FUN FACT:…Andy Griffith could not pay The Dillards for acting appearances…but he promised to feature them performing their songs on his show…the episodes were among the highest rated during the Series run, The Dillards became world famous, and the rest is history
Ray Charles said music is music. I am a 65 yr old African American woman who was born and raised in NC. Love this music!! I am starting fiddle lessons tomorrow. No prior experience.
Good for you! I've been wanting to since I was in my 20s plus guitar and piano. I'm still breathing so it's never too late. I was in band at school and played 3 different instruments, but no string instruments. I need to get with it!
I wish you the best of luck. Many instruments that people think of as being inherently American often originated by way of slaves brought to North America. The banjo was originally from the African continent. Made from a simple gourd with a few strings strung between the gourd and neck. I wish you good fortune in learning the violin/fiddle.
Black/African Americans also Influenced Folk and Country Music. After all the Banjo is an West African instrument and word. It kinda sucks that we only listen to rap and hip hop nowadays.
When I was a kid, my dad used to sing this song to me every night before I went to sleep. He passed away in October, and would have been 80 years old this week. He married the daughter of a moonshiner from southeast Missouri, so this song also reminds me of my grandfather.
Many of us can say something similar but at the same time that you have tears, you feel a smile on your face for the happy memories ? Have a great day everyone !
The Dillards were the best part of the Andy Griffith Show. Saddest part- Rodney Dillard is the only band member still with us. Doug was and is still one of the best banjo pickers I've ever heard with a style that few emulate. Dean Webb- a great mandolinist and Mitch Jayne- the infamous pipe smoking bass player, song writer, spokesman,etc. All are sadly missed.
it is sure that time may seem to be endless but it feeds on us, our fathers and our sons! in fact, we need to make sure to leave a walk-able path for the other one coming after in this so long parade! as from time to time one pulls out to make room and it goes on and on, and the memories stay.
A little trivia: Doug Dillard played the banjo part on Glen Campbell’s Gentle on My Mind. A lot of folks thought it was John Hartford due to the fact that Hartford wrote the song.
When I was a kid I watched Andy Griffith. Many years later I watched reruns and I thought, "Mr. Darling is so familiar....hmmm..oh, it's Uncle Jesse!!!"
Dooley is my sons nickname. He’s 21 now and knows exactly where it came from. My Mother which has been deceased since 1994 watched this and I love it. ❤
From the Album with John Hartford(the guy that wrote Gentle on my mind,amongst other great songs)Dillard,Hartford and Dillard...two hit's and the joint turned brown....Yeah....Those same guys!
I’m 65 and still watch Andy Griffith every night… of course they’re repeats but I don’t get tired of watching them… btw Andy produced quite many albums… good songs like little brown church in the vale, seveveral others… Che it it out… he has a great singing voice…
Besides my father, this man and show is responsible for the man I am today. I grew up watching old re-runs with my family and learned from the shows wisdom and humor. Now, in my 40's, I use "Andy Taylor Philosophy" not only with my family but in my current job as a law enforcement officer and have since I first got hired. I truly believe that the reason I am at the top today in my career is absolutely due to me using the sheriff's forethought, charm, humor, and just danged good common sense. I have introduced the show to my children when they were young and they love it still today. This show can teach anyone, no matter their background, very important life lessons. I will use them as long as I live. Thanks Andy and Barn.
I used much of that philosophy too, in my early adulthood and some for my child's learning. I had a long-time girlfriend in the late 80's that called me Andy Griffith in stone-washed jeans!
They said it best themselves. "Some boys hammer on the steel all day and some put a furrow in the ground, but nobody did it like the Darlin' boys when the fiddle and bow came down"
Lilly Garfield I use it because that seems to be what people are interested in when they see my wheelchair, as if that is all there is to life, "does it work," is on the top ten of questions asked.
I agree Maples I can't stand anything they have on tv it's all total garbage that's why I went out and bought the Beverly hill billys all of the andy Griffith show and I got my hands on the old Adams family and that's all I watch.
Back in 1987 I worked with a guy at a semiconductor factory in Scotland who said that Bluegrass was Scottish music. Of course he was right because originally, it certainly was. We talked and found that we both played Scottish music so he invited me to his home for dinner and we played for hours what Americans call Bluegrass. It sure was fun to travel so far only to feel right at home.
Greg Bramlett, my favorite on the show was Doug's Tune. It was in the episode "Briscoe Declares for Aunt Bee". One of my favorite episodes! The other favorite is the one with Colonel Harvey! 😂😂😂
There’s a pretty amazing version of this out there on you tube by a brilliant young guy by the name of Josh Turner and some musical friends of his. Great bluegrass music is alive and well.
@@jessicacurtis5599 All you gotta do is go buy one. I recommend that Deering Goodtime open back for beginners. It's only about $500 on Amazon. A very solid instrument at half the price of others.
