Hard Game of Love

Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 7, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sugarhill
• ASIN: B0000666XA
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #241,395 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #37 in Music > Indie Music > Christian & Gospel > Country Gospel

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

On their first secular album in six years, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver may not break any new ground, but as always, they do what they do extraordinarily well. Combining layered, often chill-bump-good harmonies with bold instrumental verve, the reigning International Bluegrass Music Association Vocal Group of the Year tackles a number of songs that hearken more to old-style, heartbreak country music than to the strict ‘grassy canon. But whether the repertoire is contemporary or vintage (Bill Anderson’s "We Missed You"), the performance never veers from traditional style and, in that sense, may seem a bit dated to bluegrass fans who came to the genre via Alison Krauss & Union Station, et al., and expect more subtlety in the playing or poetry in the lyrics. However, there’s plenty of variety with the addition of the swingy "A Thing of the Past," where the guitar accents dart in and out like a flirtatious suitor at a dance, with "The Hand Made Cross," the album’s only nod to the spiritual hereafter, and with "Oak Ridge Rendezvous," only the second instrumental of Lawson’s long career. All in all, this is a consistently solid and lively effort from one of bluegrass’s most bankable acts. --Alanna Nash

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent, June 19, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Hard Game of Love (Audio CD)

Doyle and the boys will win some awards with this one.We Missed You is a tear jerker and the Hard Game of Love is as good as it gets.Jamie Dailey and Barry Scott are destined for stardom.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Welcome back, Doyle!, June 12, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Hard Game of Love (Audio CD)

What a great return to bluegrass for Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver! After six years without a secular album, and too many southern-style gospel albums that took him further and further away from the bluegrass sound, Doyle is back with a vengeance, as well as with the best vocal blend I've heard from this group in years. Great songs, fine instrumentals, and super singing make this the best Quicksilver album in ages. This is solid, traditional bluegrass, and the singing can't be bettered. This is what Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver are all about!

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars True Appalachia, August 6, 2008

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This review is from: Hard Game of Love (Audio CD)

DLQS is a remarkably honest band. It doesn't feel like they're trying to produce incredible music from a certain place and time. But they do just that. The words are truthful, catchy, and not in the least pretentious. The instruments coo under the watch of the band's many age groups. I had the opportunity to see Doyle Lawson at a Prairie Home Companion taping and that was it, we came home and ordered many CDs that weekend! Some bluegrass-type music is created from outsiders who haven't lived the life it truly takes to make this music on its deepest level. Lawson is from rural Eastern Tennessee and it comes through in his wonderful tunes.