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Vince Gill Ready to Fly Solo for Summer Tour: ‘I Know I’m Better Than I Was’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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Chris Willman Music WriterContrary to possible recent appearances, Vince Gill’s greatest hits are not “Take It to the Limit,” “New Kid in Town” and “Lyin’ Eyes.” Audiences will have a chance to be reminded of that this summer when the Country Music Hall of Famer, who’s been part-time member of the Eagles for the last five years, heads out for some concerts with his own band for the first time since before the pandemic.The initial shows will take place in July and August (see a list of dates, below). “I knew that the guys weren’t going to work in those months,” Gill tells Variety, meaning Don Henley and company, “and I said, ‘You mind if I go out and do some dates?’ They said, ‘Of course not.’ And so I’ve got a lot of guys who have played with me for most of their lives, and they could stand to make a little money and come back to work.

Everybody’s so excited just to get to play again, travel around and tell the same dirty jokes. I mean, we’re old enough now that everybody’s forgotten them and we can retell ‘em.” It was not just the pull of the Eagles keeping him off the road, of course. “That pesky little virus thing — I mean, nobody could dream this stuff up.

It dawned on me in the middle of the pandemic that I hadn’t had a break in 47 years,” Gill says, charting that time back to when he was the fill-in singer for another country-rock group, Pure Prairie League. “I had always traveled, always toured, always played, always worked, and never, ever stopped.

It was a real interesting thing to have happen, and I didn’t spend all my time practicing. I found a blessing in the break, and it was OK.

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