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Vince Gill Looking Forward To Playing Bluegrass In NC

WUNC | By Eric Hodge

Published June 21, 2012 at 7:58 AM EDT

Country legend Vince Gill plays the Durham Performing Arts Center this Sunday night. After nearly 20 records, 14 Grammys and a truckload of Country Music Association Awards, he's back playing bluegrass again. And Gill tells WUNC's Eric Hodge it feels right to be doing it in North Carolina.

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