Doug Dillard '81

Doug & Rodney Dillard (Part 5) The 80's, 90's and New Millenium 1980 - 1981 Dillard-Hartford-Dillard

Doug, Rodney and John Hartford joined up for a second Dillard - Hartford - Dillard album: - DILLARD-HARTFORD-DILLARD: Permanent Wave (Flying Fish FF 233) With Doug Dillard, Rodney Dillard and John Hartford. Guests Amos Garrett, Phil Aaberg, Mac Cridlin, Scott Matthews, Michael Melford Samm Bennett, Greg Selker, Linda Dillard, Ginger Blake and Laura Creamer. Produced by Michael Melford.

Rodney/John/Doug

Earl Scruggs & Rodney

Rodney

Rodney

Rodney Dillard appeared on two songs of the Earl Scruggs album: - EARL SCRUGGS: Top Of The World (Columbia PC38295) Sittin' On Top Of The World - Rodney lead vocals Carolina Star - Rodney lead vocals Other songs done by "The Burrito Brothers" (with Gib Guilbeau and John Beland), Ricky Skaggs and Lacy J. Dalton and two instrumentals. Dillard, Hoppers & Friends Also 1983 Rodney was in a group named "Dillard, Hoppers & Friends". Lonnie Hoppers is a fine banjo player from Missouri who once played with Bill Monroe!

Rodney & Earl Scruggs

- THE DILLARDS: Silver Dollar Jubilee (Silver Dollar City 100)
With Rodney Dillard, Dean Webb, Steve Cooley, Rick McEwen and Ric Williams.
Guests: Beverly Cotten Dillard, Annette Carlton, Greg Allen, D.A. Callaway and Charles Cochran.

The Dillards at Silver Dollar City

- RODNEY DILLARD: At Silver Dollar City (Flying Fish FF 369)
With Rodney Dillard, Dean Webb, Steve Cooley, Rick McEwen and Ric Williams.
Guests: D.A. Callaway, Annette Calton, Fred Carpenter and Beverly Cotten Dillard.
Produced by Rodney Dillard and Bob Millsap.

Doug Dillard Band

- DOUG DILLARD BAND: What's That? (Flying Fish FF 377)
With Doug Dillard, Roger Rasnake, Ginger Boatwright and David Grier.
Guests: Bobby Clark, Vassar Clemments, Rodney Dillard, Pat Flynn, David Grisman, Mark Howard, Joe Osborne, John Probst, Buddy Spicher and Gordon Stinson.
Produced by Doug Dillard and Rodney Dillard.

Gram Parsons Tribute in Nashville 1986 R. White/D. Dillard/David Grier/Bob James

- RODNEY DILLARD: Beam me up, Scotty (Silver Dollar Records SDR 7005 A)
Produced by Bob Millsap and Rodney Dillard.

- DOUG DILLARD BAND: Heartbreak Hotel (Flying Fish FF 477)
With Doug Dillard, Roger Rasnake, Ginger Boatwright, David Gried and Jonathan Yudkin.
Produced by Rodney Dillard.

The album garnered a Grammy nonination in the bluegrass category!

Note: Both albums ("What's That?" and "Heartbreak Hotel") were released on one CD in 1993 by Flying Fish Records (FF70477).

Steve Cooley, Rodney, Mitch, Dean & Doug

Dean, Mitch, Doug & Rodney

Doug (in Leeds) (by Stan Laundon)

Doug

John McEuen (ex-member of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) asked Rodney if he could have four days of the Dillards' time to make an attempt at capturing the spirit and raw energy of the Dillards on film. The project became a labor of love for McEuen and fellow friends and fans of the Dillards. The eighty-minute video "A Night At The Ozark" - also available on DVD on Varese Sarabende - features nineteen songs:

- THE DILLARDS: A Night At The Ozarks (Hendrin HEN 2334)
With Doug Dillard, Rodney Dillard, Dean Webb, Mitch Jayne and Steve Cooley.
Guests: Beverly Cotton Dillard, Homer Dilllard, Ginger Boatwright and the people of Salem.
Produced and directed by John McEuen.
Written by John McEuen, Rodney Dillard and Mitch Jayne.

