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Doyle Lawson was born on 20 April, 1944 in Sullivan County, Tennessee, U.S., is an American bluegrass and gospel musician. Discover Doyle Lawson's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 79 years old?

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Occupation Singer
Age 79 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 20 April 1944
Birthday 20 April
Birthplace Sullivan County, Tennessee, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1944

Doyle Wayne Lawson (born April 20, 1944) is an American traditional bluegrass and Southern gospel musician.

He is best known as a mandolin player, vocalist, producer, and leader of the 6-man group Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver.

1954

The Lawson family moved to Sneedville in 1954.

Lawson grew up listening to the Grand Ole Opry on Saturday nights.

This is where he heard mandolinist Bill Monroe, the "founding father" of bluegrass, and his band the Blue Grass Boys.

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.

Doyle taught himself how to play the mandolin by listening to the radio and records, and watching an occasional TV show.

Later Lawson learned to play the guitar and banjo as well.

1963

In 1963, aged 18 or 19, Lawson went to Nashville to play the banjo with Jimmy Martin and the Sunny Mountain Boys.

1966

In 1966, he started playing with J.D. Crowe and the Kentucky Mountain Boys (later called the New South) in Lexington, Kentucky.

1967

His instrumental piece, "Rosine," is a tribute to Monroe's birthplace and features, among other things, strains from the singer's 1967 instrumental "Kentucky Mandolin".

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.

1969

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.

1971

In September, 1971, Lawson started playing with The Country Gentlemen and remained part of the band for almost eight years.

1977

During that time, in 1977, he backed up U.S. Senator Robert Byrd on his Mountain Fiddler album.

1978

Doyle has been married to Suzanne Lawson since 1978.

He has one son, two daughters and a grandchild.

1979

In March 1979, Lawson left the Country Gentlemen with the intention of forming a band and creating his own sound.

Within a month Lawson had formed Doyle Lawson and Foxfire, with Jimmy Haley on guitar, Lou Reid on bass, and Terry Baucom on banjo.

The band name was soon changed to Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver.

1981

In 1981, through Sugar Hill Records, Lawson with this lineup released the critically acclaimed Rock My Soul, an album that would become a landmark bluegrass gospel project.

With a new bassist, Randy Graham, the band recorded a second gospel album, Heavenly Treasures, also on Sugar Hill.

Shortly thereafter, Graham, Baucom and Haley left to form their own band.

Lawson hired guitarist Russell Moore, banjoist Scott Vestal and bassist Curtis Vestal, and continued to perform.

After a time Ray Deaton took over on bass.

1985

Doyle rededicated his life to Christianity in May 1985 and is a practicing member of Cold Spring Presbyterian Church.

1989

In 1989 the band won song of the year at the International Bluegrass Music Awards for "Little Mountain Church House".

1997

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.

Through the years, Quicksilver toured regularly, performing at festivals concerts and other musical events.

1998

In 1998, Lawson and Quicksilver became the first bluegrass band to perform at the National Quartet Convention.

2001

Lawson and Quicksilver performed in Ontario, Canada at the Tottenham Bluegrass Festival in June 2001 and again in June 2015.

2006

Lawson is a recipient of a 2006 National Heritage Fellowship awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts, which is the United States government's highest honor in the folk and traditional arts.

2011

Lawson and Quicksilver provided the background vocals to the song "Dazzling Blue" on Paul Simon's 2011 album "So Beautiful or So What".

2012

Lawson was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame in 2012.

Doyle Lawson was born in Fordtown, Sullivan County, Tennessee, the son of Leonard and Minnie Lawson.

2015

In 2015, "In Session" was nominated for Best Bluegrass Album at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards.

Lawson composed a number of the band's songs and tunes.