“He was so gracious,” Rodney Dillard said of the reception his older brother, banjo player Doug Dillard, received that day from the father of the bluegrass banjo. “He sold him the ...

Doug Dillard, an influential banjo player who helped shape rock ‘n’ roll and introduce the nation to bluegrass music during a popular run on “The Andy Griffith Show,” died Wednesday night ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Doug Dillard, an influential banjo player who helped shape rock ‘n’ roll and introduce the nation to bluegrass music during a popular run on “The Andy Griffith Show ...

Doug Dillard, the pioneering country rock banjo-player, has died aged aged 75, according to reports. Dillard had first found fame in the Dillards, a bluegrass group formed with his brother Rodney ...

Before embarking on his Fantastic Adventure with Gene Clark, The Dillards' founder member issued this statement of intent?a sweet fusion of traditional folk tunes, Ralph Stanley-flavoured ...

and Dillard's wife and clawhammer-style banjo player Beverly Cotten-Dillard. Dillard co-founded The Dillards with his brother, Doug Dillard, in the late 1950s. Born into a musical family in Dent ...

The song’s highlight is a solo by banjo player and Dillards’ co-founder Doug Dillard. The banjo player uses his fast, three-finger picking style and adds melodic variations that bring ...

Dillard, his brother Doug on banjo, bassist Mitch Jayne and mandolin player Dean Webb played the deadpan musical Darling Brothers on the popular 1960s TV show. The show has been on the air for ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Doug Dillard, an influential banjo player who helped shape rock and roll and introduce the nation to bluegrass music during a popular run on "The Andy Griffith Show," died ...

NASHVILLE - Doug Dillard, an influential banjo player who helped shape rock ’n’ roll and introduce the nation to bluegrass music during a popular run on “The Andy Griffith Show,’’ died ...