{"id":5670,"date":"2025-07-05T11:51:31","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T03:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artgardenhub.com\/?p=5670"},"modified":"2025-07-05T11:51:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T03:51:33","slug":"i-had-to-pinch-myself-vince-gill-reflects-on-his-first-surreal-rehearsal-with-the-eagles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artgardenhub.com\/?p=5670","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI Had to Pinch Myself\u201d: Vince Gill Reflects on His First Surreal Rehearsal With the Eagles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Vince Gill Talks Joining the Eagles: \u2018I Feel I\u2019m a Great Fit\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Vince Gill talks joining the Eagles for two reunion shows in July. Jason Davis\/GettyImages<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When Vince Gill joined the Eagles last month for his first rehearsal with the storied band, ahead of the group\u2019s two reunion shows at July festival gigs in New York and L.A., the country singer-guitarist had to pinch himself. \u201cIt was a surreal experience,\u201d he says, sitting on a couch in his home studio in Nashville, his 21 Grammys and vast guitar collection behind him. \u201cDon\u2019s there, Timothy is there and I\u2019m singing these songs. It was an amazing gift.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On July 15th at L.A.\u2019s Dodger Stadium, Eagles members Don Henley, Timothy B. Schmit and Joe Walsh will reunite for their first full show since Glenn Frey\u2019s death in 2016, for the Classic West concert, an all-star weekend of classic rock featuring icons like Fleetwood Mac, Steely Dan and Journey. Gill and Frey\u2019s son Deacon have been tapped to step in for the late co-founder, both of them adding vocals and guitar to the Eagles\u2019 already potent lineup. (They\u2019ll do it all again on July 29th at Citi Field in New York.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rolling Stone Country<\/em> talked with Gill about which Eagles songs he\u2019ll sing \u2013 they\u2019re not all Frey tunes \u2013 how he\u2019s preparing for the shows and the possibility of a full-fledged tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019ve known Don and Glenn for some time. How\u2019d this opportunity come about?
<\/strong>Through management. [Eagles manager] Irving Azoff picked my manager Larry Fitzgerald\u2019s brain about my interest. From what I\u2019ve been told by Don, I was the only consideration. But I didn\u2019t think they\u2019d do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You mean reunite at all?
<\/strong>Yeah. When Glenn passed, that was Don\u2019s first response: \u201cI can\u2019t see us playing without Glenn.\u201d With time, maybe they understood the impact of the legacy of these songs and thought, \u201cIt would be good for people to continue to hear these songs.\u201d But the only reason I\u2019m getting this chance is because of the sadness that happened to Glenn. It is pretty bittersweet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You were closest with Glenn, weren\u2019t you?
<\/strong>Maybe. But I really got to know Don a lot better when he made his solo record [Cass County<\/em>]. I played and sang on it. Now we are doing a duet together for a tribute to Elton John. And Joe and I kicked around the idea of doing a Traveling Wilburys thing. We were headed down that path and then the tragedy happened to Glenn. I think everybody is trying to figure it out, and see if it even feels good to them or feels right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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