For those interested in "The Darlings," check out the real-life group The Dillards (who played the Darling family). Of course, actor Denver Pyle plays father Briscoe Darling was not a member of the real Dillards. Maggie Peterson had singing talent as well, but was not a member of the Dillards.
But Maggie Peterson did continue to join the Dillards on stage many times to sing with them, on and off for over 30 years after the Andy Griffith show had ended. So in a way she did become a member, or honorary member. All because they met and performed together on the tv show. Maggie's husband (Gus Mancuso) was a professional musician too.
As of this writing (09/10/2018), only two people in this scene are still alive - Rodney Dillard and Maggie Peterson. The story of how they got together is fascinating. Denver Pyle has always been a favorite of mine.
I love the melody and pitch of the vocalist My grandpa just passed away and while he was on hospice we played old fashioned bluegrass from the 40’s and 50’s 3 days straight on the tv……. I couldn’t write down song names in the moment but if anyone could recommend a playlist or albums for me it would be much appreciated! Or some easy songs I could learn to play on his old 4 string Leo master banjo God bless any of the replies on this old of a video
I can recommend some pickers, not so much pa playlist. Steve Martin, and the Steep Canyon Rangers are about as hot in Bluegrass as anyone these days. Billy Strings is a young guitar master who is carrying the torch. The Steeldrivers are also a very polished bluegrass band with an outstanding fiddle player. I'm partial to their material with Chris Stapleton. Another interesting band is The Dead South. Of course, there's the traditional, old school guys...Earl Scruggs, Bill Monroe, The Stanley Bros. There's the classic Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Album, "Will The Circle Be Un broken", the album "Old And In The Way", featuring Jerry Garcia on banjo. As a banjo picker, I can tell you right now that you will have very little success trying to play bluegrass on a 4 string banjo. A 5 string is almost required to play bluegrass, that 5th string makes all the difference...but, by all means, learn to pick that 4 stringer, whatever you play! After all, if ya got time to breathe, ya got time for music!
This was my first intro to bluegrass music, and the Dillards actually came to my church a few years ago and I met them, they’re older but still awesome
Gotta say - 98% of TH-cam comments will make you lose IQ points....however on most Andy Griffith threads I really enjoy and sometimes learn things I did not know. Seems if you are an Andy Griffith fan you are just good people!
20 year old female, a mexican immigrant, but this show brings back crazy memories. My grandpa and great grandpa has lived in mexico all their lives, but commuted to Texas to make good money for their family back home. My great grandfather always talked about how he and His father would help the ranchers as cattle hands, guarding the livestock, moving them across long distances, and all this while great grand dad was only a 14 year old kid with his father. He said, ironically, back in those days there wasnt really much racism like it was now. All men worked and pulled their weight and that was pretty much the only determining factor in the matter. My great grandfather and grandfather worked hard for years, saving every penny, so that my family could have a shot one day. Me and grandpa would watch this show all the time, and he loved the episodes with the darlings. His accent was always heavy, his English broken and flawed, but he's never been much of a talker anyway. However, when he'd play his guitar or banjo at get togethers, after the mexican folk songs were over and the rest of his mariachi friends went home, he'd always play some bluegrass, and never once did his accent slip. He'd play this song just for me. "His girl" and told me that no matter what I may experience in America (I was still very young and new to the country) or may hear from people, I have roots in this great country, and came from hard working men who had just as much if a hand in building this place as anyone else, and to judge the country not by anything negative I may hear, but by what the country is offering me, which is a chance, opportunity, protection, freedom. Everytime I hear this song in particular I think about Grandpa, how strong and confident his voice was when he sang the words, how his broken English never showed through on this song he knew every syllable and sound to by heart. Him and great grandad were true gentlemen of a bygone era. Some of us may not have been around to experience these times, but thats exactly why we should treasure and share and cherish this kinf of music, the wonderful, beautiful relics of our past, a past that, while not being born in this country, I am proud to say feel like they belong to me, as well.
20 year old female, a mexican immigrant, but this show brings back crazy memories. My grandpa and great grandpa has lived in mexico all their lives, but commuted to Texas to make good money for their family back home. My great grandfather always talked about how he and His father would help the ranchers as cattle hands, guarding the livestock, moving them across long distances, and all this while great grand dad was only a 14 year old kid with his father. He said, ironically, back in those days there wasnt really much racism like it was now. All men worked and pulled their weight and that was pretty much the only determining factor in the matter. My great grandfather and grandfather worked hard for years, saving every penny, so that my family could have a shot one day. Me and grandpa would watch this show all the time, and he loved the episodes with the darlings. His accent was always heavy, his English broken and flawed, but he's never been much of a talker anyway. However, when he'd play his guitar or banjo at get togethers, after the mexican folk songs were over and the rest of his mariachi friends went home, he'd always play some bluegrass, and never once did his accent slip. He'd play this song just for me. "His girl" and told me that no matter what I may experience in America (I was still very young and new to the country) or may hear from people, I have roots in this great country, and came from hard working men who had just as much if a hand in building this place as anyone else, and to judge the country not by anything negative I may hear, but by what the country is offering me, which is a chance, opportunity, protection, freedom. Everytime I hear this song in particular I think about Grandpa, how strong and confident his voice was when he sang the words, how his broken English never showed through on this song he knew every syllable and sound to by heart. Him and great grandad were true gentlemen of a bygone era. Some of us may not have been around to experience these times, but thats exactly why we should treasure and share and cherish this kinf of music, the wonderful, beautiful relics of our past, a past that, while not being born in this country, I am proud to say feel like they belong to me, as well.
