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Eric Weissberg (August 16, 1939 – March 22, 2020) was an American singer, banjo player, and multi-instrumentalist, whose most commercially successful recording was his banjo solo in "Dueling Banjos", featured as the theme of the film Deliverance (1972) and released as a single that reached number 2 in the United States and Canada in 1973.
Mar 23, 2020 · By Andy Greene. March 23, 2020. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images. Bluegrass musician Eric Weissberg, whose cover of the Arthur “Guitar Boogie” Smith instrumental “Dueling Banjos” became an...
Mar 24, 2020 · 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...
Mar 23, 2020 · By Erik Pedersen. March 23, 2020 5:26pm. Warner Bros Records; Shutterstock. Loading your audio article. Eric Weissberg, who arranged, played banjo on and won a Grammy for “Dueling Banjos,” from...
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Eric Weissberg (August 16, 1939 – March 22, 2020) was an American singer, banjo player, and multi-instrumentalist. He was known for his banjo solo in " Dueling Banjos ". It was released as a single that reached number 2 in the United States and Canada in 1973.
Mar 23, 2020 · News Obituaries. Eric Weissberg (1939–2020), “Dueling Banjos” banjo player. By Kirk Fox March 23, 2020. 0. Eric Weissberg played banjo on the hit song “Dueling Banjos,” the theme song for...
He was 76. Weissberg, born August 16, 1939, joined the folk group the Greenbriar Boys in 1958-59, then began playing with a folk group, the Tarriers, while a student at New York’s Juilliard School of Music. The Tarriers accompanied Judy Collins on a European tour and the singer used Weissberg as a musician on her Fifth Album (1965).
