Andy Griffith - The Darlings - Picking In Jail

[RodFitzpatrick]

I seen this episode on the Andy Griffith show on, man it was really funny :) and alot of good fast bluegrass :)

[jandean61]

maggagie

[CALLOFTHEDEAD255]

How can you beat this !!!

[1wildcc]

uncle jesse from the dukes of hazards least we know where he started from down home mayberry

[2274brian]

Doug Dillard looks like he really enjoys playing the banjo. I definitely enjoy listening to him.

[jedwards1011]

I think that song is "Wake up John".

[TheSouthernSunshine1]

LOVE THIS SHOW! It's kinda funny, Denver Pyle (Mr. Darling / Uncle Jesse Duke) I noticed plays the jug no matter what band he belongs to. In the Dukes of Hazzard he plays the jug in his family band and in the Andy Griffith Show he plays the jug. :)

[olehoundog1]

@TheSouthernSunshine1 I always thought I had a good story line for the "Dukes". They should have had an episode where Uncle Jesse's "Cousin Briscoe" came for a visit and have let him played both parts. I think that would have been great.

[TheSouthernSunshine1]

@olehoundog1 Ya that would have been great!! Ha! I think they should have had Charlie Daniels play in Boss Hogg's celebrity speed trap his, "Redneck" song. :)

[opie1956]

Type in "Ron Howard singing, "You don't bring me flowers " listen to opie sing

[highlandwv]

I grew up on Andy Griffith these are the best

[redneckjwillo]

i want to know did they ever play on the garnd ole opry i think they had the talent to if not

[SherlockVideoHunter]

Sorry "FancyGapClawhammer", I didn't notice your explanation. I read the liner notes and thought I would share what I learned.

[FancyGapClawhammer]

No problem! Everything you said is right!

[SherlockVideoHunter]

You notice how Rodney Dillard is looking up while he is playing the guitar? I think that's because if he looked at what was going on, he would lose it and start laughing.

[SherlockVideoHunter]

I recently ordered and received "Pickin' And Fiddlin/Back Porch Bluegrass" and it did say that "Banjo In The Hollow" is a variation of "Cripple Creek" written by Douglas Dillard. So it's not "Cripple Creek" exactly, but it's based on it.

[coolhandluke170]

good ol music

[LorenzoMoore1000]

Uncle Jesse/Denver Pyle sound good on Jug

[SherlockVideoHunter]

I used to think Denver Pyle was playing the jug, but it's actually an acoustic bass or that big bass fiddle that was played by Mitch Jayne, the guy with the pipe.

[VaMan117]

I always wondered why they never made a few albums with Andy. I also wondered who was actually doing the jug blowing cause I don't think Denver Pyle was actually doing it.

[TruegrassBoy]

Hey, Andy is even playing the right cords. :-)

[FancyGapClawhammer]

He's playing some weird barre-style chords because he's the only one not capoed up.

[SherlockVideoHunter]

The correct name for this song is "Banjo In The Hollow"

[TheRiverRat00]

Just jump in where ya can n hang on!

[TheRiverRat00]

This is definitely NOT Cripple Creek! It is Slimy Bottom, and one mean banjo-pickin version too! Wish I could pick half as good as these fellers.

[FancyGapClawhammer]

Actually it IS Cripple Creek, it's just the fiddle break played on the banjo. The break was so popular, it began to be played by the banjo player, and the whole break was made into the song Banjo in the Hollow. So it actually is Cripple Creek, with just a part played over and over again.

[jlgoins64]

"I didn't know you stranged"

[chicknpi]

This sounds like Cripple Creek to me but mixed up and very fast.

[Angryrnmedic]

This song here was called "tearing up your old clothes for rags." In another episode it was called "slimy river bottoms." In the book on the show they had all the songs listed with the ones they sang, they ones they only mentioned, and a list of the one's that made them cry along with who cried during which song. Hilarious. RN

[toothandsticks]

It sounds like Cripple Creek. Real fine picking by that banjo player.

[SusDgs]

Mayberry was based on Andy's home town, Mt. Airy, NC. If you watch closely, in some of the shows, Sheriff Taylor comes home and sits down and picks up the newspaper, and the paper is the Mt Airy news!

[baronberners]

Dude it fell into evil hands from the start - if you haven't noticed its been a plutocracy throughout its history. Never fear, art is produced by suffering, and there's always been plenty of that.

[bluegrassbychris]

for all of you who are saying this tune is banjo in the hollow you are wrong. the name of this tune is cripple creek. im a musician and can play everything from banjo to a bass. they did play banjo in the hollow on andy griffith. but it was one of the later episodes.

[megastef920]

the music sounds better then anything i have ever heard

[hunhun23]

While visiting the relatives in North Carolina we would go to the bluegrass festivals. My great uncle used to play the banjo.

[pete0969wi]

Reminds me of my former inlaws.. Real treats indeed!!!

[SSJ4Sora]

i grew up in the town where the dillards were born and raised it was salem missouri

[HEMPOIL69]

Uncle Jessie on the jug.

