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After more than seven years as a member of The Country Gentlemen, mandolin player and vocalist Doyle Lawson founded his own group on April 1, 1979. [1] The original lineup included guitarist and vocalist Jimmy Haley, banjo player Terry Baucom, and bassist Lou Reid; the group was briefly known as Doyle Lawson & Foxfire, but was soon renamed Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver (DL&Q). [2]
In traditional Appalachian music, ballads and fiddle tunes, and many different kinds of music from Africa and Europe, were given new and different dimensions. The mandolin played a role.
Jenee Fleenor is an American musician. A singer-songwriter, she plays the fiddle, mandolin and acoustic guitar and has performed with various musicians and bands. In 2019, she became the first woman to be nominated and to win the Country Music Association's Musician of the Year and the first fiddle player to win the award in over 20 years. [2]
Duncan has received numerous awards. As a member of the Nashville Bluegrass Band, he won the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album in 1994 and 1996. [10] Duncan was named the Academy of Country Music Fiddle Player of the Year for 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, and 2004, and Specialty Instrument Player of the Year for 2006.
Jason Carter was born in Ashland, Kentucky on February 1, 1973.. At the age of 8 he started playing guitar. He picked up the mandolin a few years later. He started playing fiddle at age 16 after hearing Del McCoury for the first time.
His career included numerous appearances on the Grand Ole Opry and Midnight Jamboree with several different bands. Derrick played fiddle for Hank III & The Damn Band from 1995 to 1999. [2] Many country and bluegrass fans and musicians believe that Vernon Derrick was a musical stylist who was ahead of his time in the field of bluegrass music.
A native of Mississippi, Compton began playing mandolin in his teens, influenced by the region's blues, old-time country, and bluegrass traditions. His musical background was influenced by his great-grandfather, who was an old-time fiddler. Compton initially played trombone, then switched to guitar, and later to mandolin, playing old-time music ...
Scott Joss (born 1962) is a songwriter, guitarist, mandolin player, singer, and fiddle player primarily in the American Country music tradition. [1] He has performed with Merle Haggard, Dwight Yoakam, Kris Kristofferson, [2] Pete Anderson, Tiny Moore, Roy Nichols, Dusty Wakeman, Chris Gantry, Jana Jae, [1] and as a successful solo artist.