With almost 40 albums to their credit, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver have mult… Read Full Bio ↴With almost 40 albums to their credit, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver have multiple Grammy, Dove, ICM, IBMA and SPBGMA Award nominations, and are seven-time winners of IBMA’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, on the heels of Lawson’s induction into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame at the Ryman Auditorium on September 27, 2012.

Lawson was heralded by journalist Craig Havighurst as “one of music’s lions” following Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver’s performance at the 2011 IBMA Awards Press Conference in Nashville. Of DLQ’s performance, which garnered three standing ovations from a sold-out crowd in Nashville, Havighurst wrote: “There was no question who was going to close the show. Doyle Lawson is one of music’s lions at this point, and when he came out in perhaps the most beautiful western jacket I’ve ever seen… he was a holy vision. … When DLQ, in quartet mode, nailed the final chorus of the a cappella gospel song “He Made It All Right,” I swear we were mainlining the holy spirit. You know how the word awesome gets overused and misused? Here’s where it applies.”

A native Tennessean, Lawson was honored in February 2012 by Governor Bill Haslam and the State of Tennessee for his contributions to the state and America through his music (Senate Joint Resolution 467). Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver (DLQ) were very visible in 2011 through multiple national television appearances and a European tour, while their album “Drive Time” spent several weeks atop the new Alternate Roots Top 66 International Bluegrass Chart at #1, reflecting radio airplay nationwide and across the globe. “Drive Time” was also heralded as an Essential Album of 2011 by “Acoustic Guitar” magazine (Feb 2012 issue).

DLQ’s Paul Simon-penned single “Gone At Last” reigned for May 2011 as the most played song on Sirius XM Radio’s Bluegrass Junction and scored kudos from 12-time Grammy winner Paul Simon himself who praised, “Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver have done one of the best covers I have ever heard of a song of mine.”

Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver also appeared with Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Paul Simon on the 12-time Grammy winner Simon’s 2011 album release “So Beautiful or So What.” DLQ also appeared on the acclaimed “Mark Twain: Words and Music” with such heavy-hitters as Jimmy Buffet, Clint Eastwood, Sheryl Crow, Brad Paisley, and Emmylou Harris.

Legendary in the Bluegrass genre and called a “mandolin virtuoso” with “perfectly silken harmony” by The New York Times, Doyle Lawson also broke new ground in 2011 with a benchmark Children’s Hospital and Arena Tour, the first tour of its kind in any genre, combining National Anthem performances at major sporting arenas with performances for boys and girls at Children’s Hospitals in the same cities or regions. The Tour combines helping hospitalized children with inspiring national patriotism, and Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver performed for nearly 108,000 people during six games in 2011 (not including live broadcast audiences for the NBA and NCAA games), as well as for children, families, and staff at four children’s hospitals. DLQ sang their first NASCAR Anthem in 2012, kicking off Sprint All-Star Weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway, NASCAR’s second largest track with 165,000 screaming fans, as they performed the National Anthem for NASCAR’s N.C. Education Lottery 200 on May 2012, with other superstars on hand for the weekend including Blake Shelton and Tim McGraw. Pretty impressive numbers and company from the little boy from Kingsport… who grew up to be a LEGEND.

In My Dreams
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver Lyrics

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I'm continually amazed with wonder
At all the things you do
There's no escaping this spell I'm under
That's all in my love for you.

Now I hold you close and hear you whisper
Your love for me is true
These are the words I try to say

That's all in my love for you.

So as I am as we believe
in love songs when they're new
And I believe in what I feel
That's all in my love for you.

Those things I said the other night
When you had seen me blue

Your common sense for what is right
That's all in my love for you.

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver's In My Dreams discuss the deep love and admiration the singer has for their partner. The lines "I'm continually amazed with wonder / At all the things you do" indicate that the singer is fascinated by their significant other's actions and qualities. They are completely captivated by their partner and feel as though they are under a spell. The phrase "That's all in my love for you" is used multiple times throughout the song, emphasizing that everything the singer does and feels is because of their love for their partner.

The second verse continues this theme of deep love and closeness. The singer holds their partner close and listens to their whispers, knowing that their love is true. They struggle to find the words to express their feelings, but know that everything they do is an expression of their love for their significant other. The final stanza describes a moment when the singer was feeling down and their partner's common sense helped them through it. This again emphasizes the idea that everything the singer does and feels is because of their love for their partner.

Overall, In My Dreams expresses a deep and abiding love between two people. The lyrics emphasize the ways in which love shapes and influences everything we do.

Line by Line Meaning

I'm continually amazed with wonder
I'm constantly surprised and filled with admiration.

At all the things you do
By all of the things that you do for me or in general.

There's no escaping this spell I'm under
I am unable to resist your charm or love.

That's all in my love for you.
I attribute all of these emotions, thoughts, and actions to my love for you.

Now I hold you close and hear you whisper
I embrace you tightly and hear you express your feelings softly.

Your love for me is true
You have genuine affection and devotion toward me.

These are the words I try to say
I attempt to verbalize these thoughts and feelings.

That's all in my love for you.
Once again, it's all because of my love for you.

So as I am as we believe
Just like how we trust and have faith in love songs.

in love songs when they're new
When we first hear them and they still feel fresh.

And I believe in what I feel
I have confidence in my emotions and sensations.