Love ya "big hawk". Watching this movie with u every sunday is some of the fondest memories of u and i. Ill make sure youre never forgotten. Big hawk 7-4-1959- 2-6-2020
These songs and kinds of music makes you want to dance around or relax and talk about the good old days and hang out with your friends, I wish music was like this now.
My Mother-in-law didn't know this song and we were watching Andy Griffith yesterday.... this episode came on and I was singin' along with it and she just stared at me like.... you are crazy! :) I love this song.
Andy Griffith always loved music and felt it had its place and Mayberry Country folks love their Bluegrass , A'int nuth'n wrong wit dat thare -and remember -the golden rule of the Darling Family= If ya got time to breathe then ya got time fer music ♥Amen
At approximately 0:30 the Darlings sing the song entitled "Dooley". What fond memories does it bring us when we were younger. Rest In Peace Denver Pyle and Andy Griffith. Apr 11, 2020 @ 10:55 am.
Well, hell, you gotta RIP them all. Hoke Howell (Dud), Don Knotts (Barney), Doug Dillard (banjo), Mitch Jayne (bass), and Dean Webb (mandolin) are all gone, too. Only Rod Dillard (guitar/lead vocals) and Maggie Peterson (Charlene) are left from that scene as of 2/7/2021.
Back in 1987 I worked with a guy at a semiconductor factory in Scotland who said that Bluegrass was Scottish music. Of course he was right because originally, it certainly was. We talked and found that we both played Scottish music so he invited me to his home for dinner and we played for hours what Americans call Bluegrass. It sure was fun to travel so far only to feel right at home. Making whiskey is an old Scottish tradition and (in my opinion) therefore should have never been denied for Scottish immigrants in Appalachia to operate stills.
Modern American Bluegrass is a mix of Scottish and North Irish music, with a dash of English and German thrown in. And let's not forget the Italians who gave us the mandolin or the West Africans who gave us the banjo. There's a reason why America is called "the melting pot".
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I’m so damn proud to be a Southern Appalachian American. White, black, etc, if you’re born here, you’re a Southern Appalachian American by the grace of God and my brother/sister
My college roommate had been playing mandolin for 6 years and was really good at it. I was there at several bluegrass jam sessions that he attended. Even though I was more of a headbanger, the bluegrass music was infectious.
One of THE best shows ever on television. One of the best episodes too. I learned how to play this song on acoustic guitar while watching this. I love it.
This is without question the best post and video known to mankind. I bought the entire A.G. series. My son and I watched this for years. Great show..great series. All texts from my son in Sweden end in..Love you Pa. Priceless. Epic memories. Thanks again.
Your soul enjoys it because it's true authentic music, your mind may reject due to the domestication indoctrination we're put through from birth, most people are so docile they listen to rap mostly lol
They all answered perfectly. Good music is good music. I'm no country fan by a long shot but I always give props and respect to any well written and well performed song at least in modern popular music. All modern music has the same African root from blues, jazz, gospel, country, rock, soul and pop music. It gets deep but all modern popular music begins with American Blues and Jazz and branches out from there. That's why classic bluegrass sounds so great and has mass appeal even from those not really familar with the genre. BTW check out Roy Clark on his Beverly Hillbillies guest appearances. I promise you'll love it country fan or not. And remember I am NOT a country fan. I do respect the genre though or at least the old Hank Williams and Johnny Cash stuff.
"You've got time to breathe, You've got time for music" AMEN
Hello friend, how're you doing today??
Amen to that!
So right!
I agree with that
Best comment ever!!!
FUN FACT:…Andy Griffith could not pay The Dillards for acting appearances…but he promised to feature them performing their songs on his show…the episodes were among the highest rated during the Series run, The Dillards became world famous, and the rest is history
Pretty sure they couldn't speak because then they would have to be credited as actors and therefore be paid.
@@fjorgyn7438 yes, but they could sing.
@@laryjohnson5736 correct, which means they were credited as singers, not actors.
@@fjorgyn7438 true
Ray Charles said music is music. I am a 65 yr old African American woman who was born and raised in NC. Love this music!! I am starting fiddle lessons tomorrow. No prior experience.
best of luck have FUN ! 😊
Good for you! I've been wanting to since I was in my 20s plus guitar and piano. I'm still breathing so it's never too late. I was in band at school and played 3 different instruments, but no string instruments. I need to get with it!
