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Eric Weissberg Dies: Arranger & Player On ‘Dueling Banjos’ Song From ‘Deliverance’ Was 80

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Born on August 16, 1939, in New York City, Weissberg was a bluegrass musician from an early age, having seen Pete Seeger play at ...
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Eric Weissberg, Whose ‘Dueling Banjos’ Was an Unlikely Smash, Dies at 80

Eric Weissberg, half of the duo that recorded “Dueling Banjos” for the film “Deliverance” in 1973, resulting in an unlikely smash hit single and album, has died at 80. Family members and friends said ...
The Washington Post

Banjo Boy Picks Again in 'Big Fish'

CLAYTON, Ga. -- Thirty-one years after his film debut as the backwoods boy playing "Dueling Banjos" in the movie "Deliverance," Billy Redden is back on the big screen. This time the credit is Banjo ...
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He’s known as the iconic ‘Banjo Boy’ from the hit GA movie ‘Deliverance.’ Now he needs some help

ATLANTA — He is probably one of the most iconic and memorable characters from the movie “Deliverance.” Billy Redden, who played the “Banjo Boy” in the movie, was just 15 when it was filmed in North ...
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Eric Weissberg, Whose ‘Dueling Banjos’ Was an Unlikely Smash, Dies at 80

The soundtrack album for "Deliverance" spent three weeks at No. 1 and the single itself was No. 2 for four weeks in 1973. Eric Weissberg, half of the duo that recorded “Dueling Banjos” for the film ...