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Old Friends – J.D. Crowe, Doyle Lawson and Paul Williams.

There are few people around today who have had more influence on new and emerging bluegrass musicians over the years that both Doyle Lawson and JD Crowe.

J.D. Crowe and Doyle Lawson have teamed up with Paul Williams to deliver a collection of Gospel favourites which they performed during their stint as members of Jimmy Martin and the Sunny Mountain boys.

Doyle Lawson went to Nashville and got a job playing banjo with Jimmy Martin as Sunny Mountain Boys in 1966, while both J. D. Crowe and Paul Williams were earlier members on the Sunny Mountain Boys from around 1955.

The track listed on the album are:

This week, IBMA President and leader and banjo Player of The Special Consensus Greg Cahill provides a detailed introduction on long time the mandolin player, band leader Doyle Lawson while readers of Mandolin Cafe have compiled a series of questions for Doyle which he answers.

Check out the interview and some sample music on Mandolin Cafe.

Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver has released their new gospel album Light On My Feet and Ready to Fly.

Quicksilver’s line up features Corey Hensley on guitar, Jason Leek on bass, Dale Perry on banjo and guitar,  Josh Swift on resophonic guitar, Jason Barie on fiddle and Doyle on mandolin.

Track Listing:

1. Light On My Feet, Ready to Fly
2. In Your Arms
3. Teddy Bear Revival
4. He Will Remember Me
5. My Lord’s Gonna Move This Wicked Race
6. Mountain View Missionary Baptist Church
7. Oh Heaven
8. It’s A Mighty Hard Road
9. The Hammer of Sin
10. I Live for Him, ‘Cause He Died for Me
11. Zion Medley

Read the Lonesome Road Review.

Bluegrass stalwart Doyle Lawson has announced a new partnership with Caboots, a Texas-based boot and clothing company that specializes in custom designs and traditional manufacturing. Doyle Lawson has a long held reputation for his colourful clothing in his on-stage presentation.

Doyle Lawson’s career has stood at the center of bluegrass and bluegrass gospel for over 40 years. He is the one constant in a band that has featured over 40 different musicians over the years. The band has been a training academy for bluegrass players—initiating, training and then sending out into the world, some of the genre’s most respected musicians. Throughout it all, Doyle has maintained his devotion to a traditional sound with his signature vocal harmonies and stellar picking. Legends are made, not born and Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver have spent 30 years carving out their own eminent place in the bluegrass pantheon.

We are proud to work with Doyle Lawson and see this as a great fit. His music and style truly display the values we strive for and honor – a love of country American roots and quality fun - Priscilla and Joey Sanchez,  Caboots.

Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver – 30 Years On

Rounder Records announces that one of Bluegrass music’s most honored and revered talents, Doyle Lawson, celebrates 30 years of recording with Quicksilver in his 34th release – Lonely Street.

This CD features the award winning vocal harmonies and hot picking that has placed Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver at the top of bluegrass radio charts and award shows time and time again. The album which was produced by Lawson, features 12 bluegrass and gospel tracks. Lawson co-wrote one of the tracks, Down Around Bear Cove, with Josh Swift.

Josh Swift started this instrumental. He wrote the first part and I wrote the bridge. It’s a catchy tune with some elements of swing, as well as bluegrass. We had fun jamming on this one. Josh and Brandon do a great job playing tenor and baritone harmonies to my lead. It’s a little harder to play than it sounds, and we love the challenge – Doyle Lawson

Lawson has received numerous awards in his illustrious career – he was the recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts’ National Heritage Fellowship, the Endowment’s highest honor granted to traditional and folk artists for career accomplishments. Doyle and his band Quicksilver have also picked up the International Bluegrass Music Award for “Best Vocal Group” an unprecedented seven years in a row. His third album for Rounder, Lonely Street proves beyond a doubt that Doyle’s artistry is a notch above, his mastery of the genre is without question and his legacy as one of the genre’s most inspiring musicians and band leaders is assured.

Doyle Lawson may be a mandolin virtuoso, but he and his group, Quicksilver, also deliver bluegrass gospel in perfectly silken harmony – New York Times.