Born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, Vance started playing fiddle at age 10 and toured for many years with his family band, "The Davenport Family". By age 19, Vance moved to Nashville and toured for over 3 years with George Jones (“The Possumâ€). Before moving to Las Vegas in 1992, Vance recorded his first solo album entitled, "Just BeCuz". While in Las Vegas, Vance performed with a country show ("Country Tonite" at the Aladdin Hotel) for almost six years. Vance also has played on sound tracks for many shows in Las Vegas and Pigeon Forge, some of which are still running today. Vance has also performed with Ricochet, Toby Keith, Trent Willmon, Lonestar, and most recently, Sara Evans. Currently, Vance lives in Nashville with his beautiful wife - Amanda and their two sons, Austin and Rylan. When Vance is not playing around Nashville, he’s doing sessions and working/fiddlin’ at the Violin Shop.(www.theviolinshop.com)..
