{"id":1314218,"date":"2019-09-03T05:00:42","date_gmt":"2019-09-03T11:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1811350"},"modified":"2019-09-03T05:00:42","modified_gmt":"2019-09-03T11:00:42","slug":"vince-gill-always-keeps-his-door-open-at-the-opry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/vince-gill-always-keeps-his-door-open-at-the-opry\/","title":{"rendered":"Vince Gill Always Keeps His Door Open at the Opry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"byline\">by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/shelburnec\/\" title=\"Posts by Craig Shelburne\" rel=\"author\">Craig Shelburne<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\">44m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/artists\/vince-gill\">Vince Gill<\/a> has never been a stranger to the Grand Ole Opry ever since his 1991 induction, and now he\u2019s encouraging the newest members to follow suit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just try to encourage all of them,\u201d he tells CMT.com. \u201cI say, \u2018If you\u2019ll invest in this place and the people there, it\u2019ll last way longer than your career will, in a sense. You\u2019re going to have a hot streak, then it\u2019s going to cool off. You might have another one, but you might not.\u2019 I tell them also, \u2018Don\u2019t come here when nothing else is going on. When you\u2019re really killing it, when you\u2019re doing great, the place will benefit because you come.\u2019 And it does.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo\" id=\"94ec1862\">\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"><noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;img&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/Vince-Gill-and-Carrie-Underwood-at-Opry-1567459484.jpg?quality=0.85&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/Vince-Gill-and-Carrie-Underwood-at-Opry-1567459484.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=481 481w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/Vince-Gill-and-Carrie-Underwood-at-Opry-1567459484.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=660 660w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/Vince-Gill-and-Carrie-Underwood-at-Opry-1567459484.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=768 768w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/Vince-Gill-and-Carrie-Underwood-at-Opry-1567459484.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=980 980w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/Vince-Gill-and-Carrie-Underwood-at-Opry-1567459484.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1200 1200w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/Vince-Gill-and-Carrie-Underwood-at-Opry-1567459484.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1500 1500w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/Vince-Gill-and-Carrie-Underwood-at-Opry-1567459484.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1800 1800w\" title=\"Carrie Underwood Inducted as Newest Member of The Grand Ole Opry by Fellow Opry Member Garth Brooks\" class=\"js-srcset-img shortcode-image\" alt><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<div class=\"photocredit\">Rick Diamond\/Getty Images 2008<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, Gill gives props to contemporary artists like Dierks Bentley and Carrie Underwood for making regular Opry appearances, while lamenting that his own generation of artists \u2013 with the exception of Ricky Skaggs and Marty Stuart \u2014 don\u2019t often drop in. Nonetheless he celebrates the wide range of artists who do perform on America\u2019s longest-running radio show, week after week after week.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo\" id=\"0a888dc1\">\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"><noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;img&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/Vince-Gill-at-Opry-1567459396.jpg?quality=0.85&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/Vince-Gill-at-Opry-1567459396.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=481 481w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/Vince-Gill-at-Opry-1567459396.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=660 660w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/Vince-Gill-at-Opry-1567459396.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=768 768w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/Vince-Gill-at-Opry-1567459396.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=980 980w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/Vince-Gill-at-Opry-1567459396.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1200 1200w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/Vince-Gill-at-Opry-1567459396.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1500 1500w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/Vince-Gill-at-Opry-1567459396.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1800 1800w\" title=\"Photo of Vince GILL\" class=\"js-srcset-img shortcode-image\" alt><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<div class=\"photocredit\">Beth Gwinn\/Redferns<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI love the fact that you can go out there on a Friday or Saturday night and hear a 90-year-old guy, Jesse McReynolds, play the mandolin, and a 20-year-old kid playing his first hit, and everything in between,\u201d he says. \u201cYou can\u2019t find a show anywhere in the world that does that. It\u2019s pretty powerful that the Opry represents all of it and doesn\u2019t only focus on what\u2019s popular and groovy in the music industry of today. It respects all eras and all people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He adds, \u201cIt\u2019s really neat to see how it\u2019s evolved and how welcoming it is. Everything and everybody. They have comedians, Americana music, all kinds of folks who are playing there. They\u2019re not so narrow-minded as to only have traditional music on the Opry. They have everything. It\u2019s awesome that they\u2019re open-minded.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo\" id=\"b8ac8fb8\">\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"><noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;img&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/Vince-Gill-w-Little-Jimmy-Dickens-1567460385.jpg?quality=0.85&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/Vince-Gill-w-Little-Jimmy-Dickens-1567460385.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=481 481w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/Vince-Gill-w-Little-Jimmy-Dickens-1567460385.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=660 660w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/Vince-Gill-w-Little-Jimmy-Dickens-1567460385.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=768 768w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/Vince-Gill-w-Little-Jimmy-Dickens-1567460385.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=980 980w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/Vince-Gill-w-Little-Jimmy-Dickens-1567460385.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1200 1200w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/Vince-Gill-w-Little-Jimmy-Dickens-1567460385.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1500 1500w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/Vince-Gill-w-Little-Jimmy-Dickens-1567460385.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1800 1800w\" title=\"Country Takes New York City - Grand Ole Opry at Carnegie Hall\" class=\"js-srcset-img shortcode-image\" alt><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<div class=\"photocredit\">J. Kempin\/FilmMagic<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Gill performed at the Opry over Labor Day weekend to offer songs from his new album, <em>Okie<\/em>. He says he takes a cue from Opry icon Roy Acuff, ensuring that the door to his dressing room is open at all times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never close it,\u201d he states. \u201cI watched Mr. Roy, who never had his door closed and jam sessions in there all the time. \u2026 When I am out there, they always give me Roy\u2019s dressing room, because I never would let \u2018em close the door. It meant something to me. I just have a reverence for all those guys. And I think I did because of bluegrass. Because I knew who Roy Acuff was, Flatt &amp; Scruggs, Monroe, Jim &amp; Jesse, the Osborne Brothers, and all of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KWB__eGLcfw?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KWB__eGLcfw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>Gill was on hand when the Opry <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1809136\/luke-combs-inducted-into-grand-ole-opry-by-vince-gill-joe-diffie\/\">inducted its newest member<\/a>, Luke Combs, in July. So, how does it feel when a fast-rising artist like Combs cites a legend like Gill as an influence? \u201cWell, it surprised me that I was Luke Combs\u2019 first concert. I didn\u2019t know that. It makes you feel great and old all at once,\u201d he notes with a laugh.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd both are good,\u201d he adds. \u201cI ain\u2019t going back. I can\u2019t, so I won\u2019t want to anyway. I like right where I\u2019m at. I like the moment. I\u2019ve always lived in the moment pretty comfortably and it\u2019s never really gone too far away from me. I\u2019m just grateful to be anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1811350\/vince-gill-always-keeps-his-door-open-at-the-opry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Craig Shelburne 44m ago Vince Gill has never been a stranger to the Grand Ole Opry ever since his 1991 induction, and now he\u2019s encouraging the newest members to follow suit. \u201cI just try to encourage all of them,\u201d he tells CMT.com. \u201cI say, \u2018If you\u2019ll invest in this place and the people there, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1314218","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-13 17:33:29","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1314218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1314218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1314218\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1314218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1314218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1314218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}