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Doyle Lawson will be bringing the music from his new Drive Time CD to Knoxville's WDVX today at noon. He and the members of Quicksilver will perform live on the April 6 edition of Blue Plate Special. Philly rockers The Great Unknown will also appear on today's program. Tune in at noon (EDT) to catch [...]
We've tossed some good-natured barbs at Doyle Lawson of late since his decision to bring former Quicksilver bass player Carl White back on drums. Despite some of the grief we took, our intention was never to berate Doyle, but merely to poke some fun at the irony of seeing one of the fiercest defenders of [...]
Josh Swift, resonator guitarist with Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, celebrated a major event this week - the birth of his son. Here's his play-by-play. "On March 24th my wife, Tobi, gave birth to our first child, Cager Glynn Swift. Up until Thursday, no Swift had ever met their Grandfather in over 250 years. We broke [...]
The Gospel Music Association has announced the nominees for the 2011 Dove Awards. The winners will be announced during their gala awards show on Easter Sunday (4/24) in Atlanta, GA. There are two specific bluegrass categories: Bluegrass Recorded Song of the Year and Bluegrass Album of the Year. Both are chock full of strong offerings. [...]
Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers have released one of the finest bluegrass Gospel records of the past few years. No surprise there, as Mullins has a long history of producing such, and is himself one of the finest tenor singers in the business. He has also assembled a first-rate band, and brought in such [...]
We posted last week with news about In A Groove, the upcoming debut CD from Terry Baucom. It's hard to even comprehend describing a "debut" project for a 40 year veteran in the bluegrass music world. Terry got his start right out of high school in the summer of 1970, playing fiddle with the great [...]
Just weeks after being announced as the new banjo picker with Sierra Hull, Jessie Baker has detoured from Highway 111 to travel with Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver. He will start right away, filling the spot held for the past year by veteran grasser Dale Perry. Baker never did a show with Sierra, and had spent [...]
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver will be the guests on this weekend's edition of the Reno's Old Time Music Festival on RFD-TV. The show is hosted by Ronnie Reno, and regularly features the best in traditional bluegrass music. We understand that Doyle and the boys will be debuting some new material for Ronnie when this week's [...]
We've reported of late on the disturbing news about Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver touring with a live drummer. It's something we might expect from Mountain Heart, who were formed after a collective internship as Quicksilverers, but not from the man himself! Now, there is evidence that Doyle has been even further co-opted by the dark [...]
More evidence has come forward in re Doyle Lawson touring with a percussionist. Here is a photo from last night at Alexander Central High School in Taylorsville, NC. It clearly shows Carl White, former and occasional member of Quicksilver, sitting in on the skins. Carl swears that he isn't and won't use sticks and, according [...]
