Currently of Hillsboro, Mo., Frank has been playing in bluegrass bands since 1964.  Mandolin player for the group, he sings tenor, low baritone and lead.  A veteran songwriter, he has written many outstanding songs and instrumentals over the years that have earned him several Song Writer of the Year Awards and in August of 2008, Frank was inducted into America’s Old Time Country Music Hall of Fame. He first formed Cedar Hill in 1967.

Since his grandfather, uncle’s and mother played music, Jim started off at an early age with the guitar and then banjo at age 12. Jim was one of the original members of Cedar Hill and was only 15 years old when they recorded their first record. He later worked for the Calton Family Band, Silver Dollar City and Shepherd of the Hills Farm in Branson, Missouri and then returned to Cedar Hill. After taking an extended leave from the music business, Jim started performing again and built Palm Recording Studio in Rogers, Arkansas, where he uses his engineering skills to provide a variety of audio and video recording services to artists and musicians. J.D. Crowe, Doug Dillard, Carl Jackson and Ben Eldridge were the banjo picker’s that had the most impact on Jim’s banjo style.