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Sell out crowds enjoyed the holidays early in Pigeon Forge, TN with the Christmas in the Smokies Bluegrass Festival, December 9-12. Lorraine Jordan and Carolina Road served as the host band and Royce Jordan returned as emcee for the 19th annual event promoted by Jordan Entertainment. The four day festival showcased traditional bluegrass bands from around the [...]
The video we posted earlier this week of Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver's arrangement of O Holy Night has been such a hit among their fans, that they have released the audio as a single through iTunes. It was recorded during the band's annual Christmas show at The Paramount Theatre in Bristol, TN on December 5. [...]
How 'bout some more Christmas music? Here is Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver with one of the most beloved Christmas hymns, O Holy Night, a 19th century French poem put to music. It's been recorded by nearly every singer of note, and is included on holiday concerts worldwide each year. Eli Johnston takes the lead in this [...]
Here's another of Frank Baker's galleries from the 2015 Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival, with at least one more to go.
Betsy White shared another of her videos from the 2015 Bean Blossom festival, this time of the legends show from J.D. Crowe, Doyle Lawson, and Paul Williams. It finds them performing Once A Day, written by Bill Anderson, and a monster hit for Connie Smith back in 1964. [jwplayer player="1" mediaid="65536"] Unfortunately, Crowe has [...]
Frank Baker shared these images from last weekend's August Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival, with more to come.
Volume Five opened Thursday at Rudy Fest 2015 to an appreciative crowd. Their set was washed out by rain last year, but sunshine held for this year’s! Wildfire followed providing some memories of time spent with J.D. Crowe. Danny Davis joined Wildfire and son, Chris Davis, for a couple songs. Joe Mullins and the Radio [...]
We heard this morning from Rainer Zellner, the German bluegrass promoter who had Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver in for a central European tour this month. He reports that the tour went well, and that he successfully deposited the band on a train to the airport, and they made it back in one piece. "Doyle and the [...]
We got a report on Friday from Rainer Zellner, who is promoting this month's Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver tour in central Europe. He says that everyone arrived in good shape and that the tour is going well so far. "Everything started well with a sold out show in Heiligenhaus (holyhaus=translated).Their first meal was a dinner of Schnitzel variations [...]
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver are preparing for a European adventure, getting ready for a jam-packed 12 day tour of Central Europe. They will visit five countries in that time, traveling almost exclusively by train. This tour was arranged by Rainer Zellner, who has been bringing US bluegrass artists to Germany for many years. His annual Bluegrass Jamboree package [...]
