Vince Gils A Country singer With An lmpressive Resume; Boasting The Most Grammy Awards Ever Won By A Male Country Music singerAnd More Than 20 Albums To His Name.
Gil Who Was inducted into The Country Music Hall Of Fame In 2007,First Came To Our Attention As A Member Of Country Rock BandPure Prairie League In 1979.
Four Decades Later He ls A Much-Loved And Much in Demand Performer Who Was lnvited To sing On The Legendary Grand Ole OpryStage Alongside The Band Little Big Town.
But Bosses Told Him He Could Perform On One Condition – He Didn’t Sing About Jesus.
So How Could Anyone Deny This Talented, Brilliant Artist The Right To Sing The Song He Wanted At A Performance?
His Response Caused The Crowd To Jump To Their Feet
Gil, Who Was Born in Oklahoma in 1957, Became A Solo Artist in The ’80s. in Recent Years The
Devout Christian Has incorporated MoreGospel Music Into His Appearances.
Recently He Was lnvited To Perform At The Grand Ole Opry, in Nashvile Tennessee, A Weekly
Country Music Stage Concert Which HasBeen Going Since 1925.
But Bosses Said He Could Perform As Long As He Didn’t Do Any Religious Songs, Namely About Jesus.
Gill Could Have Adhered To This instruction lgnoring His instinct To Want To sing About His Faith. But lnstead He Did something Diferent
He lgnored These Rules And Instead sang “Why Me Lord,” A Powerful song Written And Recorded By American Country Music Artit And
Gospel Singer Kris Kristofferson In 1972.
Since, The Song Has Been Performed By Musical Greats Such As Elvis Presley And Johnny Cash