Doyle Lawson Just Over In Heaven CD

All tracks have been digitally mastered using HDCD technology.

JUST OVER IN HEAVEN was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album.

Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, without doubt the finest bluegrass gospel group performing today, seems unable to make a bad album, and Lawson's current lineup may be the best one he's ever had. Just Over in Heaven combines band arrangements with a cappella numbers, but even when the instruments are playing the vocal arrangements are at the center of the group's sound; where most bluegrass bands use standard parallel harmonies in their gospel arrangements, Lawson's approach is far more complex and is rooted equally in shape, note, and African-American gospel traditions. On tracks like "I Am Glad" and "We Need the Light" the parts move in intricate counterpoint, like cogs in a perfectly designed watch; the sound borders on that of a barbershop quartet. In fact, that effect is a little bit cloying on one or two tracks (notably "Listen to the Bells"), but, for the most part, this album succeeds spectacularly and is highly recommended. ~ Rick Anderson

Recorded at Eastwood Recording Studio, Cana, Virginia from January to March 2000. Includes liner notes by Doyle Lawson.

Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver: Doyle Lawson (vocals, mandolin); Barry Scott (vocals, guitar); Dale Perry (vocals, banjo); Doug Bartlett (vocals, fiddle); Jamie Dailey (vocals, acoustic bass).