Revelation 21:4 “And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. Revelation 21:4 “And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.” Joined by Opry members Bill Anderson, Ricky Skaggs, Riders In The Sky and Steve Wariner and fellow cast Chapel Hart and Deana Carter, they belt out these heartfelt lyrics. Today, fellow country artist Vince Gill honors this incredible artist with a powerful performance of ‘Go Rest High On That Mountain.’ After decades in the spotlight, Loretta truly left a lasting legacy that will continue to live on. On Octocountry music icon Loretta Lynn died at the age of 90. Over the years, the lyrics of the song have provided peace and comfort to many hearts around the world. ‘Go Rest High On That Mountain’ went on to win 2 Grammy awards and the Country Music Association's Song of the Year award in 1996. Once the song was released, it quickly climbed to the top of the music charts. He started writing the song back in 1989 after the death of fellow country artist Keith Whitley.ĭespite being inspired to write down the lyrics, it would take years before Vince was able to finally finish the special tune. Here’s Vince Gill performing “Go Rest High On That Mountain” at Carnegie Hall with Allison Krauss and Ricky Skaggs.‘Go Rest High On That Mountain’ was made famous by Vince back in the 1990s. The song won the Country Music Association Awards’ Song of the Year in 1996 and a BMI Most-Performed Song award in 1997. I am hardly alone in thinking “Go Rest High On That Mountain” is gorgeous. They are each beautiful vocalists and together they are magic. It is the sixth single from Gill’s album “When Love Finds You.” On the album, Patty Loveless and Ricky Skaggs sing “Go Rest High On That Mountain” with Gill. It sounds like an old standard, and there are breathtaking vocals in three part harmony. “Go Rest High On That Mountain” is absolutely stunning. No matter what happens after we die (and I don’t personally hold any core beliefs around what does happen) if someone sings about resting on a mountain in a voice as angelic as Vince Gill’s, it’s going to move me. I am explicitly not a Christian, but find that I don’t have to resonate with the spiritual specifics of a song like this in order to find them deeply moving. The lyrics are explicitly Christian, as they imagines a resting place in heaven with the “Father and the Son” at the end.
The lyrics speak to someone who had a difficult life, wrestled with demons and faced existential isolation.
Join the conversation by joining the Official Charts community and dropping comment. He finished it a few years later, when Bob passed away in 1993 of a heart attack. GO REST HIGH ON THAT MOUNTAIN by VINCE GILL. Gill began composing the tune after the death of Whitley, who died in 1989 from complications of alcoholism. His songs read like a laundry list of modern country classics: Go Rest High on That Mountain, When I Call Your Name, Tryin to Get Over You, I Still. “Go Rest High On That Mountain” is a eulogic ballad that was actually inspired by the deaths of two people: Gill’s older brother Bob and country music star Keith Whitley. There is both deep sadness in Vince Gill’s vocals, and also the peace that comes with the acceptance of sadness - when you’ve moved through the initial explosion of heartbreak and you’re quiet and reflective in the wake of it, gently holding the pieces of your broken heart in your hands. Listening to “Go Rest High On that Mountain” feels like being invited into a moment of reconciling with loss. It’s the tone of uncomplicated grief, when the storm has passed and there is no more anxiety and tumult there is just sitting with loss. But I’m grateful that people use it in their toughest times.”Īnd the song does have a sort of achingly peaceful quality to it.
This song has brought and awful lot of peace to an awful lot of people over the years, and I had no idea that it would. When Vince Gill, accompanied by Allison Krauss and Ricky Skaggs, performed “Go Rest High On That Mountain” at Carnegie Hall, the artist stepped up to the mic to introduce the tune, saying “This is a song I wrote about my brother after he passed away some years back.
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