TMOS Extra! "The Darlings are Comin'!" Robb talks with Rodney Dillard.
The Mike O'Meara Show
Mike O'Meara, Robb Spewak, Josh Sroka
4.8 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 17 June 2025
⏱️ 86 minutes
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Summary
Perhaps best known as one of The Darling Family from "The Andy Griffith Show", Rodney Dillard is an amazing musician and entertainer whose career spans 7 decades. Please take a listen to Robb (the ultimate fanboy) as he has an in-depth chat with Rodney and his wife Beverly about Mayberry, Hollywood, groundbreaking albums... and how a Missouri Hillbilly got to work with Judy Garland, Elton John, and Warren Beatty, to name a few.
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| 1:03.6 | Welcome everybody to the Mike O'Mara Show Extra. It's Rob, and I'm going to take a breath because I'm very excited. |
| 1:11.3 | Okay, let's read the introduction. |
| 1:13.7 | Rodney Dillard is a pioneering figure in American music, best known as the founding member of the legendary bluegrass group, the Dillards, and with a career spanning over six decades, I don't understand that because he's 40 years old. |
| 1:25.6 | Rodney helped bring Bluegrass to mainstream audiences through innovative musicianship and memorable performances. |
| 1:32.3 | And of course, he was Rodney Darling on the Andy Griffith Show, a trailblazer in blending traditional Appalachian sounds with contemporary influences. |
| 1:40.3 | Rodney's contributions have left an indelible mark on bluegrass, country rock, and American folk music. |
| 1:47.0 | Plus, he made my very first favorite album. Rodney, welcome to the show. |
| 1:52.0 | And also your wife, Beverly Cotton Dillard. Welcome to the show. |
| 1:55.0 | Thank you. Like I said, you know, I take nothing for granted. And I'm so, you know, I'm really excited about doing this with you since I found out that you were interested in that first, one of the first albums, Weistraw Suite. |
| 2:09.0 | Yeah, I'll tell you right now, before we get into it, I was like four or five and I got a record player for Christmas. |
| 2:15.9 | Okay. |
| 2:16.6 | Horrible. |
| 2:17.3 | Just a thing that would shred |
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