Doyle Lawson is best known as an accomplished mandolin player and leader of the 5-man group Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver which he formed in April, 1979. Prior to that, he was a member of the Country Gentlemen and of J.D. Crowe's New South.
Terry Baucom, Jimmy Haley, Lou Reid and lawson laid the foundation for what has become the Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver sound.The gospel music that Lawson records and performs is very important to him, and he has made more gospel recordings than secular ones.