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This article is about the Pure Prairie League album. For the Eddie Money album, see Can't Hold Back (Eddie Money album).
1979 studio album by Pure Prairie League
Can't Hold Back is the seventh studio album by American country rock band Pure Prairie League, released by RCA Records. It was the first album to feature future country music star Vince Gill, who had auditioned to replace one of the Goshorn brothers. Gill jammed with the band and they offered him the position of vocalist and guitar immediately. They were not unfamiliar with Gill as, according to band member Michael Reilly, “We had seen him play in 1976 when the band he was playing with opened up for us in Oklahoma City”, remarks Reilly. “We offered him the gig then, but he said, 'Oh no, I’m playing bluegrass'”. Two years later he came to Los Angeles with Byron Berline and Sundance, and after we jammed again for a few hours, we offered him the job on the spot and he accepted”.
Gill was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2007 after decades as an award winning (21 Grammys) solo act. Gill remained with Pure Prairie League for three albums.
Cover art by Shusei Nagaoka
