Burden Bearer
{{Infobox album
| name = Burden Bearer
| type = studio
| artist = Doyle Lawson
| cover = Burden Bearer cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2016|07|08}}
| recorded = January 2016
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Bluegrass music, gospel music
| length = {{Duration|m=63|s=09}}
| label = Mountain Home Records
| producer = Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
| prev_title = In Session
| prev_year = 2015
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| next_year =
}}
Burden Bearer is a bluegrass gospel album by Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver, released on July 8, 2016.{{allMusic |class=album |id=mw0002953027 |accessdate=December 27, 2016}} The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album in December 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-grammys-2017-nominations-winners-list-20161205-story.html |title=2017 Grammy Awards: Complete list of nominees |work=Los Angeles Times |date=6 December 2016 |accessdate=6 December 2016}}
Critical reception
John Lawless of Bluegrass Today says the album may be "the definitive album in [the bluegrass gospel] genre" and believes the performances sets it apart more than the songs themselves.{{cite web|first=John |last=Lawless |url=http://bluegrasstoday.com/burden-bearer-doyle-lawson-quicksilver/ |title=Burden Bearer – Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver |website=Bluegrass Today |date=July 6, 2016 |accessdate=December 27, 2016}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
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| title1 = Burden Bearer
| writer1 = Tammy Jones Robinette
| length1 = 2:30
| title2 = Best Friends
| writer2 = Robinette
| length2 = 3:59
| title3 = Brother Have You Heard
| writer3 = Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
| length3 = 2:13
| title4 = He'll Care for You
| writer4 =
| length4 = 3:18
| title5 = No Storms That We Must Fear
| writer5 = Steve Watts
| length5 = 3:39
| title6 = You Were Right
| writer6 = Randy Swift
| length6 = 3:46
| title7 = Rejoicing All the Way
| writer7 =
| length7 = 1:59
| title8 = The Touch of His Gentle Hand
| writer8 = Albert E. Brumley Sr.
| length8 = 4:22
| title9 = Another Day
| writer9 = Watts
| length9 = 2:28
| title10 = He's Everywhere
| writer10 = Arthur Smith
| length10 = 3:32
| title11 = Get Right with God
| writer11 = Lawson, Quicksilver
| length11 = 2:41
| title12 = Passed All Sorrow
| writer12 = Watts
| length12 = 2:38
| title13 = God Gave Noah the Rainbow Sign
| writer13 = A. P. Carter
| length13 = 3:20
| title14 = By the Marks in His Hands
| writer14 = Watts
| length14 = 2:56
| title15 = The Cross in the Garden
| writer15 = Eubert M. Baygent, Walter H. Howell
| length15 = 3:52
| title16 = Sailing on the Waves of Glory
| writer16 = Luther G. Presley
| length16 = 2:12
| title17 = Wonderful Day
| writer17 = James Dean Bilbrey, Ronald Bilbrey
| length17 = 3:17
| title18 = Wrastlin' Jacob
| writer18 =
| length18 = 2:03
| title19 = Songs I Heard My Mama Sing
| writer19 =
| length19 = 3:36
| title20 = How Great Thou Art
| writer20 = Stuart K. Hine
| length20 = 4:48
|}}
Personnel
- Doyle Lawson – baritone, guitar, mandolin, tenor, vocals (baritone, tenor)
- Stephen Burwell – fiddle, fiddle harmonics
- Joe Dean – banjo, guitar
- Eli Johnston – bass, guitar, vocals (baritone)
- Dustin Pyrtle – guitar, vocals (tenor)
- Josh Swift – guitar (resonator, rhythm), percussion, piano, vocals (bass)