Vince Ilagan

Double Bass

VINCE ILAGAN is a native of Knoxville, Tennessee, and a graduate of The University of TN’s College of Music. A musician with 25+ years of diverse experience, he has performed with Scott Miller & The Commonwealth, Justin Townes Earle, Larkin Poe, Jill Andrews, The Tennessee Sheiks, WDVX’s Tennessee Shines House Band, The Lonetones, The Oak Ridge Symphony, Symphony of the Mountains, Circus No. 9, and many others. National performance highlights include appearances at the Bonnaroo Music Festival, Hardly-Strictly Bluegrass Festival, Suwanee Springfest, Pagosa Springs Bluegrass Festival, The Cayamo Song-to-Sea Cruise, The Ryman Auditorium, and an appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman. He has performed internationally in Europe, Scandinavia, The Dominican Republic, Australia, and New Zealand. From 2012-2016, he was the bassist / arranger / music librarian for the Smoky Mountain Opry. Vince has also logged many hours in the pit playing for various community and professionally-produced theatrical shows including Tommy, A Year with Frog & Toad, Fiddler on the Roof, Big River, Oklahoma!, Hair, Workin', Kinky Boots, and Knoxville.