Doug

Rodney, Steve Dean & Mitch

- THE DILLARDS: Let It Fly (Vanguard VHD 79 460)
With Rodney Dillard, Dean Webb, Mitch Jayne and Steve Cooley.
Guests: Herb Pedersen, Byron Berline, Bill Bryson, Ric Williams, Scott MacPherson, Tom Brumley and Bob Warford.
Produced by Herb Pedersen.

The song "Darlin Boys" garnered the band a Grammy nomination!
After the recordings for that album Herb Pedersen went back to the "Desert Rose Band".

Rodney

Rodney Dillard Rodney released his second solo album: - RODNEY DILLARD: Let The Rough Side Drag (Flying Fish FF 70 537) With Rodney Dillard, Steve Cooley, Rick McEwen and Ric Williams. Guests: Gary Smith, Fred Carpenter, Dave Milligan, Mitch Kiersey and Beverly Cotton Dillard. Produced by Rodney Dillard. The same year Rodney became Vice President of Creative Productions and serves as Production Executive for a subsidary Patch Entertainment.

Rodney

The Dillards The (until now) last Dillards album was released: - THE DILLARDS: Take Me Along For The Ride (Vanguard VCD 79 464) With Rodney Dillard, Dean Webb, Steve Cooley and Mitch Jayne. Guests: Gary Smith, Mark Pearman, Jeff Jarvis, Jeff Donachy, Darren Novotny, Benny Wood and Suzan Tilbury. Produced by Rodney Dillard and Steve Cooley.

Dean, Mitch, Rodney & Steve

- THE DILLARDS: The Best Of The Darlin' Boys (Vanguard 506-2)

Here are pictures from the Original Dillards when they played in Guthrie, Oklahoma in Oct. 1998. Picture right is with John Hartford and Barry Patton (Byron Berline's nephew) playing bones.

The Original Dillards Dean, Rodney, Mitch & Doug

The Original Dillards with         Barry Patton & John Hartford

The Original Dillards performed also together with Byron Berline at the 2nd Oklahoma International Bluegrass Festival in October 1998.

Picture left again the Original Dillards in August 1999 with Carsten Panduro of "Tonder Festival" in Denmark.

Doug, Mitch, Panduro, Rodney & Dean

Doug Dillard

Rodney

Rodney, Rachel & Beverly Dillard

- THE DILLARD/HAYNES BAND: There goes the neighborhood (Varese Sarabande 302 066 206 2)
With Rodney Dillard, Bruce Haynes, Jimmy Ponders, David Creech
Tim Crouch, Danny Yancy, Jarrett Dougherty.
Produced by Rodney Dillard and Bruce Haynes.

- Beverly Cotten-Dillard: Banjo pickin' girl (Selfreleased)
With Beverly Cotten-Dillard, Rodney Dillard, Doug Dillard, Dean Webb and others.

2000 Rodney Dillard recorded a new solo CD with the title "Roots of Gospel":

- RODNEY DILLARD: Roots Of Gospel (Rodney Dillard Music CD-2002))
With Rodney Dillard ...

Doug's songbook

This fantastic collection includes all of his best-loved tunes, from the Andy Griffith Show, from his many great years of recording as the original Dillards, and from his solo banjo albums and his releases with The Doug Dillard Band.

The Dillards & Arlo Guthrie

Doug and Rodney

The original Dillards - 2002

Rodney Dillard produced an album 2003 for Albert E. Brumley, Jr. with the title "I'll fly away". Musicians on that album are: Tim Crouch, Boone Carlon, Steve Bush, Randall George, Dean Holman, Bruce Haynes & Jimmy Ponder. This CD was released by "Copper Creek" records.

2004 Rodney Dillard released a self-produced solo CD with the title "I Wish Life Was Like Mayberry". This recent release is taylor-made for Mayberry fans. That's 8 outstanding tracks of Mayberry and Mayberry-esque music, plus a final track with Rodney's personal reflections about what it means to have a Mayberry life. Also a must for Dillard fans. The album was recorded in Branson, MO and has Rodney's son Brian Dillard on harmony vocals.

