Once and For Always, released on Sugar Hill in 1985, captures Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver at the close of an important early chapter — it was the last record to feature the lineup built around banjoist Terry Baucom and guitarist Jimmy Haley, the personnel that had established the band's reputation for immaculate ensemble work. Lawson, a mandolinist and arranger who came up through J.D. Crowe's band and the Country Gentlemen, brought a bandleader's discipline to both the secular and sacred sides of the repertoire, and Quicksilver's gospel quartet singing was already among the finest in the music. The album balances hard bluegrass with the instrument-backed and a cappella gospel that would become a signature. It stands as a document of one of the genre's most consistently excellent ensembles just before a turn in its membership.
Tracklist
- 1 Traveling Down the Blue Road Source Recording 2:31
- 2 Once And For Always 3:12
- 3 A Lover Of The Lord 2:08
- 4 Speak Softly You're Talking To My Heart 2:25
- 5 The Old Timer's Waltz 2:56
- 6 Come Back to Me In My Dreams Source Recording 2:52
- 7 Carolina in the Pines Source Recording 3:21
- 8 Stone Cold Heart 2:40
- 9 Julie Ann Source Recording 2:59
- 10 You Only Have To Say You've Changed 3:47
- 11 When The Sun Of My Life Goes Down 2:06
- 12 Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong alt version 3:33
- 13 This Dream I'm In 2:52
- 14 I've Heard These Words Before 2:41
- 15 A Vision Of Jesus 2:55
- 16 Up On The Blue Ridge 2:33
- 17 I'll Be True 2:36
- 18 The Grass That I'm Playing Is Really Blue 2:47
- 19 Have I Loved You Too Late 3:15
- 20 Let The Best Man Win 2:54
- 21 She's Walking Through My Memory 3:29
- 22 Wonderful, Beautiful Peace 2:59
