The Dillards

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The Dillards are an American bluegrass band from Salem, Missouri, consisting of Douglas Dillard (banjo), Rodney Dillard (guitar, dobro), Dean Webb (mandolin), and Mitch Jayne (double bass).

Other members of the band have included Dewey Martin (drums), Herb Pedersen (banjo, guitar), Billy Ray Latham (banjo, guitar, electric guitar), Ray Parks (fiddle), Paul York (drums), Jeff Gilkinson (bass, cello, harmonica, banjo), Douglas Bounsall (electric guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle), Byron Berline (fiddle), Irv Dugan (bass), Bill Bryson (bass), Glen D. Hardin (keyboards), Seth Papas (drums), Buddy Blackmon (banjo), Rick McEwen (bass), Ric Williams (drums), Joe Villegas (bass), Eddie Ponder (drums), Pete Grand (banjo, steel guitar), Steve Cooley (banjo, guitar, upright bass),and Richard Godfrey (drums).

Back Porch Bluegrass (1963) Elektra Records
Live...Almost!!! (1964) Elektra Records
Pickin' & Fiddlin' (1965) Elektra Records
Wheatstraw Suite (1968) Elektra Records
Copperfields (1970) Elektra Records
Roots & Branches (1972) Anthem Records
Tribute to the American Duck (1973) Poppy Records/United Artists
Country Tracks (1976) Elektra Records
Glitter Grass (1977) Flying Fish (Doug and Rodney with John Hartford)
he Dillards Vs. The Incredible L.A. Time Machine (1978) (Flying Fish)
Mountain Rock (1978) Crystal Clear Records
Decade Waltz (1979) Flying Fish
Homecoming & Family Reunion (1979) Flying Fish
Permanent Wave (1980) Flying Fish (Doug and Rodney with John Hartford)
Silver Dollar Jubilee (1984) Silver Dollar City Records
I'll Fly Away (1988) Edsel Records
There Is a Time (1963-70) (1991) Vanguard
Let It Fly (1991) Vanguard
Take Me Along for the Ride (1992) Vanguard
The Best Of The Darlin' Boys (1995) Vanguard
A Long Time Ago: The First Time Live (1999) Varese Records
Mountain Rock (2000) Delta Records
Roots & Branches/Tribute to the American Duck (2001) BGO Records
Wheatstraw Suite (2002) Collectors Choice
Copperfields (2002) Collectors Choice
Back Porch Bluegrass/Live...Almost!! (2003) WEA International
Pickin' & Fiddlin'/Wheatstraw Suite/Copperfields-Original Recordings Remastered (2004) WEA International
Let The Music Flow: The Best of the Dillards 1963-1979 (2005) Raven Records

Doug, Rodney and Byron Berline can be seen in the movie The Rose starring Bette Middler. They played musicians in Harry Dean Stanton's band and their faces can be seen on the screen for around ten minutes.

Doug Dillard appears as "Farmer Clem" in Robert Altman's movie Popeye, which starred Robin Williams and features a musical score by Harry Nilsson. A soundtrack album was released on Boardwalk records (SWAL 36880), the basic tracks were recorded on location in Malta by "The Falcons" (Ray Cooper, Doug Dillard, Harry Nilsson, Van Dyke Parks, Klaus Voormann, and The Mysterious Karsten). Nilsson wrote all of the songs except for "I'm Popeye the Sailor Man".

Rodney sings the Dillards song "There Is A Time" (written by Rodney and Mitch Jayne) on the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band album Will The Circle Be Unbroken - Part 3.

The band is notable for being among the first bluegrass groups to have electrified their instruments in the mid-1960s, are considered to be one of the pioneers of the burgeoning southern California folk rock and country rock, and so-called progressive bluegrass, genres, and are known to have directly or indirectly influenced artists such as The Eagles, The Byrds, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Dan Fogelberg, Linda Ronstadt, Iain Matthews, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Elton John, Fairport Convention, The New Grass Revival, J.D. Crowe and the New South, Ricky Skaggs, The Seldom Scene, and countless others.

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