Doyle Lawson recommendations?

[levin4now]

My local purveyor of fine bluegrass recordings has a number of Doyle Lawson recordings on hand now, and I wondered if anyone had any recommendations? I love great harmonies, and I love great mandolin. .. Will I find both here?

[AlanN]

For the Doyle style of picking, get his Tennessee Dream LP from the 70's, now out on CD. Classic tunes, all written by him, with a top-flight band - J.D., Jerry Douglas, Kenny Baker, etc.

[ManjoMan]

I recommend his first albums which are available on
CD as a double album set. These feature great harmonies
with some of his best and creative picking. Also, the
"Rock My Soul" CD is great. Don't get me wrong, I think
all of his music is top-notch, but these are my favorites.

[GTison]

kept & protected is almost as great as rock my soul.

[GVD]

I agree with with ManjoMan. The double CD set "DOYLE LAWSON&QUICKSILVER / QUICKSILVER RIDES AGAIN" is definitely worth a listen as well as "ROCK MY SOUL".

After not seeing him for 2 or three years I caught his show last Friday night. "Wow" is about all I can say. If you like harmonies you aren't going to hear any better than DL & QS. My only complaint was they sing so good that they made all the other bands singers sound bad in comparison.

His new Gibson signature model sure sounded good too.

GVD

My only complaint was they sing so good that they made all the other bands singers sound bad in comparison.

I know what you mean. The graduates of the "Doyle Lawson School of Bluegrass" are the almost the only other groups I listen to.

"Heaven's Joy Awaits" - the all a capella CD is my personal favorite.

[GVD]

Tim,

Speaking of the Doyle Lawson School of Bluegrass it sounds like Doyles going to have one heck of a show on April 1st in Nashville. He said they're having a DL&Q 25th Anniversary Reunion Show and darn near everybody who's played with him over the years is going to be there that night. Man that's a bunch of talent for one stage to hold.

GVD

His website had originally just given the date without a location and I was hoping for something in driving distance but Nashville is a little too far for me right now.

[tiltman]

"Hard Game of Love" is an excellent disc.
One of my all-time favorites!

[levin4now]

Tim'n'VA

The website says Smithfield, NC later this month doesn't it? #That is just south of Wilson on I-95. #I realize that is probably 3 hours for you, but that's better than Nashville.

oops sorry. I thought for some reason you were in Richmond VA. My mistake.

alan

I'm almost in DC. We were talking about the 25 year reunion show on April 1 in Nashville with a lot of former band members.

[bnjrpkr]

I agree with GVD's assessment of Doyle's shows friday night.He's got 2 of the best tenor's in the business,in fact they traded off on one song,like two tag team wrestlers.:laugh:
I think my favorite secular album of his is "My heart is yours".
I bought the new gospel album,and the old double LP reissue,both are great.

[mandofiddle]

I got the DVD "Treasures" not too long ago. Very good DVD, I think from around 91 or so? When Shawn Lane was still with the group...