{"id":118509,"date":"2025-03-19T15:28:53","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T08:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/?p=118509"},"modified":"2025-03-19T15:28:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T08:28:53","slug":"vince-gill-may-be-called-a-reluctant-superstar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/vince-gill-may-be-called-a-reluctant-superstar\/","title":{"rendered":"Vince Gill may be called a \u201creluctant superstar\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vince Gill may be called a \u201creluctant superstar\u201d\n</p><p>Vince Gill may be called a \u201creluctant superstar,\u201d but when he took the stage at Country Music: Live at the Ryman, he delivered a performance so deeply moving it sent chills through the audience. Covering Dolly Parton\u2019s iconic I Will Always Love You, Gill didn\u2019t go for power\u2014he went for pure, heart-wrenching emotion. His voice, soft as a whisper yet rich with feeling, wrapped around every lyric like a tender embrace. No dramatic highs, no soaring belts\u2014just raw, unshakable sincerity. By the time the final note faded, there wasn\u2019t a dry eye in the house, including Dolly herself.\n</p><p>Country singer and songwriter Vince Gill has been described as a \u201creluctant superstar.\u201d It was just that he had all the makings for one, and at an exceptional level, no one in the genre could argue. Additionally, his live performances are just on a different level. One of our favorites would be his 2019 Country Music: Live at the Ryman cover performance of the Dolly Parton classic \u201cI Will Always Love You.\u201d\n</p><p><img fetchpriority='\"high\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-118512 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/thefinejournal.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2025%5C/03%5C/557.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"502\"' height='\"600\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/557.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>The concert, which was a celebration of the then-upcoming Ken Burns documentary on country music, was held at the Mother Church of Country Music, Ryman Auditorium, in Nashville. Gill joined a long list of country artists that night, including Dierks Bentley, Marty Stuart, Rosanne Cash, and Dwight Yoakam, to name a few.\n</p><p>\u201cDarling, I Will Always Love You\u201d<br>\nWe\u2019ve all heard Whitney Houston belt the line, \u201cAnd I will always love you.\u201d Her impressive, powerful vocals pushed this song to greater heights. Only a few know that this song was originally Dolly Parton\u2019s. And her style has undeniably become the standard.\n</p><p>Vince Gill\u2019s version, on the other hand, goes for a gentle touch, a gentle tug to the heart. When he opened the song for the live performance, it was almost a caress into the ears. It was so soft, like how he played his guitar with it. Then, as he transitioned into the chorus, it was smooth like butter. There was no building up to a powerful climax nor a vocal belt; listeners were met with a rather relaxed sound wave.\n</p><p>Gill pulled deep inside and evoked the emotions of the song with such calmness, and for the whole duration of the song, he was consistent with this style. At one point, you\u2019d forget that he was singing the same Whitney Houston song. That was because he owned the song, and the song didn\u2019t own him.\n</p><p>Jennifer Robinson of KPBS described Gill\u2019s performance as a breathtaking and sublime rendition.\n</p><p>In the video below, you can catch Vince Gill\u2019s live performance of \u201cI Will Always Love You,\u201d with Dolly Parton herself in attendance.\n</p><p><iframe title='\"I' will always love you vince gill width='\"791\"' height='\"593\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.youtube.com%5C/embed%5C/-CWSDg6d6QI?feature=oembed%5C%22" frameborder='\"0\"' allow='\"accelerometer;' autoplay clipboard-write encrypted-media gyroscope picture-in-picture web-share referrerpolicy='\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"' allowfullscreen>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vince Gill may be called a \u201creluctant superstar\u201d Vince Gill may be called a \u201creluctant superstar,\u201d but when he took the stage at Country Music: Live at the Ryman, he delivered a performance so deeply moving it sent chills through the audience. 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