Born March 6, 1937 in Salem, MO, Dillard started playing guitar at age five, and began plucking the strings on the banjo after receiving the instrument as a present from his parents at age fifteen.

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 in Nashville ...

Sep. 29—1. Mayo 2. Wayzata 3. Edina 4. Minnetonka 5. Mounds View 6. Century 7. Prior Lake 8. Forest Lake 9. Alexandria 10. Elk River Others to watch: Cambridge ...

LOS ANGELES — Bluegrass banjo pioneer Earl Scruggs answered a knock at the door of his Nashville home in 1953 to find an eager-looking banjo enthusiast on the porch asking Scruggs to put a set of his ...

Banjo player and TV performer Doug Dillard, who gained fame for his appearances on "The Andy Griffith Show" with musical group the Dillards (known on the TV series as the "Darlings&quot ...