Vince Gill’s Earliest Recording (Commentary)

The first record I ever got to be a part of that actually came out And that was a local band that played around, um The last couple of years of my high school Um, Stretch Oklahoma City, and They would go out and play all the different bars and clubs A lot of the Bluegrassers back in those days wouldn't Wouldn't be seen in, playing the beer joints and stuff and And that was a fun band, and we made a record And um, I remember I, I-I sang a John Stewart song called "July, You're a Woman" And that's a pretty neat songs on that record and Um, none of the musicians were incredible, you know ust fun You know, it was a little, kind of a jug band-ish, bluegrass-ish Kind of jug band, you know and, and um I was driving on I-40 one day and my pickup truck and And listening to the local radio station All of a sudden, there came my voice, you know Me playing the banjo and I heard my voice, and I was singing this song I just couldn't believe it, you know I can drive you to the spot, now that the interstate is gone I can't drive you to the exact spot, but I know exactly where I was And I had a CB radio in the, in the truck and I got on there, and I started yelling Man, you're not gonna believe it They're playing our song on the radio, you know, and And these truckers were coming back, so you sound pretty good, kid, you know Hang in there, whatever but Um, what I remember most about, about that was Recording something and having somebody kind of, uh, support it, you know It gave, it gave a young kid, you know, just getting, getting his feet wet It gave him hope You know, that was, that was powerful, didn't know it at the time But uh, it was just amazing that you thought if, you know You gave me this hope Then maybe I can do this, you know, maybe I can and Um, it was really something, you know It wasn't the greatest thing I've ever done, obviously, but a It sure was a, it sure was a powerful, the gift that it gave me to press on