You can do anything you wish. I picked the Banjo up at 60 and practice daily. It is fun and relaxing.
I wish you the best of luck. Many instruments that people think of as being inherently American often originated by way of slaves brought to North America. The banjo was originally from the African continent. Made from a simple gourd with a few strings strung between the gourd and neck. I wish you good fortune in learning the violin/fiddle.
I was raised in the Mts.of nc,my grandmother picked a banjo
After almost sixty years this is still my favorite version of Dooley.
This and when they sang along to Dooley in Blue Baby are tied with me
Same
Yes sir, no doubt
amen
Love It also. ❤
I'm black American 25 years old I listen to this 2020
Great music knows no color!
@@1gallimaufry that's right!!
Same here, but I'm 29 year old Mexican from east LA
Clearly you were raised right!
Black/African Americans also Influenced Folk and Country Music. After all the Banjo is an West African instrument and word. It kinda sucks that we only listen to rap and hip hop nowadays.
I kind of wanted to hear ‘Never Hit Your Grandma With A great Big Stick’ but…it makes me cry.
I feel like Andy had this whole episode put together just to get a chance to play Dooley with The Dillards. Look at that face he had a blast
John R. Timmers
No doubt he had a blast. Barney did as well.
So? Lol
Bruh rill doh baleedat
@@spiritussancti6547 so your mother
@@shadyganley8877 lmao how old are you 12?
"If you've got time to breathe you've got time for music" best thing I've heard all day
There’s truth in that statement best thing ive heard while getting ready for work 😃 🎼
Music is good 🤗
Amen 🙏
When I was a kid, my dad used to sing this song to me every night before I went to sleep.
He passed away in October, and would have been 80 years old this week.
He married the daughter of a moonshiner from southeast Missouri, so this song also reminds me of my grandfather.
Sending my sympathies to you
Rodney Dillard is from Salem, MO in SEMO.
There is nothing more American than this. LOVE IT
Right
Boston
+Jacob Black maybe a while ago
Such fun 😊!
One of my favorite song s!!
Man im 17 and i know how old this show is and i grew up watching this and i absolutely love this show and i love this song
Made me cry like a baby
I remember summer nights with my grandparents and sitting on the couch watching this before bed
Glad it’s not just me with tears. Always watched it with my dad on his lunch hour as a little girl. He’s gone now, and this pulls at my heart ❤
This is racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic and transphobic all rolled into one
Many of us can say something similar but at the same time that you have tears, you feel a smile on your face for the happy memories ? Have a great day everyone !
I loved the way the boy's never spoke or smiled ,never showed any facial expression at all. But boy could they play!
"Never Hit Ya Grandma With a Great Big Stick" always makes me cry too...
me too :(
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strange....I find it to be a real toe tapper
J.P. Wamble. Bet it makes grandma cry too.
The version I always heard was, "Never Hit Yer Mother in the Head With a Shovel, It Leaves a Dull Impression on Her Mind"...
The Darlings were pure gold. That was "extree good."
The Dillards were the best part of the Andy Griffith Show. Saddest part- Rodney Dillard is the only band member still with us. Doug was and is still one of the best banjo pickers I've ever heard with a style that few emulate. Dean Webb- a great mandolinist and Mitch Jayne- the infamous pipe smoking bass player, song writer, spokesman,etc. All are sadly missed.
Darlings
The Dillard's are their real name.
it is sure that time may seem to be endless but it feeds on us, our fathers and our sons! in fact, we need to make sure to leave a walk-able path for the other one coming after in this so long parade! as from time to time one pulls out to make room and it goes on and on, and the memories stay.
A little trivia: Doug Dillard played the banjo part on Glen Campbell’s Gentle on My Mind. A lot of folks thought it was John Hartford due to the fact that Hartford wrote the song.
The Dillards got this Mexican into blue grass music growing up as a child watching the Andy Griffith show. Still love it
Got time to breath, got time for music!
He's right!
JamAlong Music Method™ uncle jesse
No truer words ever spoken!
sounds like my family lol
Got time to breath, got time to smoke
When I was a kid I watched Andy Griffith. Many years later I watched reruns and I thought, "Mr. Darling is so familiar....hmmm..oh, it's Uncle Jesse!!!"
I'm a African American woman who has always love to hear the Dillards sing, I love the way they harmonize and pick the different string instruments!
It's American music, and you're American. I'm American. This music is part of OUR history.
african AMERICAN
I'm hooked on this song. So much better than today's music. Takes real talent. Those boys were something else.
Thanks Andrea! Check out our new album (it’s on our channel).
Dooley is my sons nickname. He’s 21 now and knows exactly where it came from.
My Mother which has been deceased since 1994 watched this and I love it. ❤
Hello how are you doing today?
