Jared Boyd grew up in the Laurel Fork section of Carroll County, VA with old-time music being played and sung by his grandparents on both sides of his family.  Jared's own music adventures began at age 11 when he began taking clawhammer banjo lessons from Ray Chatfield through the Junior Appalachian Musicians (JAM) program as well as from his grandfather, Jimmy Boyd, a co-founder of the Dry Hill Draggers.  Jared and his dad, Stacy, have played old-time music together for over 10 years with a variety of musicians from SWVA.  In addition to his mentors, Jared's banjo playing style has been influenced by clawhammer banjo players such as Kyle Creed, Tommy Jarrell, Fred Cockerham, Adam Hurt, Reed Martin, Brien Fain, and Eddie Bond.  After his grandfather and uncle retired from playing banjo with the Dry Hill Draggers, Jared joined up with the remaining band members in the spring of 2017 to continue playing driving old-time music for the dancers.  Jared plays a combination of clawhammer banjo styles and provides harmony vocals for the Twin Creeks Stringband (an offshoot of the Dry Hill Draggers).