Tag Archives: Mitch Jayne

Mitch Jayne was the sponsor of a favorite bluegrass radio display, Hickory Hollow, in Salem, MO, when he invited an area music group, the Ozark Hill Kids, featuring banjo ace Doug Dillard and his guitarist/vocalist sibling Rodney Dillard, to become music guests. When the Dillards created a far more professional …

Among the leading lamps of progressive bluegrass in the ’60s, the Dillards played a significant component in modernizing and popularizing the audio of bluegrass, and were also an underappreciated impact on country-rock. The group was founded by brothers Doug (banjo) and Rodney Dillard (acoustic guitar), who was raised in Salem, …