The Darlins were a real family Bluegrass band called the Dillard's (except for Denver Pile) and not actors, that's why they never spoke.
Had they spoken they would have to be paid.
really ? Did they make it to Nashville?
what about the woman that played Charline?
@@concretecowboy3 I Know Mr. Brisco & Charlene & Dud Are The Only Ones That Spoke .
From the Album with John Hartford(the guy that wrote Gentle on my mind,amongst other great songs)Dillard,Hartford and Dillard...two hit's and the joint turned brown....Yeah....Those same guys!
I remember my dad woke me up everyday early for me to sit with him and watch Andy Griffith every Saturday until noon.
i remember being 8 years old and singing this song all the time after watching this episode. I'm 55 now and still impressed with that guy's vocals.
Hello how are you doing today?
@@honestj820😢
Always loved the Darlings' facial reactions whenever they are praised for their musicianship by Andy, Barney, Thelma, anonymous extra, et. al.
Hey how are you doing today…?
There's something about this music...you can't not like it. :)
***** I'm not even sure what you're trying to say here? She was saying that she likes the music..
Because double negatives and stuff
True double negatives actually do make it seem like she means she doesn't like it
Rachel Krizik just makes you wanna flail about😂
Good song
these guys added so much to the show ....just great
I grew up with Andy Griffith, and I'm SO grateful for his genius!
I’m 65 and still watch Andy Griffith every night… of course they’re repeats but I don’t get tired of watching them… btw Andy produced quite many albums… good songs like little brown church in the vale, seveveral others… Che it it out… he has a great singing voice…
Besides my father, this man and show is responsible for the man I am today. I grew up watching old re-runs with my family and learned from the shows wisdom and humor. Now, in my 40's, I use "Andy Taylor Philosophy" not only with my family but in my current job as a law enforcement officer and have since I first got hired. I truly believe that the reason I am at the top today in my career is absolutely due to me using the sheriff's forethought, charm, humor, and just danged good common sense. I have introduced the show to my children when they were young and they love it still today. This show can teach anyone, no matter their background, very important life lessons. I will use them as long as I live. Thanks Andy and Barn.
Thank you for your service to your community. May you always return home safely to your family🙏
Don't ever read a book about Andy. You will crash hard.
I used much of that philosophy too, in my early adulthood and some for my child's learning. I had a long-time girlfriend in the late 80's that called me Andy Griffith in stone-washed jeans!
They said it best themselves.
"Some boys hammer on the steel all day and some put a furrow in the ground, but nobody did it like the Darlin' boys when the fiddle and bow came down"
Thank you!
Heck yeah!
"Just jump in and hang on!"... I loved this show.
Funny how the noys never talk in the show but they cam singi love them when they are on andy giffin
I can almost smell The Darlings
WHO'S watching during quarantine 👍🏿?? MMMEEEEE
Sorry to report that I saw this when it was first broadcast.
@@sebastiangrumman8507 Me old also same age as Ron Howard born on month earlier.
One of my very favorite Andy Griffith episodes. Loved the one's with the Darling family and with Ernest T. Bass.
Andy H Ernest T. Great.
It's me,it's me! It's Earnest T!
Love Charlene
Nothing like seeing Barney in a wedding dress. LOL. I love this song too. Good ole bluegrass and good ole Dillards.
It was incredible being on the show.
I'm 48 and I've watched this show since I was a kid and I still enjoy it today.
I’m 13. Griffith died when I was 6. I watch this show every day
“Got time to breathe, got time for music”. A music teacher’s motto. ⏰🎶⏰🎶
Hello friend, how're you doing today??
Two daughters and a 40 gallon still, what more could a man want?
a son
A good woman to properly cork the bottles.
This is when Andy had Barney to dress up in a bride's outfit to trick Ernest T. Bass. The Darlings also snored loudly in this episode.
This one was on this week in Boston.
Literally just watched this episode
Back when family TV shows existed
Maples01 Your pic makes what you posted kind of funny.
Lilly Garfield
I use it because that seems to be what people are interested in when they see my wheelchair, as if that is all there is to life, "does it work," is on the top ten of questions asked.
+Maples01 don't make my think of the old days,IT MAKES MY CRY ! wa, wa ,wa
Danny Thompson Go back to your scripted reality shows, bet Kim K is your idol
I agree Maples I can't stand anything they have on tv it's all total garbage that's why I went out and bought the Beverly hill billys all of the andy Griffith show and I got my hands on the old Adams family and that's all I watch.
Mountain Wedding is one of our favorites, any of the Ernest T episodes are all Great! Love this song, as well!
Mine too, because they sing Leaning on the Everlasting Arms.
I think this is very fine bluegrass music. I enjoyed hearing it played on the show.
Back in 1987 I worked with a guy at a semiconductor factory in Scotland who said that Bluegrass was Scottish music. Of course he was right because originally, it certainly was. We talked and found that we both played Scottish music so he invited me to his home for dinner and we played for hours what Americans call Bluegrass. It sure was fun to travel so far only to feel right at home.
