Vince Gill will be inducted into the RockWalk at Guitar Center’s flagship location on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles on Feb. 4. Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh will introduce Gill and speak about his accomplishments at the ceremony.
As the newest RockWalk inductee, Gill’s handprints will reside alongside musicians and innovators such as Eric Clapton, George Martin, Jimmy Page, Iron Maiden, Carlos Santana, Johnny Cash, Van Halen, AC/DC, Aerosmith, Korn, Marvin Gaye, James Brown, B.B. King, Stevie Wonder, Run-D.M.C., Queen, Linkin Park and many others.
“It is an absolute honor to be chosen by my peers to be inducted into Guitar Center’s RockWalk. I’ve always been grateful to be able to spend my life doing what I love to do, and to be recognized in such a monumental way—cemented next to the legendary artists reflected on the RockWalk—is a moment I could never have imagined when I picked up that very first guitar,” said Gill, who spent time in Los Angeles as a fledgling musician in the 1970s.
“Over the course of his decades-spanning career, Vince Gill has become a fixture in country music and beyond. Not only is he a legend in the music world with 20 Grammys and countless other accolades, but he has also forged a meaningful career as a humanitarian, producer and collaborator. These, among other attributes, are what make Vince Gill the perfect example of the type of artist we intend to honor with Guitar Center’s RockWalk,” said Jake Cheung, manager of music marketing and artist relations at Guitar Center.
Gill will release Down to My Last Bad Habit, his first new album in five years, on Feb. 12.
