Country Pop Bites: Vince Gill – August 10

Did you know that on this day in Country Music History in 1991 Vince Gill joined the Grand Ole Opry?

It’s true! He was introduced by Roy Acuff, who shed tears as Gill delivered "When I Call Your Name". Check out the video!

Here are 5 little known facts about Vince Gill.

• Vincent Grant Gill was born in Norman, Oklahoma on April 12, 1957.
• His father, J. Stanley Gill, was a lawyer and administrative law judge who played in a country music band part-time and encouraged Vince to pursue a music career.
• Vince learned to play several instruments, including the banjo and guitar, before he started high school at Oklahoma City's Northwest Classen High School.
• In the late 1970s, he played with a teenage band called Bluegrass Revues.
• He has played in a number of bluegrass bands, including Ricky Skaggs' Boone Creek and Byron Berline and Sundance; later, he became a member of Rodney Crowell's road band, The Cherry Bombs.