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Greg Bramlett, my favorite on the show was Doug's Tune. It was in the episode "Briscoe Declares for Aunt Bee". One of my favorite episodes! The other favorite is the one with Colonel Harvey! 😂😂😂
They were a real group of musicians
love this and the Dooleys.
Hello how are you doing today…?
When you watch movies you feel lazy but when you watch Andy Griffith you feel like you've accomplished something.
Whenever I’m at Band practice and we’re playing a song that we don’t know very well, I just think of Mr. Darling saying, “Just jump in and hang on.”
These old shows from this time, when I watch them to this day, they still give me a feeling of love, joy and of being safe.
anyone listening in 2019?
There’s a pretty amazing version of this out there on you tube by a brilliant young guy by the name of Josh Turner and some musical friends of his. Great bluegrass music is alive and well.
Absolutely.
But then I am a banjo player so I always study the greats.
I'd love love love to learn to play the banjo!!!!!!!!!!!
@@jessicacurtis5599 All you gotta do is go buy one. I recommend that Deering Goodtime open back for beginners. It's only about $500 on Amazon. A very solid instrument at half the price of others.
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"You got time to breath, you got time for music." Golden.
"That makes me cry." Love Charlene Darling. 😀 Such a fun character! Excellent music. Very talented men and such a great show. 👍
Thank you sir!
I love Dooley it is awsome my fav song
Hello how are you doing today….?
For those interested in "The Darlings," check out the real-life group The Dillards (who played the Darling family). Of course, actor Denver Pyle plays father Briscoe Darling was not a member of the real Dillards. Maggie Peterson had singing talent as well, but was not a member of the Dillards.
But Maggie Peterson did continue to join the Dillards on stage many times to sing with them, on and off for over 30 years after the Andy Griffith show had ended. So in a way she did become a member, or honorary member. All because they met and performed together on the tv show. Maggie's husband (Gus Mancuso) was a professional musician too.
One of my favorite songs. I grew up watching these episodes on VHS tapes that my dad had taped on reruns.
The Andy Griffith Show and music like this. Nothing comes close.
This song is just for me!
As of this writing (09/10/2018), only two people in this scene are still alive - Rodney Dillard and Maggie Peterson. The story of how they got together is fascinating. Denver Pyle has always been a favorite of mine.
I love the melody and pitch of the vocalist
My grandpa just passed away and while he was on hospice we played old fashioned bluegrass from the 40’s and 50’s 3 days straight on the tv…….
I couldn’t write down song names in the moment but if anyone could recommend a playlist or albums for me it would be much appreciated!
Or some easy songs I could learn to play on his old 4 string Leo master banjo
God bless any of the replies on this old of a video
I can recommend some pickers, not so much pa playlist. Steve Martin, and the Steep Canyon Rangers are about as hot in Bluegrass as anyone these days. Billy Strings is a young guitar master who is carrying the torch. The Steeldrivers are also a very polished bluegrass band with an outstanding fiddle player. I'm partial to their material with Chris Stapleton. Another interesting band is The Dead South. Of course, there's the traditional, old school guys...Earl Scruggs, Bill Monroe, The Stanley Bros. There's the classic Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Album, "Will The Circle Be Un broken", the album "Old And In The Way", featuring Jerry Garcia on banjo. As a banjo picker, I can tell you right now that you will have very little success trying to play bluegrass on a 4 string banjo. A 5 string is almost required to play bluegrass, that 5th string makes all the difference...but, by all means, learn to pick that 4 stringer, whatever you play! After all, if ya got time to breathe, ya got time for music!
This was my first intro to bluegrass music, and the Dillards actually came to my church a few years ago and I met them, they’re older but still awesome
I just love the dead pan delivery 😂😂
Gotta say - 98% of TH-cam comments will make you lose IQ points....however on most Andy Griffith threads I really enjoy and sometimes learn things I did not know. Seems if you are an Andy Griffith fan you are just good people!
20 year old female, a mexican immigrant, but this show brings back crazy memories.
My grandpa and great grandpa has lived in mexico all their lives, but commuted to Texas to make good money for their family back home.
My great grandfather always talked about how he and His father would help the ranchers as cattle hands, guarding the livestock, moving them across long distances, and all this while great grand dad was only a 14 year old kid with his father. He said, ironically, back in those days there wasnt really much racism like it was now.
All men worked and pulled their weight and that was pretty much the only determining factor in the matter.
My great grandfather and grandfather worked hard for years, saving every penny, so that my family could have a shot one day.
Me and grandpa would watch this show all the time, and he loved the episodes with the darlings. His accent was always heavy, his English broken and flawed, but he's never been much of a talker anyway.
However, when he'd play his guitar or banjo at get togethers, after the mexican folk songs were over and the rest of his mariachi friends went home, he'd always play some bluegrass, and never once did his accent slip.
