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Andy and the Darlings Perform "Dueling Banjos"
Andy and the Darlings Perform "Dueling Banjos"
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2019 Mar 27
If you love 'The Andy Griffith Show,' you love the bluegrass jams from the Darlings! Watch Andy and the Darlings perform "Dueling Banjoes."
You can read more about the Darlings on 'The Andy Griffith Show' here: https://www.metv.com/stories/videos-heres-proof-that-mayberry-picked-the-finest-musicians-to-perform-as-the-darlings
75 Likes
9,050 Views
2019 Mar 27
If you love 'The Andy Griffith Show,' you love the bluegrass jams from the Darlings! Watch Andy and the Darlings perform "Dueling Banjoes."
You can read more about the Darlings on 'The Andy Griffith Show' here: https://www.metv.com/stories/videos-heres-proof-that-mayberry-picked-the-finest-musicians-to-perform-as-the-darlings
https://www.metv.com/stories/videos-heres-proof-that-mayberry-picked-the-finest-musicians-to-perform-as-the-darlings
Videos: Here's proof that Mayberry picked the finest musicians to perform as the Darlings
Watch Andy perform "Duelin' Banjos" with the band.
March 15, 2019, 12:31PM By MeTV Staff
Call it “Mayberry Jail Cell Blues,” but the first time Andy Griffith ever joined the Darlings in a performance on The Andy Griffith Show was in his own jail in the episode “The Darlings Are Coming.” It all comes together when the family band is kicked out of Mayberry’s hotel for having too many folks occupying a single room. Andy pities them and invites them to pass the night in the jail, also secretly itching to play along after hearing their fine tunes through the door to their former hotel room.
In the cell, you see the band packed in, and then Andy squats in the door with his guitar, and the frenzy of strumming starts that marks the soothing nature of bluegrass music. Watch the video below to see how the Mayberry lawman holds his own with the Darlings, after Briscoe Darling (Denver Pyle) remarks with surprise, “I didn’t know you strang!”:
On The Andy Griffith Show, most fans know that the core members of the Darlings band – Doug (once dubbed Jebbin), Rodney, Mitch and Dean – were actually highly revered bluegrass musicians the Dillards, Doug Dillard, Rodney Dillard, Mitch Jayne and Dean Webb.
And while the Dillards were certainly well-known to any bluegrass fan at that time, it was their appearances on The Andy Griffith Show that ultimately broadened their audience in ways few bluegrass bands achieve. That’s how much Griffith’s clear love for the music rubbed off on all his fans. In that way, the two influential entities in pop culture supported one another in their developing successes.
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Watch Andy perform "Duelin' Banjos" with the band.
March 15, 2019, 12:31PM By MeTV Staff
Call it “Mayberry Jail Cell Blues,” but the first time Andy Griffith ever joined the Darlings in a performance on The Andy Griffith Show was in his own jail in the episode “The Darlings Are Coming.” It all comes together when the family band is kicked out of Mayberry’s hotel for having too many folks occupying a single room. Andy pities them and invites them to pass the night in the jail, also secretly itching to play along after hearing their fine tunes through the door to their former hotel room.
In the cell, you see the band packed in, and then Andy squats in the door with his guitar, and the frenzy of strumming starts that marks the soothing nature of bluegrass music. Watch the video below to see how the Mayberry lawman holds his own with the Darlings, after Briscoe Darling (Denver Pyle) remarks with surprise, “I didn’t know you strang!”:
On The Andy Griffith Show, most fans know that the core members of the Darlings band – Doug (once dubbed Jebbin), Rodney, Mitch and Dean – were actually highly revered bluegrass musicians the Dillards, Doug Dillard, Rodney Dillard, Mitch Jayne and Dean Webb.
And while the Dillards were certainly well-known to any bluegrass fan at that time, it was their appearances on The Andy Griffith Show that ultimately broadened their audience in ways few bluegrass bands achieve. That’s how much Griffith’s clear love for the music rubbed off on all his fans. In that way, the two influential entities in pop culture supported one another in their developing successes.
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