Guitar Slinger (Vince Gill album)

Guitar Slinger
Studio album by Vince Gill
Released	October 25, 2011 (2011-10-25)
Studio	The House and Blackbird Studio (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre	Country
Length	53:57
Label	MCA Nashville
Producer	Vince Gill John Hobbs Justin Niebank
Vince Gill chronology
Icon (2010) Guitar Slinger (2011) Ballads (2013)
Singles from Guitar Slinger
"Threaten Me with Heaven" Released: August 29, 2011

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	78/100 [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Country Weekly	[3]
Entertainment Weekly	A [4]
The Independent	[5]
PopMatters	[6]
Slant Magazine	[7]
USA Today	[8]

Guitar Slinger is the twelfth studio album by American country music artist Vince Gill. It was released on October 25, 2011 via MCA Nashville. ^[9] A deluxe edition was also released with three bonus tracks. ^[10]

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

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Guitar Slinger"	Vince Gill	4:05
2.	"Tell Me Fool"	Gill, Pete Wasner	4:05
3.	"Threaten Me with Heaven"	Gill, Amy Grant, Dillon O'Brian, Will Owsley	5:31
4.	"When the Lady Sings the Blues"	Gill, Wasner	4:34
5.	"Who Wouldn't Fall in Love with You"	Gill, Ashley Monroe	4:58
6.	"When Lonely Comes Around"	Gill, Grant, Owsley	3:45
7.	"True Love" (featuring Amy Grant)	Gill, Grant	4:44
8.	"Bread and Water"	Gill, Leslie Satcher	4:44
9.	"Billy Paul"	Gill	3:52
10.	"The Old Lucky Diamond Motel"	Gill	3:39
11.	"If I Die"	Gill, Monroe	3:40
12.	"Buttermilk John" (with the Time Jumpers)	Gill	6:20

Deluxe Edition track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Guitar Slinger"	Vince Gill	4:05
2.	"All Nighter Comin'"	Gill, Al Anderson, Chris Stapleton	2:34
3.	"Tell Me Fool"	Gill, Pete Wasner	4:05
4.	"Threaten Me with Heaven"	Gill, Amy Grant, Dillon O'Brian, Will Owsley	5:31
5.	"When the Lady Sings the Blues"	Gill, Wasner	4:34
6.	"Who Wouldn't Fall in Love with You"	Gill, Ashley Monroe	4:58
7.	"When Lonely Comes Around"	Gill, Grant, Owsley	3:45
8.	"True Love"	Gill, Grant	4:44
9.	"Bread and Water"	Gill, Leslie Satcher	4:44
10.	"Billy Paul"	Gill	3:52
11.	"The Old Lucky Diamond Motel"	Gill	3:39
12.	"Lipstick Everywhere"	Gill	3:11
13.	"One More Thing I Wished I'd Said"	Gill, Amber Digby	4:05
14.	"If I Die"	Gill, Monroe	3:40
15.	"Buttermilk John"	Gill	6:20

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. ^[11]

Album

Chart (2011)	Peak position
US Billboard Top Country Albums	4
US Billboard 200	14

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions
		US Country
2011	"Threaten Me with Heaven"	42

References

1. "Guitar Slinger Reviews". Metacritic . Retrieved November 29, 2013.
2. Jurek, Thom. "Guitar Slinger - Vince Gill". AllMusic . Retrieved October 25, 2011.
3. Nicholson, Jessica (October 20, 2011). "Guitar Slinger by Vince Gill". Country Weekly . Retrieved November 29, 2013.
4. Wood, Mikael (October 28, 2011). "Albums: Oct. 28, 2011 (Vince Gill, Guitar Slinger)". Entertainment Weekly . Archived from the original on November 27, 2012. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
5. Coleman, Nick (April 15, 2012). "Album: Vince Gill, Guitar Slinger (MCA/Decca)". The Independent . Retrieved November 29, 2013.
6. Majorins, Philip (October 30, 2011). "Vince Gill: Guitar Slinger". PopMatters . Retrieved November 29, 2013.
7. Keefe, Jonathan (October 24, 2011). "Vince Gill: Guitar Slinger". Slant Magazine . Retrieved November 29, 2013.
8. Mansfield, Brian (October 24, 2011). "Vince Gill, Guitar Slinger". USA Today . Retrieved November 29, 2013.
9. Graff, Gary (September 6, 2011). "Vince Gill Didn't Have to 'Doll Up and Leave Town' to Record 'Guitar Slinger'". Billboard . Retrieved October 21, 2011.
10. Rowe, Matt (October 12, 2011). "Vince Gill Returns with New Album, Guitar Slinger". The Morton Report . Retrieved October 21, 2011.
11. "Upcoming Releases". Hits Daily Double. HITS Digital Ventures. Archived from the original on December 18, 2015.

External links

• Guitar Slinger at Metacritic