Doyle Lawson began his career as a musician by playing alongside some of the most influential figures in bluegrass including the Country Gentlemen, J.D. Crowe and the Kentucky Mountain Boys, and Jimmy Martin and the Sunny Mountain Boys. In 1979 Doyle put together Quicksilver out of a desire to form a group that would have “his sound”. Doyle has won the IBMA award for Gospel Recorded Performance of the year five times, Vocal Group of the year seven consecutive times, and in 1998 his group was the first bluegrass band invited to perform at the National Gospel Quartet Convention in Loiusville, Kentucky. He has received a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts as well as numerous other honors.

Doyle Lawson began his career as a musician by playing alongside some of the most influential figures in bluegrass including the Country Gentlemen, J.D. Crowe and the Kentucky Mountain Boys, and Jimmy Martin and the Sunny Mountain Boys. In 1979 Doyle put together Quicksilver out of a desire to form a group that would have “his sound”. Doyle has won the IBMA award for Gospel Recorded Performance of the year five times, Vocal Group of the year seven consecutive times, and in 1998 his group was the first bluegrass band invited to perform at the National Gospel Quartet Convention in Loiusville, Kentucky. He has received a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts as well as numerous other honors.