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Sep 30

Vince Gill to Receive Will Rogers Award

Vince Gill photo courtesy of UMG Nashville.

Vince Gill photo courtesy of UMG Nashville.

The Tulsa World Scene reports Vince Gill will receive the 2009 Spirit of Will Rogers Award on Nov. 8 at Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa. Vince joins past winners Toby Keith, Garth Brooks and Jane Goodall, among others. Tickets are pricey, starting at $125, and table prices range from $1,700 to $10,000 — but proceeds, in part, will benefit American Blue Star Mothers, Oklahoma Chapter 1, which sends “Freedom Boxes,” or care packages, to troops serving in Iraq, Afghanistan and on any hostile foreign soil.

In other Vince news, tonight he’ll be in Los Angeles, performing with Emmylou Harris on The Jay Leno Show at 10 p.m. ET on NBC. While in L.A., Vince and Emmylou will share the stage with Melissa Etheridge and Dwight Yoakam at Club Nokia for a “guitar pull,” with proceeds benefiting the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s All for the Hall fund. Another All for the Hall concert will be held in Nashville Oct. 13 at the Sommet Center, hosted by Keith Urban and featuring Vince,  Brad Paisley, Taylor Swift, Faith Hill, Little Big TownJason Aldean and Lady Antebellum.

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