Here’s a clip of the Country Boys/ Kentucky Colnels playing with Andy Griffith on his eponymous show. It’s remarkable how young they are. They would wind up doing great things with other groups: Clarence would, of course, go on to join the Byrds, Roland would play with Bill Monroe, and Earl Scruggs, Billy Ray Lathum would replace Doug Dillard in the Dillards. It’s great to see them all together here, playing the old standard ‘Whoa Mule’:

The Kentucky Colnels record Appalachian Swing is one of th finest bluegrass records ever recorded, as fresh and vital today as it was when it was recorded forty years ago.