Amy Grant has been touring and playing live music for well over 40 years now, and she just released a new album called The Me That Remains last Friday (May 8.)
After being basically a traveling road show for most of her life, you would think that Grant has a list of specific things she needs backstage when she gets to a venue.
But it turns out that Grant’s list of must-have items is surprisingly basic. In fact, there’s only one thing she’s just gotta have.
The One Thing That Amy Grant Requires Backstage
Grant was a guest of mine on Taste of Country Nights where I asked her what is on her tour rider: Aka the list of things required to be at a venue when she shows up to play a show.
“Nothing,” Grant replies, before rethinking that and saying, “A workable toilet. Because on the bus — you know, they can put a man on the moon but you can’t go number two on the bus.”
You can save all the green M&Ms and special herbal tea elixirs, because the six-time Grammy winner needs none of that to hit her peak on stage.
Amy Grant Just Released Her First Album in 13 Years
Grant was elated to get back into the studio to record The Me That Remains.
“That first day of bringing these songs to life, I thought ‘Oh my gosh!’ I haven’t worked like that in 13 years,” she told me. “I just went, ‘what have I been doing?'”
Grant wrapped a bow around the whole project by saying, “Bringing songs to life, if that’s not fun there’s something wrong with the world.”
Enjoy 22 Pictures of Vince Gill Young
Vince Gill started his solo career in Nashville in the early 1980s. Since then, he has recorded more than 20 studio albums, charted more than 40 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and sold more than 26 million albums. When it comes to winning awards, Gill is no slouch, either — he has won 22 Grammys and 18 CMAs lifetime. In 2007, Gill was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Let’s take a look back at 22 pictures of Vince Gill young.
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Country Music Hall of Famer Vince Gill has enjoyed a long, slow, steady climb to the top.
Over the course of his five decades in music, he’s become one of country music’s most beloved singers and musicians. Whether performing in the realm of bluegrass, mainstream radio country or rock, Gill has quietly become one of the genre’s most luminous hitmakers.
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