Celebrating 25 years of marriage in March 2025, Vince Gill and Amy Grant have greatly impacted country music both individually and as a pair. While the couple doesn’t perform or record together often, when they do, it’s pure magic. Take this early-aughts throwback, for example.
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Vince Gill, Amy Grant Join Forces for “God Bless America”
In honor of Independence Day, Vince Gill shared a clip from his 2004 performance of “God Bless America” with Amy Grant. Taking the stage together for PBS’ A Capitol Fourth concert in Washington, D.C., the multi Grammy-winning duo delivered one of the most spine-chilling renditions of the 1918 patriotic tune we’ve ever seen.
Written and later revised in 1938 by Irving Berlin, “God Bless America” demands a sort of quiet gravitas that only Vince Gill and Amy Grant can provide. “Two of the best singing The Best …. Dignified and classy,” commented one fan on Instagram.
Echoing that sentiment, another Instagram user declared, “God Bless Vince and Amy!”
The couple officially met in December 1993, when Grant joined Gill onstage during his “Christmas With Vince Gill” holiday event in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Although both married to other people at the time, they confirmed their relationship in 1999 after their respective first marriages ended. The pair tied the knot on March 10, 2000, outside Nashville.
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Why Vince Gill’s Songwriting Is the Best It’s Ever Been
As Amy Grant gears up to release her 20th studio album, Vince Gill isn’t exactly kicking back. Currently embarking on a 30-city summer tour, the “One More Last Chance” crooner, 68, says he has written roughly 150 songs during “the past three or four years.”
“And I’m not sure how we’re going to release them,” Gill told the Chicago Sun-Times in May 2025. “Maybe as one EP a month.”
Far from going stale after nearly five decades, the 18-time CMA Award winner believes he is at the top of his game when it comes to “writing songs, singing songs and playing songs.”
“And it all means more now,” Gill said. “Every word is important. I edit and I edit and I edit. And I just say exactly what I want to say, and sing exactly what I want to sing, and play to my satisfaction.”
“And it’s really beautiful to still be able to do it,” he continued. “I may be the only one who notices I’m better, but that’s enough for me.”
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