[bodhimeister]

the Dillards/Darlings from Mayberry Penitentiary

[MrSylvania1]

that one makes me cry paw. lol you got to love the andy griffith show one of the best shows on tv

[LydiaKid95]

"Banjo In The Hollow"

[Master100Mind]

is cripple creek???

[EvilLurker121]

Whoa Cripple Creek?

[jimbronxny]

The Dilliards were one of the best bluegrass bands around

[chiledoug]

@jimbronxny YUP



[jshurd]

when they make this show into hd i will get a hd tv till then i dont need a hd tv....

[JoshuaH688]

I just watched the Obama Commercial. I really don't care what side they take. It is petty to dive in head first for any political figure. Party line has bled the fire it once had; people are realizing more and more that no matter what side of the fence you stand on, the politicians are not anything like the idealized small town sheriff; they just want to win. Obama, McCain, Bush; they have their strengths and weaknesses, and none of them are impervious to greed.

[jrad0915]

they support President Obama.....he is the right man for this country....go Andy and Opie

[docwondernuts]

it made me sick when Andy and Ron Howard made that Obama comercial

[SkyLightDancer]

i loved that commercial. great to know andy and ron are libs!

[PROVJOEB]

I knew Ron Howard was a lib, but I'm surprized Andy is...

[SkyLightDancer]

PROV, i was not surprised. i thought he might be. all the experiences of acting and learning about different lifestyles etc. really make ppl more liberal. to be isolated is to be conservativ ein my opinion. thx for the comment!!

[PROVJOEB]

Cool Sky: I'm gonna have to check out that Andy & Oppie commercial & see what all the "Hub Bub" is about...

[SkyLightDancer]

PROV, it was on tv a lot, it must be on yt somewhere!

take care:)

[teresaloveskandp]

me too docwondernuts. and ron directed the movie the davinci code.

[Robflieson]

I'm with you brother. So many people claim to be a bleeding heart liberal but don't acutually live their lives that way and never would.

[MrSpringtime22]

@docwondernuts

i didn't know that. wow, i guess andy so old he agreed to do it with ron howard.. i had heard he turned liberal..oh well, you know what they say..bad company corrupts good morals...look at who he hangs around and works with.. enough said!

[dukelovera]

This kind of music makes me proud to live in the bluegrass!!!!!!!!!

[teresaloveskandp]

it is so funny when charlene puts her foot on andy's leg and he looks and they pan the camera up to her face and she winks with that look. wow. that is just great.

can anyone remember what aunt bee fed the dillards before they played in the jail?

yes, white beans.

[therebel1960]

That episode was on TVLand a while back, and you're correct, it was white beans. The Dillards were definitely a talented bunch, weren't they? Do they still play?

[goldendoomer]

this is truly great music! anyone who loves this music should go to owensboro, ky. besides the great music, there's some damn good bbq! IT'S WELL WORTH THE TRIP THERE!

[RobL2756]

Sheriff. ya' gotta' stop tantalizin' Charlene!

[LosAngeleno1959]

Real true American music. I think our beautiful country is about to fall soon into evil hands.

[porcupine07]

Not a day goes by that I dont share that thought with you. It's really sad. and hardly anyone cares. This is why I started playing banjo. I will not let this music die in my lifetime. I'll pass it on to my children.

[InsertName125]

@LosAngeleno1959 Could you be more specific?

[me373]

@LosAngeleno1959 youre right but sadly the evil hands will be those of professing christians who will, with government backing, enforce the mark of the beast.

[Georgiaboy130]

@me373 what an idiot



[me373]

@Georgiaboy130 are you calling me an idiot? or yourself? or what?

[thewackingtons]

Wow, Darleen was a sex-charged princess.

With her charcater forever hitting-on Andy, I wonder if those two ever....

[porcupine07]

I would hope so

[billbot1982]

WHY don't they make shows like this anymore?

[porcupine07]

because If they made shows like this still, the socialists couldn't do what the're doing right now. Instead they filled everyone's head with trash and garbage, degenerate filth and meaningless fluff. The goal along was to destroy every fiber of america, and they are dangerously close to it as we speak.

[billbot1982]

That is the sad truth

[wlhardy]

I miss the old days where we only got 3-4 channels yet there was something entertaining & informative on all of them. Now we get hundreds & so many of them are just crap. I don't even watch TV, I like YouTube! Our country has so much access to so much information, there's so many more opportunties for learning, yet I get the impression that despite all the technological advances, we are getting dumber as a nation--not smarter. A scary thought!

[joeo78501]

porcupine :Who changed American TV programming was big corporate America in their quest for more dollars and ratings regardless of families and children.Deregulation in media in 80's has led to dumbing down of news and corruption of radio and TV.(Ex. Fox non news and Rush Limbutt & Oreilly neurotic hatemongers)

[porcupine07]

joeo78501:

You're undoubtedly correct.

But Big corporate America = Zionists

No Zionists, Know peace.

Know Zionists, No peace

Regarding Deregulationof the media: Who has the authority to regulate communication?

