自家录音室制作录制，封面上的两把吉他——Stuart的Fender Telecaster与Gill的Mark Whitebook木吉他——都曾属于已故吉他手Clarence White。
Gill与Stuart相识于50多年前：Stuart当时还是十几岁，随Lester Flatt的乐队巡演，Gill则在本土的青少年蓝草乐队中演奏。Gill说，两人自此一直是亲密好友，他曾为Stuart 1985年的首支个人单曲《Arlene》弹奏。两人后来都成为Grand Ole Opry成员并入选乡村音乐名人堂。Stuart表示，无论Nashville流行什么，Gill始终能把有诚意的高水准音乐带到台前，这张EP再次证明了这一点。
同一周末，Gill于10月17日周六晚在Grand Ole Opry House以19时和21时30分两场演出庆祝入会35周年，嘉宾包括其妻Amy Grant、Patty Loveless、Ricky Skaggs、Wendy Moten和Charlie Worsham。据American Songwriter报道，当晚Amy Grant演出时Gill临时登台为她弹吉他伴奏，两人的女儿Jenny Gill随后也登台助唱。Gill于1989年6月29日首次登上Opry舞台，1991年8月10日正式成为成员；他生涯共获22座Grammy奖和18座乡村音乐协会奖，2007年入选乡村音乐名人堂。他的1991年白金专辑《Pocket Full of Gold》今年同样迎来35周年，MCA将为此推出金色黑胶纪念版，收录《Liza Jane》《Look At Us》等单曲。
按官方公布的行程，Gill将于10月21日在Belmont University参加乡村音乐协会的Dolly Parton致敬音乐会，该节目由ABC直播；11月13日起他随Eagles乐队在Las Vegas的Sphere场馆演出；12月14日至23日，他与Amy Grant在Ryman Auditorium举行年度《Christmas at the Ryman》驻场演出。
Vince Gill Releases 'Marty And Me' EP With Marty Stuart in Same Weekend as His 35th Grand Ole Opry Anniversary
NASHVILLE — Vince Gill announced on October 16 through his official website the release of Marty And Me, a new EP co-written with Marty Stuart. It is the eleventh EP in Gill's 50 Years From Home series, which marks five decades since he left home to pursue a career in music, and it contains five new songs the pair wrote together plus one cover, six tracks in all.
The uptempo opener, “Praying Like Hell For Rain,” features Stuart dueting on vocals and guitar, with the two singing as characters from their respective home states of Oklahoma and Mississippi. “Wanting Me” adds harmony vocals from Sonya Isaacs, and “My Broken Heart Can’t Take It Anymore” features backing vocals from John Meador of Gill's band. The EP closes with Gill's rendition of Merle Haggard's “The Bottle Let Me Down,” drawn from Bakersfield, the 2013 album he recorded with Paul Franklin. Gill produced and recorded the EP at his home studio near Nashville. Its cover shows two guitars once owned by the late Clarence White: Stuart's Fender Telecaster and Gill's custom Mark Whitebook acoustic.
Gill and Stuart first met more than 50 years ago, when Stuart was a teenager touring with Lester Flatt and Gill was playing in one of his teenage bluegrass bands. Gill says the two have been close friends ever since, and that he played on Stuart's first solo single, “Arlene,” in 1985. Both men later became Grand Ole Opry members and Country Music Hall of Fame inductees. Stuart said Gill can always be depended on to deliver integrity-based music regardless of what is trending in Nashville, and that this project confirms it yet again.
On the same weekend, Gill celebrated 35 years as a Grand Ole Opry member with two shows on Saturday, October 17, at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. CT at the Grand Ole Opry House, joined by his wife Amy Grant, Patty Loveless, Ricky Skaggs, Wendy Moten, Charlie Worsham and others. According to American Songwriter, Gill stepped on stage during Grant's set to accompany her on guitar, and their daughter Jenny Gill later joined on vocals. Gill made his Opry debut on June 29, 1989, and was inducted as a member on August 10, 1991. He has won 22 Grammy Awards and 18 CMA Awards and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2007. His 1991 platinum album Pocket Full of Gold also marks 35 years this year, and MCA will release a special gold vinyl edition featuring “Liza Jane,” “Look At Us” and “Take Your Memory With You.”
Next on Gill's published schedule, he performs on October 21 in the Country Music Association's Dolly Parton celebration at Belmont University, airing live on ABC; a new run of Eagles dates at Sphere in Las Vegas begins November 13; and he and Amy Grant resume their Christmas at the Ryman residency from December 14 to 23.
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