inspired by various people who have touched the country superstar’s life in one way or another.
‘Bread and Water’ is a poignant track about a seemingly homeless man who wanders into a mission looking for food but finding a whole lot more. The Country Music Hall of Famer sat down with The Boot to tell us how his brother Bob, who passed away in 1993, inspired the song.
“‘Bread and Water’ was a song I wrote with Leslie Satcher,” Vince explains. “I threw out this line: ‘One night, he wandered into that old mission.’ The first lines of songs are the most important part of the songs. If you really want to tell a story, that first line has to capture you. I said that line and then got a big lump in my throat and almost teared up. It reminded me of my brother.
“My brother had a rough stretch of life,” continues the country legend. “He had a car wreck at age 21 and was almost killed. He was in a coma for many months and wasn’t expected to live, and he never really fully recovered. He did pretty great considering the depth of the injuries and as a result of it, he would spend some time kinda hobo-ing around and not checking in with us. We didn’t know where he was for periods of time and found out he’s been down in the mission, or working at the Salvation Army or out picking fruit somewhere. So the song is loosely based on my brother.”
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inspired by various people who have touched the country superstar’s life in one way or another.
‘Bread and Water’ is a poignant track about a seemingly homeless man who wanders into a mission looking for food but finding a whole lot more. The Country Music Hall of Famer sat down with The Boot to tell us how his brother Bob, who passed away in 1993, inspired the song.
“‘Bread and Water’ was a song I wrote with Leslie Satcher,” Vince explains. “I threw out this line: ‘One night, he wandered into that old mission.’ The first lines of songs are the most important part of the songs. If you really want to tell a story, that first line has to capture you. I said that line and then got a big lump in my throat and almost teared up. It reminded me of my brother.
“My brother had a rough stretch of life,” continues the country legend. “He had a car wreck at age 21 and was almost killed. He was in a coma for many months and wasn’t expected to live, and he never really fully recovered. He did pretty great considering the depth of the injuries and as a result of it, he would spend some time kinda hobo-ing around and not checking in with us. We didn’t know where he was for periods of time and found out he’s been down in the mission, or working at the Salvation Army or out picking fruit somewhere. So the song is loosely based on my brother.”
– See more at: http://www.vincegill.com/wired/?p=838#sthash.aBVMQ3ZM.dpuf
inspired by various people who have touched the country superstar’s life in one way or another.
‘Bread and Water’ is a poignant track about a seemingly homeless man who wanders into a mission looking for food but finding a whole lot more. The Country Music Hall of Famer sat down with The Boot to tell us how his brother Bob, who passed away in 1993, inspired the song.
“‘Bread and Water’ was a song I wrote with Leslie Satcher,” Vince explains. “I threw out this line: ‘One night, he wandered into that old mission.’ The first lines of songs are the most important part of the songs. If you really want to tell a story, that first line has to capture you. I said that line and then got a big lump in my throat and almost teared up. It reminded me of my brother.
“My brother had a rough stretch of life,” continues the country legend. “He had a car wreck at age 21 and was almost killed. He was in a coma for many months and wasn’t expected to live, and he never really fully recovered. He did pretty great considering the depth of the injuries and as a result of it, he would spend some time kinda hobo-ing around and not checking in with us. We didn’t know where he was for periods of time and found out he’s been down in the mission, or working at the Salvation Army or out picking fruit somewhere. So the song is loosely based on my brother.”
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Vince Gill’s latest album, ‘Guitar Slinger,’ is an emotional rollercoaster ride, mixing fun uptempos with tearjerking ballads, along with a few songs that tap into his darker side. All of the project’s tracks, however, have one main thing in common: they’re inspired by various people who have touched the country superstar’s life in one way or another.
‘Bread and Water’ is a poignant track about a seemingly homeless man who wanders into a mission looking for food but finding a whole lot more. The Country Music Hall of Famer sat down with The Boot to tell us how his brother Bob, who passed away in 1993, inspired the song.