- RODNEY DILLARD: I wish life was like Mayberry (Mayberry)
With Rodney Dillard, Steve Bush, Tim Crouch, Boone Carlin
Rondal George, Rick McEwen and Rodney's son Brian Dillard.
Produced by Rodney Dillard.

Summer 2004 Doug & Rodney Dillard performed together at several events from California to Kentucky to North Carolina and beyond.

Dillards songbook

Note: 2004 "Elektra Records" has released a double CD including three Dillards albums and two singles: "Pickin' and fiddlin'" with Byron Berline, "Wheatstraw suite" and "Copperfields" and 2 singles as bonus tracks which were recorded for "Capitol Records" in 1965.

Note: May 2005 a Dillards compilation CD with 29 tracks from 1963-1979 was released: "The Dillards: Let the music flow - The best of 1963-79" (RVCD197).

Rodney & Beverly Dillard

Rodney & Beverly Dillard recorded a new CD "Heaven":

- RODNEY and BEVERLY DILLARD: Heaven (Selfreleased)
With Rodney & Beverly Dillard
Steve Bush, Lee Hendrix, George Giddens and Greg Roller.

2005 Rodney released a CD with old material (from the early 60s) under the title "The Dillards - Doug and Rodney: The lost years".

Another new released CD with Rodney Dillard (no music!!!!) is the Mayberry Moments - Volume 1. Rodney takes a look back at episodes of the "Andy Griffith Show" and the great moral and life lessons they taught. From the archives of the popular radio show, hosted by Rodney Dillard, "Mayberry Minute" which ran nationally for 3 years.

Here are some pics (from Connie Cook) of Doug and Rodney Dillard at the "Lewis Family Homecoming and Bluegrass Festival" in Lincolnton, Georgia on May 8, 2006:

Doug and Rodney Dillard - May 2006

2007 Mitch Jayne wrote a new book. His latest novel, "Fiddler's Ghost" is available from www.wildstonemedia.com and www.amazon.com.

Here's a list of Mitch Jayne's books:

Mitch Jayne's books

1) "The Forest in the Wind" published 1966 by The Bobbs-Merrill Company. This book is out of print.

2) "Old Fish Hawk" published 1970 by J. B. Lippincott Co. The cover painting is by Mitch himself. This book is out of print.

3) "An Up To Date Biography of the Original Dillards" self-published by Mitch Jayne in 1989. Rare book contains some of Mitch's humor columns from two Missouri newspapers: the Salem Sun and The Shannon County Current Wave. Mitch still writes a humor column for The Current Wave, which is published in Eminence, Missouri, where Mitch lives with his artist wife, Diana. This book also contains illustrations by Mitch.

4) "Some More Home Grown Stories & Home Fried Lies" self-published by Mitch Jayne in 1994. Rare book collects Mitch's humor columns from The Current Wave, with illustrations by Diana Engstrom, who later became Mitch's wife.

5) "Home Grown Stories & Home Fried Lies" published 2000 by Wildstone Media. Cover illustration and inside illustrations are by Mitch's wife, Diana. This book is available at www.wildstonemedia.com and www.amazon.com.

6) "Fiddler's Ghost" published 2007 by Wildstone Media. Cover painting is by Mitch's wife, Diana. This book is available at www.wildstonemedia.com and www.amazon.com.

"32 Cents" CD

Doug and Rodney Dillard are continuing their American tour in 2008. Schedule and booking information can be found at www.the-dillards.com.

Early 2000 Arlo Guthrie sat down with his old friends, The Original Dillards in Branson, MO and spent a few days recording some of his father's (Woody Guthrie) songs together.
This record was originally planned for when the US Post Office released a Woody Guthrie stamp worth 32 Cents. Now it's released.

- ARLO GUTHRIE & THE DILLARDS: 32 Cents / Postage Due (Rising Son Records RSR-1127)
Produced by Arlo Guthrie & Rodney Dillard
With Arlo Guthrie, Doug Dillard, Rodney Dillard, Dean Webb & Mitch Jayne

Mitch, Doug, Rodney & Dean

Rodney Dillard & The Dillard Band

Rodney Dillard & The Dillard Band will incorporate a greater anthology of music at festivals and other special events (such as songs from when Herb Pedersen or Billy Ray Lathum were Dillards; songs from the "Wheatstraw Suite" album as an example). They will still be playing the bluegrass classics of course but are also excited about showcasing a wider range of Dillards history.

