These Days

　　In an unmatched outpouring of virtuosity and energy, Vince Gill has created a 4-CD set of 43 new and original songs that MCA Records will release Oct. 17 under the title These Days. The collection is an artistic tour de force that displays Gill's mastery of lyrics and musical styles, ranging from traditional country and bluegrass to jazz and rock.
　　
　　"I started looking at all these songs I had," the amiable superstar explains, "and going, `Shoot, I want to record that song, and I want to record that song.' I just kept checking with the other musicians to see if they were available. I had no deadlines, no rules or anything like that. So I just kept trying songs."
　　
　　To accompany him on this ambitious undertaking, Gill turned both to artists he knew and had worked with before and to those whose music he admired at a distance. "I never try to fill up my records with famous people," Gill says. "I try to fill them up with the most talented people I can find on the face of the earth." By the time the project was completed, that group included Sheryl Crow, Bonnie Raitt, Diana Krall, Rodney Crowell, Phil Everly, the Del McCoury Band, Emmylou Harris, John Anderson, Lee Ann Womack, Jenny Gill, Amy Grant, LeAnn Rimes, Gretchen Wilson, Guy Clark, Trisha Yearwood, Bekka Bramlett, Michael McDonald, steel-guitar master Buddy Emmons and many other musical standouts.
　　
　　Initially, Gill planned to pare down the songs he'd recorded to a single album. Then, in one of the studios he used, he spotted some Beatles memorabilia and recalled that the Fab Four had routinely released multiple albums within the same year.
　　
　　Gill took the idea to Luke Lewis, Universal Music Group Nashville Co-Chairman, who totally supported his notion of multiple releases. In fact, Lewis came up with an even more radical strategy: he told Vince to go and record more songs that explore his passion for acoustic sounds and release a 4-CD set. And that's exactly what happened.
　　
　　Gill co-produced These Days with famed keyboardist John Hobbs and sound engineering whiz Justin Niebank.

　　Workin On A Big Chill

　　Loves Standin

　　Cowboy Up (featuring Gretchen Wilson)

　　Sweet Thing

　　Bet It All On You

　　Nothin For A Broken Heart (Duet w/Rodney Crowell)

　　Son Of A Ramblin Man (featuring Del McCoury)

　　Smilin Song (featuring Michael McDonald)

　　The Rhythm Of The Pourin Rain (featuring Bekka Bramlett)

　　Nothin Left To Say

　　All Prayed Up

　　Cold Gray Light Of Gone (featuring The Del McCoury Band)

　　A River Like You (featuring Jenny Gill)

　　Ace Up Your Pretty Sleeve

　　Molly Brown

　　Girl (Guest Vocalist: Rebecca Lynn Howard)

　　Give Me The Highway (featuring The Del McCoury Band)

　　Sweet Augusta Darlin

　　Little Brother

　　Almost Home (Duet w/Guy Clark)

　　This New Heartache

　　The Only Love

　　Out Of My Mind (featuring Patty Loveless)

　　The Sight Of Me Without You

　　I Cant Let Go (featuring Alison Krauss & Dan Tyminski)

　　Dont Pretend With Me

　　Some Things Never Get Old (featuring Emmylou Harris)

　　Sweet Little Corrina (featuring Phil Everly)

　　If I Can Make Mississippi (featuring Lee Ann Womack)

　　Take This Country Back (Duet w/John Anderson)

　　What You Don't Say (featuring LeAnn Rimes)

　　The Reason Why (featuring Alison Krauss)

　　The Rock Of Your Love (featuring Bonnie Raitt)

　　What You Give Away (featuring Sheryl Crow)

　　Faint Of Heart (Duet w/Diana Krall)

　　Time To Carry On (featuring Jenny Gill)

　　No Easy Way

　　This Memory Of You (featuring Trisha Yearwood)

　　How Lonely Looks

　　Tell Me One More Time About Jesus (featuring Amy Grant)

　　Everything And Nothing (featuring Katrina Elam)

　　Which Way Will You Go

　　These Days

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