To that end, in April 1979, he formed a group that first was named Doyle Lawson & Foxfire but soon changed to Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver.
By this time, he had played in bands that had “their sound” for more than 10 years and wanted to put together a group that would have his own "sound". He started with the Country Gentlemen on Septemand stayed with them until March 1979. In 1969, he was back with Jimmy Martin for about six months playing mandolin and singing tenor but then went back with J D Crowe until August of 1971.
In 1966, he started working with JD Crowe in Lexington, KY. Four years later, in February 1963, Lawson moved to Nashville and got a job playing banjo with Jimmy Martin. He met Jimmy Martin when he was 14 years old, when he’d already made up his mind that he wanted to play music for a living and began to add banjo and guitar to his skills. Byrd, and years later, Byrd gave it back to him at one of the first Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver concerts. He eventually returned that mandolin to Mr.
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He was mostly self-taught, playing along to the radio or records and watching the occasional TV show. When he was 11 or 12, his father borrowed a mandolin from one of the members of the family’s quartet, Willis Byrd so that young Doyle could give it a try. No doubt, that’s how Doyle acquired his love of quartet music. His parents and sister were members of trios and quartets that sang a cappella music in churches and at revivals. The family sang gospel music as Doyle was growing up. He loved all of the Opry stars but was most impressed by the intensity of Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys. As far back as he can recall, he loved the sound of music, with nearly everyone he knew listening to The Grand Ole Opry every Saturday night. Past alumni from the DL&Q school are: Russell Moore, Ray Deaton, Jim Mills, John Bowman, Barry Abernathy, Steve Gulley, Lou Reid, Jimmy Haley, Scott Vestal, Jimmy Van Cleve, Hunter Berry and current members Barry Scott, Jamie Dailey and Terry Baucom.Doyle Lawson was born in 1944 in Ford Town, Tennessee. "I jokingly tell folks that Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver is the 'farm team' for bluegrass.eventually we started calling it the Bluegrass School of Music," Doyle remarks. "It was a once in a lifetime opportunity for him to take part in this musical tribute and create this DVD." "We had been after Doyle to do a concert like this for a long time," Doyle's wife Suzanne comments. 'Through The Years' illustrates how they shaped the course of modern Bluegrass. The DVD allows the viewer to see how Doyle helped each player develop by adding their individual special talents to DL&Q, while preserving a sound that was uniquely Quicksilver. Doyle Lawson was on stage for five hours that night as the previous members came up to join him for each song, they traveled through 25 years of Bluegrass music history. The DVD features 32 songs from across the 13 variations of Quicksilver recorded before a live audience at the War Memorial Auditorium in Nashville, TN. Grammy® nominated Bluegrass legend Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver have released a DVD that takes you back through time, for a glimpse of Bluegrass evolution over the last 25 years with the various incarnations of DL&Q that have changed the face of this lively music. An exciting journey through time that features Doyle and 13 versions of Quicksilver, recorded live at the War Memorial Auditorium in Nashville.ĭoyle Lawson & Quicksilver - Through The Years
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