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\n\tVince Gill<\/a> is receiving this year\u2019s CMA lifetime achievement award. The mellow-voiced country singer, introspective songwriter, ace guitarist, and member of the Eagles has been named recipient of the CMA Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award. Gill is slated to accept the accolade this month when the CMAs<\/a> air Nov. 19 on ABC live from Nashville.<\/p>\n \n\tKnown for such songs as \u201cWhen I Call Your Name,\u201d \u201cOne More Last Chance,\u201d \u201cShoot Straight From the Heart,\u201d and the timeless \u201cGo Rest High on That Mountain,\u201d Gill is a living legend among country artists. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2007. This year, he gave the induction speech for producer Tony Brown<\/a>, who produced a string of Gill albums in the Nineties at MCA Nashville.<\/p>\n \n\tGill, an Oklahoma native, is ubiquitous around Nashville, regularly headlining the Ryman Auditorium, both solo and with wife Amy Grant, sitting in with other artists onstage (he was a member of Western swing band the Time Jumpers for nearly a decade), and singing \u201cGo Rest High on That Mountain\u201d at the funeral services of departed country icons like George Jones and Charlie Daniels<\/a>. In September, he and Lainey Wilson performed the song for the In Memoriam segment<\/a> of the 77th Emmy Awards.<\/p>\n \n\tIn 2017, Gill became a touring member of the Eagles, joining Don Henley, Joe Walsh, and Timothy B. Schmit in carrying on the California band following the 2016 death of Glenn Frey. Gill told Rolling Stone<\/em><\/a> in a 2017 interview that rehearsing with the group for the first time \u201cwas a surreal experience,\u201d adding, \u201cIt was an amazing gift.\u201d<\/p>\n