Guitar Slinger is the twelfth studio album by American country music artist Vince Gill. It was released on October 25, 2011, via MCA Nashville. A deluxe edition was also released with three bonus tracks.
Lead-off single “Threaten Me with Heaven” received a nomination on the 54th Grammy Awards for Best Country Song and also a nomination for Song of the Year on the 47th Academy of Country Music Awards.
- “Guitar Slinger” 4:05
- “Tell Me Fool” 4:05
- “Threaten Me with Heaven” 5:31
- “When the Lady Sings the Blues” 4:34
- “Who Wouldn’t Fall in Love with You” 4:58
- “When Lonely Comes Around” 3:45
- “True Love” (featuring Amy Grant) 4:44
- “Bread and Water” 4:44
- “Billy Paul” 3:52
- “The Old Lucky Diamond Motel” 3:39
- “If I Die” 3:40
- “Buttermilk John” (with the Time Jumpers) 6:20
Vince Gill – lead vocals, electric guitar (1-8, 10, 11, 12, 14), acoustic guitar (2, 3, 4, 6-15), backing vocals (6, 8, 10), banjo (11), mandolin (11)
John Hobbs – acoustic piano (1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14), keyboards (2), Hammond B3 organ (3-6, 8, 9, 13, 14), accordion (11)
Pete Wasner – synthesizers, Hammond B3 organ (1, 7), Wurlitzer electric piano (3, 5, 8) acoustic piano (4, 9, 11), Rhodes (4), Wurlitzer organ (10)
Richard Bennett – acoustic guitar (1, 5, 7, 10, 12, 13), electric guitar (4, 14)
Tom Bukovac – electric guitar (1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10)
Al Anderson – electric guitar (2)
Tom Britt – electric guitar (3, 9, 15)
Will Owsley – electric guitar (4, 7)
Andy Riess – electric guitar (15)
Paul Franklin – steel guitar (1, 2, 10, 12-15), dobro (5)
Russ Pahl – steel guitar (9)
Glenn Worf – bass guitar (1, 5, 10)
Michael Rhodes – bass guitar (2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 11-14)
David Hungate – bass guitar (8, 9)
Dennis Crouch – upright bass (15)
Chad Cromwell – drums (1, 3-8, 10, 11)
Eddie Bayers – drums (2, 12, 13, 14)
Rick Vanaugh – drums (15)
Eric Darken – percussion
Larry Franklin – fiddle (12, 13)
Aubrey Haynie – fiddle (15)
Kenny Sears – fiddle (15)
Joe Spivey – fiddle (15)
Bekka Bramlett – backing vocals (1, 3, 4, 15)
Jenny Gill – backing vocals (1-7, 9, 10)
Chris Stapleton – backing vocals (2, 3, 4)
Billy Thomas – backing vocals (2, 3, 4, 5, 15), drums (9)
Amy Grant – backing vocals (4, 8), lead vocals (8)
Kim Keyes – backing vocals (4)
Gene Miller – backing vocals (4, 7)
Dawn Sears – backing vocals (5, 13)
Jeff White – backing vocals (5, 9, 11, 15)
Ashley Monroe – backing vocals (6)
Sarah Chapman – backing vocals (8)
Andrea Zonn – backing vocals (9, 11), fiddle (11)
Corrina Gill – backing vocals (9)
Wes Hightower – backing vocals (12, 13)
Lee Ann Womack – backing vocals (12)
Sonya Isaacs – backing vocals (14)
Sarah Siskind – backing vocals (14)
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