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GRANITE FALLS, Minn. — International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame inductee Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver will be the featured act on the broadcast of Grassland Jam — the bluegrass and Americana music program produced by Pioneer PBS. The program will air on Saturday, February 1 at 7 p.m. CST and will be available for online viewing at 7:30 that night at www.pioneer.org/grasslandjam. The broadcast will be repeated on Monday, February 3 at noon. The performances were recorded at the Minnesota Bluegrass & Old Time Music Association Festival held in Richmond in August 2019.
Doyle Lawson is an American traditional bluegrass and Southern gospel musician. Inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame in 2012, he is best known as a mandolin player, vocalist, producer, and leader of the six-man group Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver.
With almost 40 albums to their credit, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver have multiple award nominations, and are seven-time winners of the International Bluegrass Music Association’s Vocal Group of the Year award. Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver are the reigning Inspirational Country Music Association Vocal Group of the Year, crowned in October at Nashville’s Schermerhorn Symphony Center.
The band is based in Ford Town, Tennessee and includes Doyle Lawson on mandolin and vocals; Josh Swift on dobro and vocals; Stephen Burwell on fiddle; Jerry Cole on bass and vocals; Jake Vanover on guitar and vocals and Joe Dean on banjo and vocals.
Grassland Jam is produced and edited by Matthew Johnson. The program is made possible by contributions from the voters of Minnesota through a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
About Pioneer PBS
Established in 1966, Pioneer PBS is an award-winning, viewer-supported television station dedicated to sharing local stories of the region with the world. For more information visit: www.pioneer.org.
