Remembering Mike Jayne

[betamike]

Not sure if you all heard of Mike Jayne before (I never knew him by "Mitch") but he was very much a part of the Ozark bluegrass scene.

I ran across this last night while looking at a Bluegrass site.  I grew up in Salem, Missouri (now I call Northwest Arkansas my "home" when not in Orlando), and Mike "Mitch" Jayne was a local hero to me as he appeared on the Andy Griffith Show as part of the Darling Family.

This also has significance because of Salem's other famous son - Rodney Dillard who performed at SDC, to which we have posted many threads about, was also part of TAGS and very much part of the Ozark music scene.  I met Mike a few times as a kid and it was really the first thing I had to meeting someone that was a celebrity.  I had almost forgotten about him until I ran across this.  It might be old news to some of you, and might be new like it was to me.

http://thespps.org/blog/2010/08/12/rememberingmitchjayn/

[Junior]

Sorry to hear he passed. He was an important member of an important group. If you are a fan of country rock...like the Eagles, Linda Ronstadt, Flying Burrito Brothers...thank the Dillards, progressive Bluegrass pioneers!