2011 studio album by Vince Gill
Guitar Slinger Released October 25, 2011 (2011-10-25 ) Genre Country Length 53 :57 Label MCA Nashville Producer Vince Gill John Hobbs Justin Niebank Icon (2010) Guitar Slinger (2011) Ballads (2013)
"Threaten Me with Heaven" Released: August 29, 2011
Guitar Slinger is the twelfth studio album by American country music artist Vince Gill . It was released on October 25, 2011 via MCA Nashville .[ 9] A deluxe edition was also released with three bonus tracks.[ 10]
Lead-off single "Threaten Me with Heaven" received a nomination on the 54th Grammy Awards for Best Country Song and also a nomination for Song of the Year on the 47th Academy of Country Music Awards .
Title Writer(s) 1. "Guitar Slinger" Vince Gill 4:05 2. "Tell Me Fool" Gill, Pete Wasner 4:05 3. "Threaten Me with Heaven" Gill, Amy Grant , Dillon O'Brian, Will Owsley 5:31 4. "When the Lady Sings the Blues" Gill, Wasner 4:34 5. "Who Wouldn't Fall in Love with You" Gill, Ashley Monroe 4:58 6. "When Lonely Comes Around" Gill, Grant, Owsley 3:45 7. "True Love" (featuring Amy Grant ) Gill, Grant 4:44 8. "Bread and Water" Gill, Leslie Satcher 4:44 9. "Billy Paul" Gill 3:52 10. "The Old Lucky Diamond Motel" Gill 3:39 11. "If I Die" Gill, Monroe 3:40 12. "Buttermilk John" (with the Time Jumpers ) Gill 6:20
Deluxe Edition track listing Title Writer(s) 1. "Guitar Slinger" Vince Gill 4:05 2. "All Nighter Comin'" Gill, Al Anderson , Chris Stapleton 2:34 3. "Tell Me Fool" Gill, Pete Wasner 4:05 4. "Threaten Me with Heaven" Gill, Amy Grant , Dillon O'Brian, Will Owsley 5:31 5. "When the Lady Sings the Blues" Gill, Wasner 4:34 6. "Who Wouldn't Fall in Love with You" Gill, Ashley Monroe 4:58 7. "When Lonely Comes Around" Gill, Grant, Owsley 3:45 8. "True Love" Gill, Grant 4:44 9. "Bread and Water" Gill, Leslie Satcher 4:44 10. "Billy Paul" Gill 3:52 11. "The Old Lucky Diamond Motel" Gill 3:39 12. "Lipstick Everywhere" Gill 3:11 13. "One More Thing I Wished I'd Said" Gill, Amber Digby 4:05 14. "If I Die" Gill, Monroe 3:40 15. "Buttermilk John" Gill 6:20
Credits from European version:
Vince Gill – lead vocals, electric guitar (1-8, 10, 11, 12, 14), acoustic guitar (2, 3, 4, 6-15), backing vocals (6, 8, 10), banjo (11), mandolin (11) John Hobbs – acoustic piano (1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14), keyboards (2), Hammond B3 organ (3-6, 8, 9, 13, 14), accordion (11) Pete Wasner – synthesizers, Hammond B3 organ (1, 7), Wurlitzer electric piano (3, 5, 8) acoustic piano (4, 9, 11), Rhodes (4), Wurlitzer organ (10) Richard Bennett – acoustic guitar (1, 5, 7, 10, 12, 13), electric guitar (4, 14) Tom Bukovac – electric guitar (1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10) Al Anderson – electric guitar (2) Tom Britt – electric guitar (3, 9, 15) Will Owsley – electric guitar (4, 7) Andy Riess – electric guitar (15) Paul Franklin – steel guitar (1, 2, 10, 12-15), dobro (5) Russ Pahl – steel guitar (9) Glenn Worf – bass guitar (1, 5, 10) Michael Rhodes – bass guitar (2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 11-14) David Hungate – bass guitar (8, 9) Dennis Crouch – upright bass (15) Chad Cromwell – drums (1, 3-8, 10, 11) Eddie Bayers – drums (2, 12, 13, 14) Rick Vanaugh – drums (15) Eric Darken – percussion Larry Franklin – fiddle (12, 13) Aubrey Haynie – fiddle (15) Kenny Sears – fiddle (15) Joe Spivey – fiddle (15) Bekka Bramlett – backing vocals (1, 3, 4, 15) Jenny Gill – backing vocals (1-7, 9, 10) Chris Stapleton – backing vocals (2, 3, 4) Billy Thomas – backing vocals (2, 3, 4, 5, 15), drums (9) Amy Grant – backing vocals (4, 8), lead vocals (8) Kim Keyes – backing vocals (4) Gene Miller – backing vocals (4, 7) Dawn Sears – backing vocals (5, 13) Jeff White – backing vocals (5, 9, 11, 15) Ashley Monroe – backing vocals (6) Sarah Chapman – backing vocals (8) Andrea Zonn – backing vocals (9, 11), fiddle (11) Corrina Gill – backing vocals (9) Wes Hightower – backing vocals (12, 13) Lee Ann Womack – backing vocals (12) Sonya Isaacs – backing vocals (14) Sarah Siskind – backing vocals (14) As of December 2015, the album had sold 102,000 copies.[ 11]
Year Single Peak positions US Country 2011 "Threaten Me with Heaven" 42
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