“‘Bread and Water’ was a song I wrote with Leslie Satcher,” Vince explains. “I threw out this line: ‘One night, he wandered into that old mission.’ The first lines of songs are the most important part of the songs. If you really want to tell a story, that first line has to capture you. I said that line and then got a big lump in my throat and almost teared up. It reminded me of my brother.
“My brother had a rough stretch of life,” continues the country legend. “He had a car wreck at age 21 and was almost killed. He was in a coma for many months and wasn’t expected to live, and he never really fully recovered. He did pretty great considering the depth of the injuries and as a result of it, he would spend some time kinda hobo-ing around and not checking in with us. We didn’t know where he was for periods of time and found out he’s been down in the mission, or working at the Salvation Army or out picking fruit somewhere. So the song is loosely based on my brother.”
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All of the tracks on Vince Gill’s album, “Guitar Slinger,”
have one main thing in common:
They’re inspired by various people
who have touched the country superstar’s life in one way or another.
“Bread and Water”
-is a poignant track about a seemingly homeless man
who wanders into a mission looking for food,
but finds a whole lot more.
Gill’s brother Bob, who passed away in 1993, inspired the song.
“‘Bread and Water’ was a song I wrote with Leslie Satcher,” Vince explains.
“I threw out this line:
‘One night, he wandered into that old mission.’
The first lines of songs are the most important part of the songs.
If you really want to tell a story, that first line has to capture you.
I said that line, and then got a big lump in my throat, and almost teared up.
It reminded me of my brother.
“My brother had a rough stretch of life,”
continued the country legend.
“He had a car wreck at age 21 and was almost killed.
He was in a coma for many months and wasn’t expected to live,
and he never really fully recovered.
He did pretty great considering the depth of the injuries
and as a result of it,
he would spend some time kinda hobo-ing around
and not checking in with us.
We didn’t know where he was for periods of time
and then found out he’s been down in the mission,
or working at the Salvation Army
or out picking fruit somewhere.
So the song is loosely based on my brother.”
Source:
http://www.vincegill.com/wired/?p=838
Lyrics:
One night he wandered into that old mission
The one out on the poor side of town
He really had no interest in salvation
Just a place to lay his drunk, ole body down
He said, Ma’am I sure am hungry
And I don’t have a penny to my name
Lord knows I hadn’t worked in a month of Sundays
I’m dirty, dead broke, and so ashamed
I need bread and water, ma’am, that’s all I need
Bread and water, and a place to rest my feet
I ain’t too proud to get down on my knees
For bread and water’s free
She said, “You’re always welcome at this table.”
Said, “Brother, you look like you could use a friend
And there’s no need to pay, if you’re not able
‘Cause even Jesus was a homeless man.”
Well, she opened up the Word, and started reading
About the Savior, and the woman at the well
Said, “It ain’t for me to judge this life you’re leading
There’s only two things can save your soul from hell.”
It’s bread and water, man, that’s all you need
Bread and water, and a place to rest your feet
If you ain’t too proud to get down on your knees
The bread and water’s free
When he bowed his head he kinda choked up
They spoke every word of our Lord’s Prayer
He closed his eyes, and never woke up
He’ll find bread and water waiting there
Bread and water, man, that’s all you need
Bread and water, and a place to rest your feet
Bread and water, man, that’s all you need
Bread and water, brother, just believe
If you ain’t too proud to get down on your knees
The bread and water’s free
Bread and water’s free
John 6:35
Then Jesus declared,
“I am the Bread of Life.
Whoever comes to Me will never go hungry,
and whoever believes in Me will never be thirsty.”
John 7:37-38
On the last and greatest day of the festival,
Jesus stood and said in a loud voice,
“Let anyone who is thirsty come to Me and drink.
Whoever believes in Me, as Scripture has said,
rivers of Living Water will flow from within them.”
Amen!
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