Vince Gill (Photo courtesy of UMG Nashville)
Vince Gill On Joining The Eagles
Vince Gill did four nights at Ryman Auditorium in Nashville this month and says playing his own stuff was a nice change of pace.
He’s been touring with the Eagles for the past seven years. Don Henley hand-picked him to replace founding member Glenn Frey, who passed away in 2016.
Vince said,
“I think that I sing those Eagles songs fine and all of that, but they weren’t written for me. These songs of mine were kind of tailor-made for the way I sing.”
He also talked about why the Eagles picked a “country guy” to replace Glenn, and said Don’s reasoning was, “Because [Vince] knows how to be in a BAND.”
“That was just such a beautiful validation. I don’t have to have the attention. I don’t have to have the spotlight. I don’t have to do all the talking. It doesn’t really matter what role you have, just as long as what you’re trying to do is make [the] better.”
The Eagles are gearing up for a big residency at The Sphere in Last Vegas next month. It runs 10 weekends, from September 20th through January 25th.
