In March 1979, Lawson left the Country Gentlemen with the intention of forming a band and creating his own sound. Senator Robert Byrd on his Mountain Fiddler album. During that time, in 1977, he backed up U.S. In September, 1971, Lawson started playing with The Country Gentlemen and remained part of the band for almost eight years.
He returned to play the mandolin and sing tenor with Martin in 1969 for six months, and then played again with Crowe until August 1971. Crowe and the Kentucky Mountain Boys (later called the New South) in Lexington, Kentucky. In 1963, aged 18 or 19, Lawson went to Nashville to play the banjo with Jimmy Martin and the Sunny Mountain Boys. Later Lawson learned to play the guitar and banjo as well. Doyle taught himself how to play the mandolin by listening to the radio and records, and watching an occasional TV show. Lawson 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. This is where he heard mandolinist Bill Monroe, the "founding father" of bluegrass, and his band the Blue Grass Boys.
Lawson grew up listening to the Grand Ole Opry on Saturday nights. The Lawson family moved to Sneedville in 1954. Lawson was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame in 2012.ĭoyle Lawson was born in Fordtown, Sullivan County, Tennessee, the son of Leonard and Minnie Lawson. He is best known as a mandolin player, vocalist, producer, and leader of the 6-man group Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver.
Doyle Lawson (born April 20, 1944) is an American traditional bluegrass and Southern gospel musician.
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