Doyle Lawson - Newsletter

OUR NEW CD IS OUT!!!!
Although the street date for "Lonely Street" isn't until May 5th, we have it already! You can call the office and order it (423-878-6160 in the mornings) or order on the website...www.doylelawson.com. It's $17.00. I hope you have hear a song or two from it already...radio stations have been featuring it for the that last couple of weeks and we are receiving great feedback about it.
If you look at the website often, or have been to a show lately, you know that we have two great guys that are new to the DL&Q line up. Darren McGuire came in February. He started playing bluegrass in 1991 with the Dixie Ryders, his father’s band. After lending his talents to Drive Tyme, Wildwood Valley Boys, Billie Renee and Cumberland Gap, High Tymes, Kentucky Ridge and the Lonesome Heirs. In addition to singing and playing the guitar, Darren also enjoys writing songs. Jason Barie came about the same time Darren came. He is the six time Florida State Fiddle Champion, and played previously with Bobby Osborne and the Rocky Top Express, Carolina Road, The Churchmen, and The Larry Stephenson Band. He has been nominated three times for Fiddle Player of the Year by SPBGMA. Both Darren and Jason are married, and they both have children. We are excited about what they both bring to the band.

It's just a few weeks until our festival in Denton, NC. We hope to see all of you there. Enclosed is a flyer about the festival. Here is a little snippet of info...this year's festival tee shirt was designed by Toby Swift, Josh's wife. It is really great. We don't usually take a lot of shirts to Denton, hoping to sell out of what we do take, so come by the shirt booth early and get one.

We would like to thank all of you for your support of our cd "Help Is On the Way". It continues to touch lives...more than we ever imagined it would, and it's been out for over a year. We get emails every week telling us how that particular song has lifted someone up, or helped them through a tough time. Who knew? It is always interesting to see what God does with the simplest things, isn't it?

When the Lawson's moved to a "new to them" home last fall, we started looking around for a place to move the office to. We really lucked up on a location! It's a nice building, with two offices (one for me and one for Doyle), and a place to park the bus. It's about 5 minutes from where I live (almost too close!), and it's nice and quiet, not in town...I just love it! Suzanne and Doyle will tell you that it has "given them their lives back". It was always hard to ignore that phone ringing in the office at the other house. So now that we have an official office location, there will often be an answering machine answering your call in the afternoons. I am usually in the office by 8:30 am, depending on when I make the run to the post office, and I stay until things quiet down, usually I'm gone after 1:00 pm.

I know the guys are glad that the festival season is about to crank up. They get to see so many more of you all. And, you know, that's what it's all about for us. You, and the music! See you soon!