Vince Gill Pays Tribute To Longtime Nashville Favorite On New EP, ‘Brown’s Diner Bar’

Vince Gill has released the third EP from his year-long project on MCA, 50 Years From Home, with Brown’s Diner Bar. 

The title track of Brown’s Diner Bar was penned by Gill and takes him all the way back—50 years to when he first visited the famed Nashville burger joint he’s immortalizing in the song.

“It’s a singer-songwriter kind of folk song about…this little hamburger joint,” says Gill, who also provides an electric guitar solo on the track. “It’s been in Nashville for 100 years now, and I’ve been going for 50. When I made my first trip to Nashville in the mid-70s I remember going to Brown’s for a cheeseburger; they’re famous for being really good cheeseburgers. It’s a funky little joint, close to Music Row, so tons of singers and songwriters and musicians turn up there. It’s just a great vibe.”

Brown’s Diner Bar features some special guests and co-writers, including Ernest, Jake Worthington, Leslie Satcher, Wade Bowen and Waylon Payne. It follows the previous two releases from the ambitious career-spanning endeavor from Gill, which include I Gave You Everything I Had, and Secondhand Smoke. 

Brown’s Diner Bar Track List:
1. “Brown’s Diner Bar” (Vince Gill)
2. “Not Having You Around” (Vince Gill / Leslie Satcher)
3. “This Lonesome Old Cowboy” (Vince Gill / Wade Bowen)
4. “Nobody Knows” (Vince Gill / Waylon Payne)
5. “Young Again” (Vince Gill)
6. “I’m Selling All My Memories” (Vince Gill / Ernest/ Jake Worthington)
7. “When I Call Your Name” (Vince Gill / Tim DuBois)

Hollabaugh, a staff writer at MusicRow magazine, has over 20 years of music business experience and has written for publications including American Profile, CMA Close Up, Nashville Arts And Entertainment, The Boot and Country Weekly. She has a Broadcast Journalism and Speech Communication degree from Texas Christian University, (go Horned Frogs), and welcomes your feedback or story ideas at [email protected].

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