Dillards

After the death of Earl Scruggs and the announced retirement of J. D. Crowe, the banjo world suffered another loss last week with the passing of Doug Dillard. Having been seen by millions, perhaps 100 million, through nearly 50 years of

Rodney Dillard, he of The Dillards and the Darlin' Family fame, has a new Gospel CD set for an August 16 release on Rural Rhythm Christian. Titled Don't Wait For The Hearse To Take You To Church, the album features Rodney

The Grascals have a new video from their recent release, Dance Til Your Stockings Are Hot and Ravelin', their Andy Griffith Show tribute project. It includes an album's worth of songs made famous on the Griffith show during the 1960s,

Born July 5, 1930, Mitch Jayne passed away Monday, August 2, 2010 in Columbia, MO, after being diagnosed with cancer only recently. In the 1960's, The Dillards were introduced to a larger American audience as the Darlin' Family on the Andy

Former Dillard and current fiction writer Mitch Jayne has just learned that he will be receiving the 2008 Governor's Humanities Book Award from the Missouri Humanities Council. The award is in recognition of his book, Fiddler's Ghost, published in 2007.

Fiddler's Ghost, the most recent novel from former Dillard's funny man Mitch Jayne, has been selected as among the Best Books of 2007 by The St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The book, released this summer by Wildstone Media, tells the tale of a

Former Dillards bass player Mitch Jayne has just released his latest book of fiction. Fiddler's Ghost is the story of a young couple who move to a small Ozark town where the locals folks live by customs that seem generations out

Many a current bluegrass fan first encountered the music watching The Andy Griffith Show on television. During the early-to-mid 1960s, The Dillards appeared on this hit show in regular guest spots as The Darling Boys, hillbilly musicians who would come