Vance Henry

Vance Henry began his pursuit of a musical career at the ripe ole age of nine. Henry took guitar lessons long enough to learn the chords that were common in most simple songs. Henry recalls his first major influence as being none other than John Denver. After learning most of Denver’s songs that were on the charts at that time such as Country Roads, Henry remembers playing them at a family reunion. In !981,Henry, along with other members of his wife’s family, formed a gospel quartet called The Carolina Singers. Over a period of the next five years this quartet performed at many church singings, took part in the “Ninth Annual Sing-Song Till Midnight” at the Birmingham, Alabama Jefferson Civic Center, and recorded three gospel projects. Joined “The Jake Landers Band” in 1999. Henry was included on three recorded projects of “The Jake Landers Band.” This association gave Henry an opportunity to meet several famous people of the Bluegrass community and he states that he is very grateful for the experiences. It is from the associations with Tony Robertson, Ricky Rogers and Rod Carter of The Jake Lander’s Band that Iron Horse was birthed.