VALDOSTA — Taking the Wild Adventures stage tonight, Vince Gill will reportedly perform his hits alone. Amy Grant will then perform her hits alone. By the show’s end, reportedly, the husband and wife singers will perform a few songs together.
Gill has performed previously at Wild Adventures. Last time around, his wife visited the park with him, but Grant did not perform.
Though not available for interviews this go-round, Gill told The Valdosta Daily Times in a past interview that he enjoys his stardom, but it is his marriage to Amy Grant that is his life.
“We’re crazy for each other,” he said in 2005. “It is a great blessing to find that companionship.
“We started with a very real and healthy respect for each other as musicians and as we got to know each other as people that respect has only grown through the years. Amy and I both have 25- to 30-year careers behind us, too. So, we feel no pressure to be on the road all of the time or record as we would have earlier in our careers.”
One of Gill’s first professional gigs, back as a teen in the 1970s, was opening for KISS with his Oklahoma-based bluegrass band Mountain Smoke. KISS fans booed Vince Gill off the stage.
He has worked in music for decades with several bands, including Pure Prairie League, but his big breaks came at the end of the 1980s and early 1990s. Vince Gill’s stardom came with hits like “Cinderella,” “When I Call Your Name,” “Pocket Full of Gold,” “Take Your Memory,” “I Still Believe in You,” “Don’t Let Our Love Start Slippin’ Away,” “The Heart Won’t Lie,” “No Future in the Past,” “One More Last Chance,” “Tryin’ To Get Over You,” “Whenever You Come Around,” “What The Cowgirls Do,” “When Love Finds You,” “Which Bridge To Cross (Which Bridge To Burn),” “You’d Better Think Twice,” “Worlds Apart,” “Pretty Little Adriana,” “A Little More Love,” “You and You Alone,” “If You Ever Have Forever in Mind,” etc.
“I never planned on being a star,” Gill said. “I dreamed of being a working musician. I wanted to be a great session musician. I wanted to work with some of the greatest stars and musicians, but I didn’t dream of being a star. That’s just been something extra.”
Grant started as a contemporary Christian singer and became the first contemporary Christian artist to make platinum with “Age to Age.” She switched to pop and had several Top 10 hits, including “Baby, Baby,” “Every Heartbeat,” and “That’s What Love Is For.”
Gill and Grant are the second Wild Adventures concert this year.
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Vince Gill and Amy Grant perform.
When: Show starts at 8 p.m. today.
Where: Wild Adventures, Old Clyattville Road.
Admission: Concert is included in the park’s regular admission or as part of Passport.
More information: www.wildadventures.com
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Wild Adventures spotlights Vince Gill and Amy Grant tonight
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