More than four decades after he broke on the scene as a teenager, it is clear that Gill’s talent has helped him to stand the test of time. And that makes us think about one deep album cut where artist, song and production (from Jam and Lewis, no less) met beautifully. Gill’s powerful reading of Samuel James Harris’s, “I Know Where I Stand,” from his album Provocative, was a moment of sheer glory, on a song about holding on to faith when life rocks you:
When the road gets roughI’ve got to standOr else I’ll fallIn God’s creationI know where I stand…