Their hope is to feature Doug Dillard as a special guest at some dates throughout the year and they'll keep their fanbase updated on any developments. Overall the four original Dillards will continue pursuing separate careers, as can happen over the course of 50 years!

Doug is an in-demand session player and has some other great musical opportunities, Rodney will be expanding his ministry (Mayberry Values) and continue the Dillardgrass tradition of hot picking and tight rhythm, Dean Webb plays with the group Missouri Boatride, and of course Mitch Jayne continues to write books and columns ....

Here's the first picture (right) of "Rodney Dillard & The Dillard Band". It's from left to right: Rodney Dillard: lead vocals/guitar- Shane Lail: bass/harmony - George Giddens: fiddle/mandolin/harmony - Patrick McDougal: banjo/harmony.

Mitch Jayne

"I wish life was ..."

As a BONUS, the album will also contain five episodes from the popular radio show "Mayberry Minute" ­ a show that ran nationally for 3 years and was narrated by RODNEY DILLARD.

Mitch Jayne (July 4th 1928 - August 2nd 2010) died on monday, August 2nd 2010 of cancer - he was 82!

28th September 2010 - new Rodney Dillard CD released:

- RODNEY DILLARD & THE DILLARD BAND: I wish life was like mayberry (Rural Rhythm RHY-1068-CD)
With Rodney Dillard, Steve Bush, George Giddens, Tim Crouch, David Creech
Boone Carlin, Beverly Cotten Dillard & Brian Dillard.

Mitch Jayne & Doug Dillard

"New Gospel CD"

Rodney Dillard & The Dillard Band feat. Beverly Dillard: Rural Rhythm Christian announces the August 16, 2011 album release, "Don't wait for the hearse to take you to church".
The album features stand out tracks like the title cut, and also the "The Devil Just Can't Knock Me Off My Knees", written by the Dillard's friend and 5-time Dove Award winning songwriter Bruce Haynes.
Musicians on the new CD include: Rodney Dillard (lead & harmony vocals, guitar, dobro), Beverly Dillard (lead & harmony vocals, banjo), Steve Bush (banjo, mandolin, bass), George Giddens (fiddle, mandolin, harmony vocals), Tim Crouch (fiddle, mandolin), Bruce Hoffman (fiddle), Marty Wilhite (bass), Pete Generous (percussion) and Jim Glaspy (harmony vocals).

- RODNEY DILLARD & THE DILLARD BAND featuring Beverly Dillard: Don't wait for the hearse to take you to church (Rural Rhythm)
With Rodney Dillard, Beverly Dillard, Steve Bush, George Giddens
Tim Crouch, Bruce Hoffman, Marty Wilhite, Pete Generous & Jim Glaspy.

DOUG DILLARD died on May 16, 2012 following a lengthy illness at the age of 75!!

This is Dean Webb with his plates of the "International Bluegrass Music Association's HALL OF FAME" inductee October 1, 2009!

DEAN WEBB

Dean Webb is playing in a band called The Missouri Boatride Bluegrass Band.
Note: Rodney Dillard offered Dean to join his "Dillard Band" when Rodney started it a few years ago. Dean didn't wanted it, because he's very happy playing in The Missouri Boatride Band!

Here are the 5 Missoiuri Boatride Band CDs with Dean Webb:

THE MISSOURI BOATRIDE BLUEGRASS BAND

Note: Doug Bounsall - member of the Dillards in the late 70s - died in a car accident in 2012.

2013 Byron Berline & Jane Frost wrote a fantastic book about Byron Berline's career! A MUST HAVE for every Country Gazette, Flying Burrito Brothers, Dillards, Clarence White, Gram Parsons .... fan!

