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.^[9] A deluxe edition was also released with three bonus tracks.^[10]

Guitar Slinger
Studio album by Vince Gill
Released	October 25, 2011 (2011-10-25)
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]

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, 11, 12, 14), acoustic guitar (2, 3, 4, 6-15), backing vocals (6, 8, 10), banjo (11), mandolin (11)
• John Hobbs – acoustic piano (1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 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, 4, 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 guitar (2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 11-14)
• David Hungate – bass guitar (8, 9)
• Dennis Crouch – upright bass (15)
• Chad Cromwell – drums (1, 3-8, 10, 11)
• Eddie Bayers – drums (2, 12, 13, 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, 3, 4)
• Billy Thomas – backing vocals (2, 3, 4, 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 (10)
• Wes Hightower – backing vocals (12, 13)
• Lee Ann Womack – backing vocals (12)
• Sonya Isaacs – backing vocals (14)
• Sarah Siskind – backing vocals (14)

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. 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. . Hits Daily Double. HITS Digital Ventures. Archived from the original on December 18, 2015.

External links

• Guitar Slinger at Metacritic