Rual Yarbrough

One of a handful of Alabama banjo players that could rightly claim that the song "Oh Susanna" is about them, Rual Yarbrough is most well-known as a member of the fine bluegrass combo the Dixie Gentlemen, one of the best and busiest bluegrass outfits during the folk revival of the early '60s. The group was formed co-operatively in the mid-'50s by Yarbrough with mandolinist and vocalist Herschel Sizemore, both natives of Alabama. The two completed the group with the addition of guitar-picking friend Jake Landers, just out of the army, who wound up writing a great deal of origina...