Gill was born in Norman, Oklahoma, the home of the University of Oklahoma Sooners and learned to play several instruments, including banjo and guitar before he started high school at Oklahoma City's Northwest Classen High School. After he graduated, he played in a number of bluegrass bands. He debuted on the national scene with the country-rock band Pure Prairie League in 1979, appearing on that band's album Can't Hold Back. Gill is the lead singer on their hit song, "Let Me Love You Tonight" (1980), which he was still performing in concert years later - thus, he said, confusing many fans who knew him only from his subsequent solo work. Gill appeared on two subsequent albums along with his then-wife Janis Oliver.
Departing Pure Prairie League in 1981, Gill joined Rodney Crowell’s backing band The Notorious Cherry Bombs, where he met and worked with Tony Brown and Emory Gordy Jr., both of whom would later produce many of his future solo albums.
Signing as a solo artist with RCA Records in 1983, he first charted while on that label. In 1989 he switched to MCA Records where he recorded his breakthrough hit "When I Call Your Name." His 1998 album The Key received great critical acclaim. His other albums include Next Big Thing (2003) and Let's Make Sure We Kiss Goodbye (2000). The Guitar Slinger Songfacts says that Gill released his twelfth studio album, Guitar Slinger, on October 25, 2011 via MCA Nashville. It was his manager, Larry Fitzgerald, who came up with the title, as he felt there was something different the way Gill was playing the guitar on the record.
Gill hosted the CMA Awards every year from 1992 to 2003. In 2004 he received a Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance. In 1997, he was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
He married country singer Janis Oliver (of Sweethearts of the Rodeo fame) in 1980. The couple have one daughter, Jennifer Jerene Gill, born 5 May 1982. Vince and Janis separated in the mid-1990s and eventually divorced in June 1998. Vince later began dating and eventually married Christian/pop singer Amy Grant in March of 2000. They have one daughter, Corrina Grant Gill born 12 March 2001.
Dire Straits leader Mark Knopfler was a fan of Gill's, and had asked Gill to join the band full time. Gill turned down the invitation but did sing backup on one song ("The Bug") from Dire Straits' album On Every Street.
Gill has also sung duets with numerous artists, including Dolly Parton ("I Will Always Love You"), Reba McEntire ("Oklahoma Swing," "The Heart Won't Lie," "It Just Has to Be That Way"), Amy Grant ("House of Love"), and Barbra Streisand ("If You Ever Leave Me"); his other credits as a backup vocalist have included "Girls With Guitars" by Wynonna Judd (written by Mary-Chapin Carpenter, who, coincidentally, had a country hit with her cover of "The Bug") and "Nothing Left Behind Us" by Richard Marx.
When I Call Your Name
Vince Gill Lyrics
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I spent my whole day just thinking of you
When I walked through the front door, my whole life was changed
'Cause nobody answered when I called your name
A note on the table that told me goodbye
It said you'd grown weary of living a lie
Oh, your love has ended, but mine still remainsBut nobody answers when I call your name
Oh, the lonely sound of my voice calling
Is driving me insane
And just like rain, the tears keep falling
But nobody answers when I call your name
Oh, the lonely sound of my voice calling
Is driving me insane
And just like rain, the tears keep falling
But nobody answers when I call your name
Oh, nobody answers when I call your name
The lyrics to Vince Gill's song "When I Call Your Name" paint a picture of a heartbroken man coming home from work, expecting to see his significant other. However, he is met with an empty house and a note on the table, informing him that his love has ended. The singer is struggling with the sudden loss and laments the fact that nobody answers when he calls his partner's name.
The lyrics demonstrate the desperation and pain that comes with a failing relationship. The singer's voice echoes throughout his empty house, an agonizing reminder that his love has been left unanswered. The tears continue to fall, like rain, as he grapples with the loneliness and isolation that comes with losing someone he loves.
Overall, the lyrics to "When I Call Your Name" are emotionally charged, detailing the sorrow and heartbreak that come with being left behind by someone you love.
Line by Line Meaning
I rushed home from work like I always do
I got back home quickly, as I usually do after work.
I spent my whole day just thinking of you
Throughout the day, you were all that occupied my mind.
When I walked through the front door my whole life was changed
Upon arriving and going in, everything felt different.
Cause nobody answered when I called your name
However, you were nowhere to be heard though I called out to you.
A note on the table that told me goodbye
I spotted a message lying on the table that said farewell.
It said you'd grown weary of living a lie
The note stated that you were tired of pretending and faking things.
Your love has ended but mine still remains
While your affection for me has come to a halt, mine still endures.
But nobody answers when I call your name
Unfortunately, I still cannot reach you despite repeated attempts.
Oh the lonely sound of my voice calling
My voice echoes back to me, empty and solitary.
Is driving me insane
This overwhelming sense of despair and isolation is causing intense distress.
And just like rain the tears keep falling
Tears keep streaming down nonstop, just like how rain keeps pouring down.
Nobody answers when I call your name
Sadly, you remain unresponsive even as I repeatedly call out to you.
Oh nobody answers when I call your name
The same, agonizing situation repeats itself, where there is no answer to my desperate pleas.
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Tim Dubois, Vince Gill
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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Tears 😢. Beautiful ❤
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One of most beaitful songs written &sung Hes amazing
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I don't like the word genre at all because the Greats have no genre!! Vince Gill music is Vince Gill music and just listen to what comes out of his voice!! Im chilled right to my Soul. Hes everything music is meant to be and a special part of me forever ❤❤❤