Guitar Slinger (Vince Gill album)
Guitar Slinger is the twelfth studio album by American country music artist Vince Gill. It was released on October 25, 2011 via MCA Nashville. A deluxe edition was also released with three bonus tracks.
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.Track listing
Personnel
- Eddie Bayers – drums
- Richard Bennett – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Bekka Bramlett – background vocals
- Tom Britt – electric guitar
- Tom Bukovac – electric guitar
- Sarah Chapman – background vocals
- Chad Cromwell – drums
- Dennis Crouch – upright bass
- Eric Darken – percussion
- Paul Franklin – dobro, steel guitar
- Corrina Gill – background vocals
- Jenny Gill – background vocals
- Vince Gill – banjo, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, lead vocals, background vocals
- Amy Grant – background vocals
- Aubrey Haynie – fiddle
- John Hobbs – accordion, Hammond B-3 organ, piano
- David Hungate – bass guitar
- Sonya Isaacs – background vocals
- Kim Keyes – background vocals
- Gene Miller – background vocals
- Ashley Monroe – background vocals
- Will Owsley – electric guitar, background vocals
- Russ Pahl – steel guitar
- Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
- Andy Riess – electric guitar
- Dawn Sears – background vocals
- Kenny Sears – fiddle
- Sarah Siskind – background vocals
- Joe Spivey – fiddle
- Chris Stapleton – background vocals
- Billy Thomas – drums, background vocals
- Rick Vanaugh – drums
- Pete Wasner – Fender Rhodes, Hammond B-3 organ, piano, synthesizer, Wurlitzer
- Jeff White – background vocals
- Glenn Worf – bass guitar
- Andrea Zonn – fiddle, background vocals
Chart performance
As of December 2015, the album had sold 102,000 copies.Album
Singles