The material gathered here has been on the market in various configurations for years under several different titles, including Traditional Banjo Music of the Ozarks (releases from both Collectables and Legacy), Banjo Jamboree, and Feuding ...
Liner Note Author: Glenn A. Baker.Unknown Contributor Roles: Dean Webb; Herb Pedersen; Mitch Jayne.@Raven's excellent multi-label anthology of the Dillards is required listening for fans of late-'60s/early-'70s country-rock. Consideri...
The Dillards: Rodney Dillard (vocals, guitar); Doug Dillard (vocals, banjo); Dean Webb (vocals, mandolin); Mitch Jayne (acoustic bass).Recorded live in 1962. Includes liner notes by Mitch Jayne.Varese's First Time Live compiles 16 liv...
Vanguard's The Best of the Darlin' Boys is a misleading collection of nine studio tracks culled from the Dillards' last two studio albums, Let It Fly (1991) and Take Me Along for the Ride (1992). While the Rodney Dillard-led country-rock of...
The Dillards: Rodney Dillard (vocals, dobro), Steve Cooley (acoustic & electric guitars, banjo), Dean Webb (mandolin), Mitch Jayne.Additional personnel: Gary Smith (acoustic guitar), Mark Pearman (fiddle), Jeff Jarvis (keyboards), Jeff D...
Liner Note Author: John Stewart.Recording information: The Mecca, Los Angeles, CA.Editor: Jim Dickson.In the early 1960s, the Dillards were one of the first bluegrass acts to try to move the music out of the traditional confines of...
Adapter: J. Nevel.Liner Note Author: Richie Unterberger.Arranger: J. Nevel.This compilation features two complete records the Dillards made in the early '60s--BACK PORCH BLUE GRASS is their 1963 debut--on one disc. BACK PORCH BLUE ...
The Dillards' second album with rock-influenced arrangements was not as barrier-busting as 1968's Wheatstraw Suite, and further removed from their bluegrass roots. However, it was a similarly eclectic and, for the most part, joyous romp thr...
It never got any better than this. In 1968, as the Byrds were making valiant (if unappreciated) efforts to bring rock and country music closer together, the Dillards were trying to do some of the same for bluegrass and rock. The result was ...
This 28-track digitally remastered release combines two early 1960s acoustic releases by bluegrass legends The Dillards and includes "Pretty Polly," "Old Joseph," and "Dixie Breakdown."
Over the years, the Dillards have had their share of personnel changes. When they recorded Let It Fly for Vanguard in 1990, the main participants were founding member Rodney Dillard (lead vocals), Steve Cooley (acoustic guitar, banjo), Dean...