It’s not every day that country music and mob dramas collide, but Vince Gill recently shared a funny moment involving the late star James Gandolfini that brought two entertainment worlds together in a surprisingly lighthearted way.
The story unfolded back in 2005, when the CMA Awards took a bold step and relocated from Nashville to New York City for the first time. Both Vince Gill and James Gandolfini were presenters at the star-studded event. The unlikely encounter between the legendary country musician and the iconic mob boss actor turned into a memorable exchange that started with a simple, yet spot-on, impersonation.
As Vince Gill prepared to present Glen Campbell’s induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame, he decided to break the ice with the crowd, and especially Gandolfini, by mimicking a classic New York mobster accent. As Gill later recounted, he walked on stage and confidently greeted the audience with a “Hey, how you doin’?” in his best Italian-American New Yorker impression.
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