Andy Griffith

Even as late as the early '60s, bluegrass was largely ignored by the mainstream folk and country community. Mostly referred to as "hillbilly music," it was a sound confined to back porches and community hoedowns in rural Appalachia in the

Rodney Dillard has issued a statement on today's passing of TV icon Andy Griffith, who died at his home this morning at 86 years old. Dillard appeared on six episodes of Griffith's television show, as one of the Darling Boys, along