Okie (Vince Gill album)
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- Blackbird Studio and The House (Nashville, Tennessee)
- Hound's Ear Studio (Franklin, Tennessee)
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| Released | August 23, 2019 | |||
| Recorded | 2019 | |||
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| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 49:45 | |||
| Label | MCA Nashville | |||
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| AllMusic |   [1] |
| American Songwriter |  [2] |
Okie is the fifteenth studio album by American country music singer Vince Gill. The album was released on August 23, 2019, by MCA Nashville.[3][4]
According to Gill, Merle Haggard advised him to "just tell the truth. That's the most important thing of all." A number of the songs in the album have personal elements. For example, in "Forever Changed," which talks about sexual abuse, Gill drew from the experience of running away from a gym teacher who had behaved inappropriately toward him, while "When My Amy Prays" is about his wife Amy Grant and religion.[5] Other songs deal with issues such as teenage pregnancy ("What Choice Will You Make,") and racial equality.
Gill said: "My life has never been political, I've never been out there saying endorse this candidate, or that one. But I’m not afraid to have a decent conversation about some of this stuff. We could solve so many things by being fair-minded."[6]
He also said: "All I tried to do was have these songs maybe be about subjects that were tough, but maybe tell these stories without judgment".[5]
Commercial performance
Track listing
All tracks are written by Vince Gill, with additional co-writers listed.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "I Don't Wanna Ride the Rails No More" | 4:27 | |
| 2. | "The Price of Regret" | 3:50 | |
| 3. | "Forever Changed" | 3:41 | |
| 4. | "An Honest Man" | 3:40 | |
| 5. | "What Choice Will You Make" | Leslie Satcher | 4:13 |
| 6. | "Black and White" | Charlie Worsham | 3:46 |
| 7. | "The Red Words" | 4:48 | |
| 8. | "When My Amy Prays" | 3:55 | |
| 9. | "A Letter to My Mama" | Dean Dillon | 3:36 |
| 10. | "Nothin' Like a Guy Clark Song" | 5:03 | |
| 11. | "That Old Man of Mine" | 3:52 | |
| 12. | "A World Without Haggard" | 4:53 | |
| Total length: | 49:45 | ||
