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Infobox musical artist| name = Doyle Lawson| image = Doyle Lawson and his band.jpg| caption = Doyle Lawson (left) and his band harmonize during the 2006 National Endowment for the Arts|NEA National Heritage Fellows concert.| background = solo_singer| birth_name =| alias =| Born = birth date and age|1944|04|20Sullivan County, Tennessee | origin = | genre = Bluegrass music|Bluegrass , Gospel music|gospel | occupation = Singing|Singer | instrument = Mandolin | years_active = 1977–present | label = | associated_acts = | website = http://www.doylelawson.com www.doylelawson.com Doyle Lawson (born April 20, 1944) is an United States|American bluegrass music|bluegrass and gospel musician . Doyle is best known as an accomplished mandolin player, vocalist, producer, and leader of the 5-man group Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver.
Biography
Doyle Lawson was born in Ford Town, Sullivan County, Tennessee|Sullivan County , Tennessee , near Kingsport, Tennessee|Kingsport , the son of Leonard and Minnie Lawson. The Lawson family moved to Sneedville , Tennessee in 1954, around the time that Doyle acted upon his love for music.
Doyle grew up listening to the Grand Ole Opry on Saturday nights. This is where he became inspired by Bill Monroe , the "founding father" of Bluegrass music|bluegrass , and his band the Blue Grass Boys . His own 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."
Doyle became interested in playing the mandolin around the age of eleven so his father borrowed a mandolin from Willis Byrd, a family friend and fellow musician. Doyle taught himself how to play the mandolin by listening to the radio and records, and watching an occasional TV show. His love for music grew and Doyle decided to learn to play the guitar and banjo as well. Liner notes by Dave Freeman on Tennessee Dream . CD. Rebel REB-CD-1778
Doyle’s perseverance and hard work style has shown through over forty albums since 1977 and through his band’s schedule, which includes over sixty concerts in one year. His hard work and high expectations for his band seem kind of humorous to some with Doyle’s recollection of one practice when he ''"instructed each member to go to a separate room in the house and continue singing. If the individual members were no longer in pitch when they rejoined their leader, they'd start over again. ‘Of course, they thought I was crazy,’ he told John Wooley in Tulsa World, ‘but I told 'em that if it'd work for the banjo, it'd work for vocals. What it does is, it gets you to do things without being conscious of it, because we all were being programmed the same way.’" Doyle expects a lot from his band and it shows with numerous awards and nine nominations for this year’s International Bluegrass Music Association Awards.
Every year Doyle hosts the Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver Festival in Denton, North Carolina|Denton , North Carolina .
He has one son, Robbie,and two daughters Suzi and Kristi. Kristi gave birth to the Lawson’s first grandchild, Spencer, in July 2007.
Doyle rededicated his life to Jesus in May 1985 and is a member of Cold Spring Presbyterian Church.
1960s
In 1963, at the age of eighteen, Doyle went to Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville , Tennessee to play the banjo with Jimmy Martin and the Sunny Mountain Boys .
In 1966, Doyle started playing with J.D. Crowe and the Kentucky Mountain Boys (later the New South (band)|New South ), in Lexington, Kentucky|Lexington , Kentucky .
Doyle went back to play the mandolin and sing tenor with Jimmy Martin in 1969 for six months. After he left Martin’s band he went back to play with Crowe until August 1971.
1970s
On September 1, 1971, Doyle started playing with the Country Gentlemen and remained part of the band for almost eight years, when in March 1979 Doyle left the band.
Doyle states that at that time in his career he wanted to make his own sound and that he has done.
In April 1979 Doyle formed his own band and called them Doyle Lawson and Foxfire , which quickly changed to Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver .
"No one since the late great Bill Monroe melds bluegrass with gospel music quite like the former The Country Gentlemen|Country Gentlemen member Doyle Lawson…" Memphis Commercial Appeal Liner notes by Tim Stafford on The Original Band . CD. Sugar Hill SHCD-2210
Bluegrass Album BandCountry Gentlemenbluegrassmusic Persondata | NAME =Lawson, Doyle | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH =April 20, 1944 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Lawson, Doyle Category:1944 births Category:Living people Category:People from Sullivan County, Tennessee Category:People from Hancock County, Tennessee Category:American bluegrass mandolinists Category:Musicians from Tennessee Category:American male singers Category:The Country Gentlemen members
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