Vince Gill hit the road with Lyle Lovett on Wednesday night (February 17th) in Montgomery, Alabama. The pair reunited for the Songs and Stories Tour, revisiting their acoustic dates they did together last year. It’s just the two of them and their guitars onstage at the same time, swapping stories and songs.
“I know Lyle won’t have a plan, and I won’t either,” says Vince. “What he plays will inspire me, and probably vice-versa. It’ll be like playing ping-pong. Whatever song he chooses to sing will inspire the next song that comes out of me.”
The two became friends in the ‘80s when Vince sang on Lovett’s second album. “We’ve been friends for a long, long time, and we did some shows together last year and just had a blast. You know, he’s got a great sense of humor and sometimes I do too, so I think the in-between song stuff is about as much fun as the song sometimes.”
Vince just released his latest album, Down to My Last Bad Habit, which features his single, Take Me Down, featuring Little Big Town.
Vince Gill and Lyle Lovett Songs and Stories Tour Dates:
Feb. 17 — Montgomery, Ala. @ Montgomery Performing Arts Centre
Feb. 18 — Huntsville, Ala. @ Von Braun Center Concert Hall
Feb. 19 — Birmingham, Ala. @ Alabama Theatre
Feb. 20 — Atlanta, Ga. @ Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre
Feb. 21 — Asheville, N.C. @ Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
Feb. 23 — Daytona Beach, Fla. @ Peabody Auditorium
Feb. 24 — Clearwater, Fla. @ Ruth Eckerd Hall
Feb. 25 — Jacksonville, Fla. @ Florida Theatre
Feb. 26 — Sarasota, Fla. @ Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
Feb. 27 — Key West, Fla. @ Tennessee Williams Theatre
Feb. 28 — Melbourne, Fla. @ King Center for the Performing Arts
Feb. 29 — Fort Myers, Fla. @ Barbara B Mann Performing Arts Hall
March 1 — Coral Springs, Fla. @ Coral Springs Center for the Arts
Audio / Vince Gill talks about touring with Lyle Lovett.
DownloadVince Gill (Lyle Lovett) OC: …song sometimes. :18
“I sang on Lyle’s, I think, second record back in about 1985, something like that. We’ve been friends for a long, long time, and we did some shows together last year and just had a blast. You know, he’s got a great sense of humor and sometimes I do too, so I think the in-between song stuff is about as much fun as the song sometimes.”