Country Music Hall of Fame member Vince Gill continues his ambitious year-long project, ’50 Years From Home’, with the release of its third installment, ‘Brown’s Diner Bar’. Arriving via MCA Nashville, this EP follows ‘I Gave You Everything I Had’ and ‘Secondhand Smoke’ as part of a series celebrating Gill’s five decades in the music industry. The title track serves as a folk-inspired tribute to the historic Nashville eatery that Gill first visited in the mid-70s. Featuring a signature smooth electric guitar solo, the song captures the “funky vibe” of a burger joint that has been a staple for Music Row songwriters and musicians for a century. Gill reflects that these songs are deeply truthful, noting that a songwriter needs years of lived experience to fully understand and relate to the stories they choose to tell.
The collection features an impressive roster of guest contributors and co-writers including ERNEST, Jake Worthington, Leslie Satcher, Wade Bowen, and Waylon Payne. These collaborations result in a cohesive set of six new songs that balance nostalgia with contemporary creative energy. The EP concludes with a poignant, newly recorded version of his classic hit, “When I Call Your Name,” bringing the project’s reflective theme full circle. This release comes at a high point in Gill’s legendary career, arriving shortly after he was honored with the CMA Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award. By curating this series of monthly EPs, Gill proves that his artistic momentum is as strong today as it was when he first left his Oklahoma home fifty years ago.
The ‘Brown’s Diner Bar’ tracklist includes:
- Brown’s Diner Bar
- Not Having You Around
- This Lonesome Old Cowboy
- Nobody Knows
- Young Again
- I’m Selling All My Memories
- When I Call Your Name