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The new-artist thing in this town is rampant-I'm old news, in a sense,'' Vince Gill says with a chuckle. A sideman and solo act for the last decade, Gill finally broke through in 1991, winning a Grammy and a Country Music Association award for Country Male Vocalist of the Year and a CMA award for Song of the Year (for his duet with Patty Loveless, ''When I Call Your Name''). ''It went nuts in the last two years,'' says Gill, 34. ''I don't know why-it's the same four chords it's always been.'' Indeed, the hint of bluegrass tenor in Gill's voice has direct roots in his years playing in bluegrass bands in and around his home of Oklahoma City in the '70s. In 1978 he joined Pure Prairie League, singing lead on the group's 1980 hit, ''Let Me Love You Tonight.'' Upon moving to Nashville in 1984, he began singing on records by Rosanne Cash and Rodney Crowell, yet his own career didn't take off until 1990, thanks to stylish contemporary country hits like ''Look at Us'' and ''Liza Jane.'' Gill, who lives in the Nashville suburb of Franklin, Tenn., with his wife, Janis Gill (of Sweethearts of the Rodeo), 37, and their daughter, Jennifer, 9, has no hard feelings: ''Maybe it's beneficial in the long run for my career to happen gradually. I went to a basketball game last night, and all these high school kids knew who I was.'' Score one for Gill.
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