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'''Doyle Wayne Lawson'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ascap.com/repertory#/ace/search/workID/894305355 |title=Brother Have You Heard |website=ASCAP |publisher=American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers |access-date=April 26, 2023}}</ref> (born April 20, 1944) is an American traditional [[bluegrass music|bluegrass]] and [[Southern gospel]] [[musician]].<ref name=aj>{{cite book|title=Appalachian Journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2PwRAAAAYAAJ|year=1980|pages=331–332}}</ref> He is best known as a [[mandolin]] player, vocalist, producer, and leader of the 6-man group '''Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver'''.<ref name="Jones2008">{{cite book|author=[[Loyal Jones]]|title=Country Music Humorists and Comedians|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qiOyjQZOaigC&pg=PA238|date=8 October 2008|publisher=University of Illinois Press|isbn=978-0-252-03369-8|pages=238–}}</ref> Lawson was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame in 2012.

In September, 1971, Lawson started playing with [[The Country Gentlemen]] and remained part of the band for almost eight years. During that time, in 1977, he backed up U.S. Senator [[Robert Byrd]] on his ''Mountain Fiddler'' album. In March 1979 when, Lawson left the Country Gentlemen with the intention of forming a band and creating his own sound.<ref name="Ledgin2004" /><ref name="McNeil2013"/>

Within a month Lawson had formed ''Doyle Lawson and Foxfire'', with Jimmy Haley on guitar, [[Lou Reid]] on bass, and [[Terry Baucom]] on banjo.<ref name="McNeil2013"/> The band name was soon changed to ''Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver''.<ref name="Goldsmith2004">{{cite book|author=Thomas Goldsmith|title=The Bluegrass Reader|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LgAGzopOTbYC&pg=PA248|year=2004|publisher=University of Illinois Press|isbn=978-0-252-02914-1|pages=248–}}</ref><ref>"No one since the late great Bill Monroe melds bluegrass with gospel music quite like the former Country Gentlemen member Doyle Lawson…" [[Memphis Commercial Appeal]] (what date?).</ref> In 1981, through [[Sugar Hill Records (bluegrass label)|Sugar Hill Records]], Lawson with this lineup released the critically acclaimed ''Rock My Soul'', an album that would become a landmark bluegrass gospel project.<ref name="WolffDuane2000" /><ref name="Rosenberg2005">{{cite book|author=Neil V. Rosenberg|title=Bluegrass: A History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hp1Sm81MYboC&pg=PA376-IA10|year=2005|publisher=University of Illinois Press|isbn=978-0-252-07245-1|pages=376–}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Option|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rytLAAAAYAAJ|year=1987|publisher=Sonic Options Network|page=64}}</ref> With a new bassist, Randy Graham, the band recorded a second gospel album, ''Heavenly Treasures'', also on Sugar Hill.<ref name="McNeil2013"/><ref name="Goldsmith2004"/>

In 1989 the band won song of the year at the [[International Bluegrass Music Awards]] for "Little Mountain Church House". In 1997, "''There's a Light Guiding Me"'' was a 39th Annual Grammy Award nominee for Best Southern Gospel, Country Gospel or Bluegrass Gospel Album.<ref>{{Cite news|url=httphttps://articleswww.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-01-08/entertainment/-ca-16471_1_video16471-producer/3story.html|title=The Complete List of Nominees|date=1997-01-08|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035|access-date=2017-01-27}}</ref> Through the years, Quicksilver toured regularly, performing at festivals concerts and other musical events.<ref>{{cite book|title=No Depression|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=025LAAAAYAAJ|year=2004|publisher=No Depression|pages=22, issues 49–54}}</ref>

In 1998, Lawson and Quicksilver became the first bluegrass band to perform at the [[National Quartet Convention]]. Lawson and Quicksilver performed in [[Ontario]], Canada at the [[Tottenham Bluegrass Festival]] in June 2001<ref>''Strings'', newsletter of the Pineridge Bluegrass Folklore Society, May/June 2001</ref> and again in June 2015. Lawson and Quicksilver provided the background vocals to the song "Dazzling Blue" on Paul Simon's 2011 album "''So Beautiful or So What"''. In 2015, "''In Session"'' was nominated for Best Bluegrass Album at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards.<ref>{{citationCite web needed|dateurl=Decemberhttps://www.grammy.com/awards/58th-annual-grammy-awards?cat=611 2016|title=58th Annual Grammy Awards |publisher=[[Grammy Awards]] |access-date=2024-06-14}}</ref>

[[File:Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver on stage at the 2015 Tottenham Bluegrass Festival in Ontario, Canada.jpg|thumb|300px|Doyle Lawson &and Quicksilver on stage at the 2015 Tottenham Bluegrass Festival in Ontario, Canada]]

Lawson composed a number of the band's songs and tunes. His instrumental piece, "Rosine"," is a tribute to [[Rosine, Kentucky|Monroe's birthplace]] and features, among other things, strains from the singer's 1967 instrumental "Kentucky Mandolin".<ref>[http://ibmaawards.org/node/43#2012 Profile] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121203195413/http://ibmaawards.org/node/43#2012 |date=December 3, 2012 }}, ibmaawards.org; accessed October 30, 2015.</ref> Lawson hosts the annual Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver Festival in [[Denton, North Carolina]]. In 2021, Lawson announced his retirement as a bandleader. Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver played their last show in the winter of 2021.

'''===Original''' members===

*Terry Baucom-banjo, vocal (1979-1985, 2003-20072003–2007)

'''===Final''' members===

*Eli Johnston-bass, banjo, vocal (2013-2018, 2020-20212020–2021)

'''===Other past members'''===

*Mike Hartgrove-fiddle (1989-1991, 2005-20072005–2007)

*Dale Perry-bass, banjo, vocal (1994-2003, 2009-20112009–2011)

*Carl White-bass, drums, vocal (2007-2009, 2011-20122011–2012)

==Discography==Timeline====

| ''You Gotta Dig a Little Deeper''<ref name="Inc.2005">{{cite bookmagazine|title=Billboard Picks|workmagazine=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sRQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA44|date=16 April 2005|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|pages=44–|issn=0006-2510}}</ref>

| ''Open Carefully, Message Inside''<ref>[http://www.cybergrass.com/node/3825 "Open Carefully. Message Inside. from Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908010420/http://www.cybergrass.com/node/3825 |date=September 8, 2015 }}. ''Cybergrass Bluegrass Music News Network'', 07/09/2014</ref>

* 2012 Hall of Fame: Doyle Lawson <ref name=pop/><ref>[https://ibma.org/awards/recipient-history Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103011642/https://ibma.org/awards/recipient-history |date=2018-01-03January 3, 2018}}, ibma.org; accessed August 16, 2016.</ref>

* {{Official website|httphttps://www.doylelawson.com/}}

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