Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver

at: Mayo Civic Center - Presentation Hall

4/12/2008 7:30 PM

DOYLE LAWSON & QUICKSILVER can bring an audience to its feet with hot picking and silence a crowd with their soaring gospel quartet singing. The band’s energetic stage performance, utilizing a single microphone, brings to mind early stage and radio programs, and showcases intricate choreography unseen in music today. Their incredible talent, heartfelt presentation, and hard-working professionalism make any DOYLE LAWSON & QUICKSILVER performance a treasure not soon forgotten.

The face of bluegrass music changed forever in 1979, when Doyle formed his groundbreaking band, QUICKSILVER. At a time when influences of "newgrass" and "new acoustic" music had pushed instrumental prowess to the forefront, Doyle single-handedly brought harmony singing back into the bluegrass spotlight. The DOYLE LAWSON & QUICKSILVER sound – which emphasizes smooth, intricate, astonishingly perfect vocal harmonies, innovative song arrangements, and stunning instrumental work – has been a model for countless progressive bluegrass bands of the 1980s and 90s.