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

Credits from European version:

• Vince Gill – lead vocals, electric guitar (1–8, 10–12, 14), acoustic guitar (2–4, 6–15), backing vocals (6, 8, 10), banjo (11), mandolin (11)
• John Hobbs – acoustic piano (1, 3, 6–8, 10, 12–14), keyboards (2), Hammond B3 organ (3–6, 8, 9, 13, 14), accordion (11)
• Pete Wasner – synthesizers, Hammond B3 organ (1, 7), Wurlitzer electric piano (3, 5, 8) acoustic piano (4, 9, 11), Rhodes (4), Wurlitzer organ (10)
• Richard Bennett – acoustic guitar (1, 5, 7, 10, 12, 13), electric guitar (4, 14)
• Tom Bukovac – electric guitar (1, 3–5, 7, 8, 10)
• Al Anderson – electric guitar (2)
• Tom Britt – electric guitar (3, 9, 15)
• Will Owsley – electric guitar (4, 7)
• Andy Riess – electric guitar (15)
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar (1, 2, 10, 12–15), dobro (5)
• Russ Pahl – steel guitar (9)
• Glenn Worf – bass guitar (1, 5, 10)
• Michael Rhodes – bass (2–4, 6, 7, 11–14)
• David Hungate – bass (8, 9)
• Dennis Crouch – upright bass (15)
• Chad Cromwell – drums (1, 3–8, 10, 11)
• Eddie Bayers – drums (2, 12–14)
• Rick Vanaugh – drums (15)
• Eric Darken – percussion
• Larry Franklin – fiddle (12, 13)
• Aubrey Haynie – fiddle (15)
• Kenny Sears – fiddle (15)
• Joe Spivey – fiddle (15)
• Bekka Bramlett – backing vocals (1, 3, 4, 15)
• Jenny Gill – backing vocals (1–7, 9, 10)
• Chris Stapleton – backing vocals (2–4)
• Billy Thomas – backing vocals (2–5, 15), drums (9)
• Amy Grant – backing vocals (4, 8), lead vocals (8)
• Kim Keyes – backing vocals (4)
• Gene Miller – backing vocals (4, 7)
• Dawn Sears – backing vocals (5, 13)
• Jeff White – backing vocals (5, 9, 11, 15)
• Ashley Monroe – backing vocals (6)
• Sarah Chapman – backing vocals (8)
• Andrea Zonn – backing vocals (9, 11), fiddle (11)
• Corrina Gill – backing vocals (9)
• Wes Hightower – backing vocals (12, 13)
• Lee Ann Womack – backing vocals (12)
• Sonya Isaacs – backing vocals (14)
• Sarah Siskind – backing vocals (14)

Production

• Vince Gill – producer
• John Hobbs – producer
• Justin Niebank – producer, recording, mixing
• Drew Bollman – recording
• Neal Cappellino – additional recording
• Steve Marcantonio – additional recording
• Steve Blackmon – recording assistant
• Matt Rausch – recording assistant
• Jed Hackett – digital editing
• Brian David Willis – digital editing
• Jim DeMain – mastering at Yes Master (Nashville, Tennessee)
• Jenny Gill – production coordinator
• Craig Allen – art direction, design
• Jim White – photography
• Kevin Winter – front cover photography
• Trish Townsend – wardrobe stylist
• Debra Wingo – hair, make-up
• The Fitzgerald Hartley Co. – management

Chart performance

As of December 2015, the album had sold 102,000 copies.

Album

Singles

References

External links