He'd play this song just for me. "His girl" and told me that no matter what I may experience in America (I was still very young and new to the country) or may hear from people, I have roots in this great country, and came from hard working men who had just as much if a hand in building this place as anyone else, and to judge the country not by anything negative I may hear, but by what the country is offering me, which is a chance, opportunity, protection, freedom.
Everytime I hear this song in particular I think about Grandpa, how strong and confident his voice was when he sang the words, how his broken English never showed through on this song he knew every syllable and sound to by heart.
Him and great grandad were true gentlemen of a bygone era.
Some of us may not have been around to experience these times,
but thats exactly why we should treasure and share and cherish this kinf of music,
the wonderful, beautiful relics of our past,
a past that, while not being born in this country, I am proud to say feel like they belong to me, as well.
20 year old female, a mexican immigrant, but this show brings back crazy memories.
My grandpa and great grandpa has lived in mexico all their lives, but commuted to Texas to make good money for their family back home.
My great grandfather always talked about how he and His father would help the ranchers as cattle hands, guarding the livestock, moving them across long distances, and all this while great grand dad was only a 14 year old kid with his father. He said, ironically, back in those days there wasnt really much racism like it was now.
All men worked and pulled their weight and that was pretty much the only determining factor in the matter.
My great grandfather and grandfather worked hard for years, saving every penny, so that my family could have a shot one day.
Me and grandpa would watch this show all the time, and he loved the episodes with the darlings. His accent was always heavy, his English broken and flawed, but he's never been much of a talker anyway.
However, when he'd play his guitar or banjo at get togethers, after the mexican folk songs were over and the rest of his mariachi friends went home, he'd always play some bluegrass, and never once did his accent slip.
He'd play this song just for me. "His girl" and told me that no matter what I may experience in America (I was still very young and new to the country) or may hear from people, I have roots in this great country, and came from hard working men who had just as much if a hand in building this place as anyone else, and to judge the country not by anything negative I may hear, but by what the country is offering me, which is a chance, opportunity, protection, freedom.
Everytime I hear this song in particular I think about Grandpa, how strong and confident his voice was when he sang the words, how his broken English never showed through on this song he knew every syllable and sound to by heart.
Him and great grandad were true gentlemen of a bygone era.
Some of us may not have been around to experience these times,
but thats exactly why we should treasure and share and cherish this kinf of music,
the wonderful, beautiful relics of our past,
a past that, while not being born in this country, I am proud to say feel like they belong to me, as well.
Lol agreed
LOL!!! Robert!! I LITERALLY Laughed out loud at the IQ points comment - well said!
Robert Hollis ya know i think a single father raising a kid should take this show to heart. Its almost kind of a manual for parenting.
Born in 88’ love this show and these songs are awesome
'88
I bet Andy had a blast everytime there was a darlings episode
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Love ya "big hawk". Watching this movie with u every sunday is some of the fondest memories of u and i. Ill make sure youre never forgotten.
Big hawk
7-4-1959- 2-6-2020
These songs and kinds of music makes you want to dance around or relax and talk about the good old days and hang out with your friends, I wish music was like this now.
When music is palyed from the soul, I'll cry everytime.
My Mother-in-law didn't know this song and we were watching Andy Griffith yesterday.... this episode came on and I was singin' along with it and she just stared at me like.... you are crazy! :) I love this song.
It's a great one!
Your mother-in-law didn't know this song?! What planet is she from?
@@mdhbigdog
New York City?
Andy is from my hometown and he always knew how to pick 'em...Dillards are great!
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Absolutely love this episode. This song is one of my favorites. 👍
This is so awesome, The Andy Griffith show was just classic TV at its best!
Andy Griffith always loved music and felt it had its place and Mayberry Country folks love their Bluegrass , A'int nuth'n wrong wit dat thare -and remember -the golden rule of the Darling Family= If ya got time to breathe then ya got time fer music ♥Amen
Marcus Guenther Amen!
haha that and say ''more power to yah'' when a cops around XD
Andy is soooo sweet i love these old shows
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At approximately 0:30 the Darlings sing the song entitled "Dooley".
What fond memories does it bring us when we were younger.
Rest In Peace Denver Pyle and Andy Griffith.
Apr 11, 2020 @ 10:55 am.
Well, hell, you gotta RIP them all. Hoke Howell (Dud), Don Knotts (Barney), Doug Dillard (banjo), Mitch Jayne (bass), and Dean Webb (mandolin) are all gone, too. Only Rod Dillard (guitar/lead vocals) and Maggie Peterson (Charlene) are left from that scene as of 2/7/2021.
@@hankluvsdagny just rod now :(
@@hankluvsdagny Maggie Peterson died May 15, 2022
this is what I call music !
Hello friend, how're you doing today??
