Vince Gill is a country musician with an extraordinary history, having received the most Grammy Awards ever given to a male country music vocalist and having released more than 20 albums.
Gill, inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2007, originally caught our attention in 1979 as a member of the country rock band Pure Prairie League.
Four decades later, he is a well-known and in-demand artist, having been asked to perform on the iconic Grand Ole Opry stage alongside the band Little Big Town.
But his superiors informed him he could only perform if he didn’t sing about Jesus. So how could anybody deny this great, bright musician the chance to play the song he desired?
The crowd erupted in reaction to his remark.
Gill, who was born in Oklahoma in 1957, went solo in the 1980s. In recent years, the devoted Christian has included more gospel music in his performances.
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He was lately asked to sing at Nashville, Tennessee’s Grand Ole Opry, a weekly country music stage show that has been running since 1925.
However, his supervisors stated he may perform as long as he didn’t sing any religious songs, specifically about Jesus.
Gill may have followed this command while neglecting his desire to sing about his beliefs. Rather, he did something unexpected.
He broke the rules by singing “Why Me Lord,” a stunning song written and released in 1972 by American country music musician and gospel vocalist Kris Kristofferson.
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Since then, musical legends such as Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash have sung the song.
The standing ovation for Gill’s performance demonstrated that no one else cared about the song’s meaning, but rather how affecting the performance was.
In the video below, you can see a snippet of him performing.
Gill’s choice to sing a song faithful to his beliefs and musical style is incredibly courageous, and not all would have had the courage to reject instructions in this manner.
On the other hand, when you’re in the Country Music Hall of Fame, you get to set your own rules!
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THIS IS THE REASON WHY VINCE GILL HAS BEEN A SUCCESSFUL ARTIST! HE’S NEVER BEEN ASHAMED PRAISING THE LORD JESUS FOR ALL THE BLESSINGS HE HAS RECEIVED FROM OUR MIGHTY GOD! I WISH THAT EVERYONE WILL FEEL THE SAME AND GIVE GLORY TO THE ONE WHO CREATED US!
Beautiful
What a beautiful song! Just what we need at Easter!
ALL YEAR!
thou shall not covet your neighbor’s e we wife
Let him who has no sin throw the first stone.
And let him who publicly sins, publicly confess and ask forgiveness of all the people his adultery hurt.
And FYI, Jesus never said you had to be sinless to call out sinners who claim to be Christians. In your referenced passage, Jesus was simply pointing out the wrong and hypocritical motives of the woman’s accusers. And he warned her to go and sin no more!
Scripture, in fact, COMMANDS that the church call out sin and remove the sinners from fellowship in the church until they repent and turn from their sins. Pretending it didn’t happen isn’t Christian doctrine. It’s blasphemy,
That was beautiful. Glad he had the courage to carry through with his faith in our Lord
ABSOULTELY BEAUTIFUL~
I believe this article is incorrect. The people responded as they did BECAUSE they agreed with the message of his song. They DID care!
LOVE THAT SONG!
have you heard him since How Great Though Art w/Carrie Underwood? you’ll have tears streaming down your face….
Always sing of the good Lord’s goodness and mercy.
Bravo to Vince Gill, and the Grand Ole Opry board should open their Bibles more often. Only godless Liberals would forbid ANYONE to sing about Jesus, ANYWHERE and anytime.
Good for him they probably would have let him sing songs about Satan, drugs or sex. The people who told him not to sing about Jesus are probably demons
AMEN