BYRON BERLINE: A FIDDLER'S DIARY Forty years of journal entries document the L.A. recording industry from the Rolling Stones to the Byrds, and Alvin and the Chipmunks. They include hilarious stories of being one of the most sought after session players on the west coast, by three time National Fiddle Champion, Byron Berline, a Flying Burrito Brother who founded Country Gazette, The L.A. Fiddle Band and Sundance. His avoidance and survival of the drug-filled music industry, is amazing and heart lifting. His stories of the road are hilarious and the detailed journal entries are a researchers dream. From earthquakes to scoring motion pictures and having some of Charles Manson's Family in his home, this autobiography is the account of an Oklahoma farm boy's life and career -- from entering the University of Oklahoma on a football scholarship and graduating with a javelin in one hand and a fiddle in the other. It continues through acting in movies and his time playing/recording with Bill Monroe, Mickey Mouse, Linda Ronstadt, Emmy Lou Harris, Vince Gill, Mark O'Connor, Doug Dillard, Rod Stewart, Ann Murray, Earl Scruggs, and the Eagles, to his spiraling success as a musician, husband and father. Byron Berline, A Fiddler's Diary, is a peek inside the music industry as only an "A" list insider could explicitly describe. For baby-boomers, it is a dance down memory lane, with all the music and recording artists we love. His story is abundantly entertaining with enough documentation to be considered a reference work. Byron continues to tour, run his Doublestop Fiddle Shop and produces about twenty shows a year at his Music Hall in Guthrie, Oklahoma, as well as being the founder of the annual Oklahoma International Bluegrass Festival and Guthrie's annual Western Swing Festival. Byron continues to perform, record and write, with the same intensity and enthusiasm he has always maintained. He remains... "one of the most inventive fiddle players." In February, 2013, Grammy nominated, Byron Berline, received his highest recognition to date, being inducted into the National Fiddler's Hall of Fame. In genuine humble response, he invites everyone to, "Stop by the fiddle shop and say, HI"

A Fiddler's Diary

Rodney Dillard online

Country superstar Alan Jackson recorded the Dillards song "There is a time" written by Rodney Dillard & Mitch Jayne on his CD "The Bluegrass Album" released 2013.

Click here for the official Rodney Dillard web-page.
It has the only store where he autographs things that he sells. It also has info on all the current show packages he offers.
For bookings send mail to: booking@rodneydillard.tv.

Rodney Dillard about the new single:
"We are all on this Earth facing the same challenge and this song reminds us that what really matters is mankind's search for love, truth and peace. We're all Earthmen, we're all passing through, trying to get by, trying to make our way, to keep our family safe, to look out for our neighbors, and ultimately to understand that all of us are in this life and on this planet together."

- THE DILLARDS: Earthman (Single)
With Rodney Dillard, Beverly Cotten-Dillard, George Giddens, Tony Wray, Gary Smith, Herb Pedersen ...

The Dillards in the studio

THE DILLARDS Cory Walker, Gary Smith, George Giddens, Tony Wray Beverly Cotten-Dillard & Rodney Dillard

While proudly displaying The Dillards' bluegrass and string band ancestry, "Old Road New Again" is, like its predecessor, enhanced and enlivened by the sounds of drums, cello and electric bass.
The album's title track, which features Don Henley and Bernie Leadon, is a mini-history of The Dillards' fabled musical journeys.
It jauntily name-checks or alludes to many of the acts the band influenced, jammed or worked with, including the the Byrds, the Eagles (it was Rodney who suggested Henley leave Texas and seek his fortunes in California), Buffalo Springfield, the Kentucky Colonels, and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. "When someone tells the story" the chorus rings out, "this old road is new again".

- THE DILLARDS: Old Road New Again (Pinecastle Records)
With Rodney Dillard, George Giddens, Beverly Cotton-Dillard, Tony Wray & Gary Smith
guests: Don Henley, Bernie Leadon, Herb Pedersen, Sam Bush, Ricky Skaggs, Sharon & Cheryl White.

- THE DILLARDS: Songs that made Charlene cry (DillardSong Records)
With Rodney Dillard, Beverly Dillard, Tony Wray & Gary Smith
guests: Cory Walker, Jarrod Walker, Maddie Denton & Tyler Walker.