“I wrote this song, and I didn’t have any idea if anybody would want to hear it or like it,” Gill said. Gill has sung “Go Rest High on That Mountain” at several notable funerals too, including those of Little Jimmy Dickens, George Jones, and Ralph Stanley. This song, which encourages a troubled love one to finally find peace now that the difficult life is all over, has become one of the most widely requested songs for funerals. He started writing the song as an elegy to a friend and former bandmate, Keith Whitley but was only able to finish it after his brother’s death. In 1995, Vince Gill scored the most powerful hit of his career, thanks to “Go Rest High on That Mountain.” It won CMA for Song of the Year and took home Grammys for Best Country Song and Best Male Country Performance too.