{"id":7919,"date":"2024-08-30T16:37:13","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T16:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/?p=7919"},"modified":"2024-08-30T16:37:14","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T16:37:14","slug":"country-star-vince-gill-was-instructed-not-to-sing-about-jesus-so-this-is-how-he-responded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/?p=7919","title":{"rendered":"Country star Vince Gill was instructed not to sing about Jesus so this is how he responded"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Country music artist Vince Gill has had an illustrious career, marked by numerous accolades, including the most Grammy Awards for a male country vocalist and over 20 album releases. Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2007, Gill initially gained prominence in 1979 as a member of Pure Prairie League, a country rock band.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/horizonpres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/452918202_122123753084328201_4398415927004182226_n-e1722209031119-300x295.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5778\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite a career spanning four decades, Gill remains a sought-after performer, recently appearing on the iconic Grand Ole Opry stage with Little Big Town. However, an intriguing incident unfolded during one of his performances. Despite being instructed not to sing religious songs, particularly those mentioning Jesus, Gill, a devout Christian, faced a dilemma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Undeterred, Gill chose to defy the directive creatively. Instead of forgoing his beliefs, he sang \u201cWhy Me Lord,\u201d a soul-stirring composition by Kris Kristofferson, famously performed by legends like Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash. The audience\u2019s reaction was a resounding ovation, affirming the power of Gill\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was a testament to his courage in staying true to his convictions and musical identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Watch his \u201cWhy Me Lord\u201d performance here:<\/p>\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5oChXWEhogU?si=ub2rjK5uVbh8M2wi\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><div class=\"684f6003e199ca137b09540a661b4c2d\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<!-- Composite Start -->\r\n<div id=\"M940464ScriptRootC1583286\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/jsc.adskeeper.com\/k\/o\/kohajone.press.1583286.js\" async>\r\n<\/script>\r\n<!-- Composite End -->\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Country music artist Vince Gill has had an illustrious career, marked by numerous accolades, including the most Grammy Awards for a male country vocalist and over 20&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7920,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7919"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7921,"href":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7919\/revisions\/7921"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}