Doyle Lawson
Doyle Lawson (born April 20, 1944) is an American mandolinist, singer, and bandleader from East Tennessee. He played with Jimmy Martin, J.D. Crowe, and the Country Gentlemen before founding Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver in 1979. The band became renowned for its gospel quartet singing and won many IBMA awards, and it trained a long list of later stars. Lawson received a National Heritage Fellowship in 2006 and was inducted into the IBMA Hall of Fame in 2012, and he retired from touring in 2022.