Guitar Slinger - Deluxe Edition Incl. 3 Bonus Tracks (2011)

"Vince Gill was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2011. One listen to this first record in five years, makes it easy to comprehend why: he has carried the genre forward to embrace the rest of popular music without sacrificing its tradition. "Guitar Slinger" compresses everything he displayed on the four disc set "These Days" and more. Gill wrote or co-wrote all 12 of these songs. His astonishing musical range is inseparable from his creative identity. Gill moves effortlessly from place to place beginning with the slamming, '50s-styled rock & roll of the title track that opens the album. From here, he does a modern Nashvillian take on blue-eyed country soul with "Tell Me Fool". This song, and others, feature gorgeous backing vocals by a.o. Bekka Bramlett. "True Love" is a beautiful duet with his wife Amy Grant, with tastefully arranged strings. Ultimately, with its ambitious range of music, "Guitar Slinger" proves that Gill just gets better with age." (Thom Jurek, Allmusic)