Back in 1987 I worked with a guy at a semiconductor factory in Scotland who said that Bluegrass was Scottish music. Of course he was right because originally, it certainly was. We talked and found that we both played Scottish music so he invited me to his home for dinner and we played for hours what Americans call Bluegrass. It sure was fun to travel so far only to feel right at home. Making whiskey is an old Scottish tradition and (in my opinion) therefore should have never been denied for Scottish immigrants in Appalachia to operate stills.
Modern American Bluegrass is a mix of Scottish and North Irish music, with a dash of English and German thrown in. And let's not forget the Italians who gave us the mandolin or the West Africans who gave us the banjo. There's a reason why America is called "the melting pot".
@@benjamingrist6539 it is also influenced by jazz
I saw them in L.A. when they recorded The Dilliards Live. So much fun I will remember it forever!
That is awesome - check out our new album on our channel, you would really like it (Don Henley, Herb Pedersen, Bernie Leadon, and many more).
Loved it when Andy had music on the show. Always pure and honest music. Like it was back home.
🎶 if you got time to breathe you got time for music 🎶 truest thing I’ve heard said
this guy has a good voice i think wow
JEFFREY COX ...... hello Jeffrey how are you doing I hope you had a great weekend can we talk privately if you don't mind TeX me on my number 8438827088
The good old days
A much simpler life
Does music make you smile? Does it make you happier than words can do justice to it? Well... then THAT'S music!!
Music of my childhood lot of good memories. Hard to believe it's been 60 years ago.
We know it! Rodney, our lead singer, was 19 at the time! Craziness.
I watch this show everyday, twice a day. I loved it when I was young and still do.
The Dillards-The Darlings.
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Tank u the find music the Dillard family it bring back some good and old times and god bless the ones we lost
Still one of my favorite parts of the show…I loved it when Andy played and sang, especially with the Darlings….🙋🏾♀️
Hello 👋 sherry
How are you doing today?
They all keyed up!
Starts looking for video of "Never hit your Grandma with a great big stick".
No
Our album is coming next year, featuring some of those songs, yes for real!
I'll warn ya..... it will make ya cry
@@thedillards I love you and your music,so very talented.
I’m so damn proud to be a Southern Appalachian American. White, black, etc, if you’re born here, you’re a Southern Appalachian American by the grace of God and my brother/sister
My college roommate had been playing mandolin for 6 years and was really good at it. I was there at several bluegrass jam sessions that he attended. Even though I was more of a headbanger, the bluegrass music
was infectious.
"the women folk looked sorry, and the men stood 'round and cried".. love it
I've always enjoyed these scenes. They sing and play so well!.
One of THE best shows ever on television. One of the best episodes too. I learned how to play this song on acoustic guitar while watching this. I love it.
"YOU BETTER WATCH OUT EARNEST T. BASS, WE GOT THE LAW IN HERE NOW!!" *slams door*. 😂😂😂. Dud sayin that still makes me crack every time
This is without question the best post and video known to mankind. I bought the entire A.G. series. My son and I watched this for years. Great show..great series. All texts from my son in Sweden end in..Love you Pa. Priceless. Epic memories. Thanks again.
Wow! That was toe-tappin' good! Wonderful old Darling/Dillard music! I love it! - Pat
I've seen all 8 seasons of the Andy Griffith show and it was one of my favorites
Who here watching in 2020 & enjoying under quarantine...? ;-)
Always loved the Darlings episodes. 😁
This was one of my favorites show on Andy Griffith Show!
I was never a Bluegrass, Country type music liker... why do I like the Darlings from this show? I listen to it pretty often.
Because it's good music. Just like any genre of music, there's bad and there's good. This is good ole bluegrass.
I'm about as far from that culture as another white man can be but I love me some good ol storytelling bluegrass!
Your soul enjoys it because it's true authentic music, your mind may reject due to the domestication indoctrination we're put through from birth, most people are so docile they listen to rap mostly lol
They all answered perfectly. Good music is good music. I'm no country fan by a long shot but I always give props and respect to any well written and well performed song at least in modern popular music. All modern music has the same African root from blues, jazz, gospel, country, rock, soul and pop music. It gets deep but all modern popular music begins with American Blues and Jazz and branches out from there. That's why classic bluegrass sounds so great and has mass appeal even from those not really familar with the genre.
BTW check out Roy Clark on his Beverly Hillbillies guest appearances. I promise you'll love it country fan or not. And remember I am NOT a country fan. I do respect the genre though or at least the old Hank Williams and Johnny Cash stuff.
In the 8 years since you left this comment have you come to like bluegrass country?????
Sure miss the simpler time when this show was in its prime.
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This is the kind of music played at the festivals in Amish country. I’m a northern but country is country no matter where you be.
Back when we only had 5 channels on the television set, and we had to get up to change the channel.
Were you an only child?
That's what younger siblings are for,to change the tv channel.
doughesson I was the youngest child, or should I say, the channel changer.
Lmao
No no no the youngest went out to turn the antenna