Where did they get this authority?

By asking this I'm not asking who has seized this power, but who actually has the authority, and where did it come from?

[MrSpringtime22]

@joeo78501

i believe you got it ass backwards boy. hollywood now is still full of all those liberal socialist thinkers and hippies from the sixties and then cable tv came along(pay tv) and begin to show more explicit shows and more competition means less dollars so producers cut their budgets... Fox news and conservative talk radio has helped bring some sunshine into what was an evil monopoly.

[stovall1]

Great clip! Thanks for uploading it.

[ShawDAMAN]

Andy had a great picking style. I try and imitate him but it aint easy!!

[TruegrassBoy]

Love this. Thanks for posting. The real name of the tune as noted below is Banjo In The Hollow and was written by the banjo player Doug Dillard (which brings up the fact that this band is really called The Dillards - not The Darlings. You can see more of this (best music in the world) by searching for Dillards or I would recommend The Out Of Town Boys videos. In any case - have fun our there! PS: If'n I was Andy, I'd NOT have turned this pretty Charlene girl down.

[faegrrrl]

I just love these songs.

Charlene's so sweet and creepy. lol

[nevers6]

Just loved this show. Had a good philosophy behind it. You had Barney, who was obsessed with THE LAW, and Andy, who was more concerned with the values and justice the Law's there to serve. So while Barney, bless'm, would get anal enforcing every rule (because he was really more concerned with power), Andy'd have to fix things, by, oftentimes bending, or sidestepping the law to help someone in need. He made sure the original INTENT of those laws were carried out; namely, justice and fairness.

[lawman3118]

by far one of the best tv shows ever and it was off the air before i was born

[capt777737]

I can't think of a finer jail to pick in.

although I'd think we're close, if the deputies and sheriff would pick along.

That gives me an idea, organize a jam session in our jail if they would allow it.

Even though the prisoners do wrong, they need an outlet. (most of em anyways)

[CrossFit5]

Haha I agree. Does anyone know if the "Big House" was ever used as an actual Jail or just for the show? If i ever end up in one Id hope its like that one and Andy is the Sherrif!

[CrossFit5]

Good stuff.

[dars2607]

This is not the Big House, the Big House is 'real' jail in the city (see episode 'the Big House').

[fiddlefest]

"Banjo in the Hollow" may be the best banjo tune EVER.

Has inspired many a picker to morph into a Bluegrass musician.

[Caretaker24523]

Just jump in whar ya kin and hang on! Great line. Yep, it's very easy to hear the Irish influence in bluegrass. That's where it came from after all. Scot-Irish immigrants settled most of the Blue Ride and Ozark area and brought their music with them. It's been altered some but the Irish still shines through.

[lisduggan2]

Great sounds....I can hear Irish traditional music all over it.

[glenkick]

the guy on the couch playing the guitar is the same guy thats sings dooley. one of the best songs they ever did. i think andy should have slammed charlene too

[websteroo]

The actress who played Charlene also played Sam Jones' wife in a later episode.

[catsmithyu]

Grab her Andy!!!

[rickyslatton]

Charlene was hottt!!

[cvjucla3]

Chicken pickin'.

[millergd00]

Pik'n Lik'n

[millergd00]

No it's Rodney Dilliard.

[carteru93]

Clearing it up, the song is Banjo in the Hollow!!!

[JohnGee1977]

The guitarist on the coach next to the guy blowing on the jug - Eddie Van Halen?

[catsmithyu]

The guy blowing on the jug is Denver Pyle uncle Jesse from the dukes of hazzard tv show. During World War II he was in the Merchant Marines. Youtube - Tribute to Uncle Jesse : Denver Pyle

[jocwalk]

Of course, everyone has forgotten he basically played the same character several years in the late 1970's on "The Legend of Grizzly Adams" as the prospector/miner Jack or Mad Jack.

[365degrees]

He also played in Bonnie and Clyde . He was the one they photographed and sent in the picture to the newspaper. He played some kind of Law man.

[rickyslatton]

By god it tis ain'tit?

[alanisrules25]

jeeze the BANJO - smokin'!!!

[faustia44]

Mighty fine "juggin"

[coolwafferman]

The Bass sounds so Damn Good!

[powerkor]

the name of the song is "Banjo in the Creek" written by Red Sauvignon

[2ndfret]

iT S A REWORKING OF CRIPPLE CREEK.

[RIRA1916]

The name of the song is "Banjo in the Hollow"

[mseales]

one of my favorite bluegrass instrumentals. classic shit.

[troutfisher91]

"''Banjo In The Hollow'' :)

Ol' Doug sure can play the banjo, he and Earl were the best in my book"

Agreed!

[troutfisher91]

I love the Darlings (The Dillards), I especially love the Old Home Place played by them.

[Southerngentleman42]

''Banjo In The Hollow'' :)

Ol' Doug sure can play the banjo, he and Earl were the best in my book.

[SurferJoe46]

The Darlings are really The Dillards

[powerkor]

correction, The Dullards.