anyone see vince gill on the pbs guitarfest?

[Doctor_J]

i tend to forget that before he got rich singing those awful country ballads, he was one of the very best r&r guitar players around. that 90 sec (or whatever it was) solo in Oklahoma Borderline was breathtaking.

vince, if you're reading this, now that you have big piles of cash and amy grant, time to go back to making real music.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

1. Have you heard this?

...it's closer to "real music" than he's been in years. Yes, I've heard him play with the late Chet Atkins, and it's a shame that he's squandered so much of his talent making pop songs for pickup trucks. But check this one out, you might be pleasantly surprised.



http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0002IQIXI/qid%3D1103253722/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/102-7530389-6700164

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
This reunion of singer-songwriters Rodney Crowell and Vince Gill with pianist Tony Brown, ace guitarist Richard Bennett, and steel guitarist Hank DeVito sounds like the country equivalent of the Traveling Wilburys--a veteran supergroup having too much fun to take itself too seriously. Alumni of Emmylou Harris's Hot Band, the Cherry Bombs were Crowell's backing band in the '70s. Since then, Gill has become a star, Brown has become better known as a label executive, and Bennett has seen considerable demand as a producer. Starting with a call to loosen up on "Let It Go, Let It Ride," the album shows a spirit of playful camaraderie. It's tough to imagine either Crowell or Gill putting a cut titled "It's Hard to Kiss the Lips at Night That Chew Your Ass Out All Day Long" on one of their own albums, but the collaboration here is a honky-tonk highlight. DeVito remains the band's secret songwriting weapon, as "Wait a Minute" (in collaboration with Crowell) and a revival of "Sweet Little Lisa" (previously recorded by Dave Edmunds) capture the exhilaration of early rock & roll. A former gospel pianist, Brown adds revivalist preaching to this busmen's holiday. --Don McLeese

About the Artist
Each of this legendary band's members have gone on to become nothing less than prime architects of modern country music. But back in the wild-and-innocent '70s, before life and success got in the way, Vince Gill and Rodney Crowell, along with piano-pounding producer Tony Brown, guitar ace Richard Bennett, steel wizard Hank Devito, and the state-of-the-groove rhythm section of Emory Gordy and Larry Londin, were tearing up honky tonks from coast to coast as the Cherry Bombs – the coolest, ass-kicking-est country outfit in the land.

Rising out of the ashes of Emmylou Harris' Hot Band, the Cherry Bombs formed to back up Crowell as the young Texan was launching his long-and-successful country career. And it was Crowell that finally brought them back to together for the 2003 ASCAP Country Awards Dinner. The singer was being presented with a Creative Achievement Award, and when the Notorious Cherry Bombs hit the stage, it was clear that the band was not as good as they used to be – they were a whole lot better. Supplemented by keyboardist John Hobbs and featuring a new rhythm section (with Eddie Bayers, Jr. sitting in for the late Larry Londin and Michael Rhodes replacing the now-retired Emory Gordy, Jr.), the Notorious Cherry Bombs turned the usually subdued awards show into a full-blown honky-tonk throw-down.

Rejuvenated and inspired, the band immediately entered the studio, emerging with an album that more than lives up to the legend. Twenty-five years in the making, The Notorious Cherry Bombs album has finally arrived. One listen and you’ll know - it was well worth the wait.

[Doctor_J]

2. I never heard him play with chet,

but he was on the late, lamented American Music Shop with Albert Lee a couple times, teasing me with his long forgotten guitar mastery.

thanks for the link, I will check it out.

[johnnie]

3. He really is pretty good

If I'm not mistaken, he was playing The Grand Ole Opry at age 10 or so.