Guitar Slinger (Vince Gill album)
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| Released | October 25, 2011 | |||
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| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 53:57 | |||
| Label | MCA Nashville | |||
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| Singles from Guitar Slinger | ||||
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| 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.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 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 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 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
