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Billy Redden (born 1956) is an American actor, best known for his role as a backwoods mountain boy in the 1972 film Deliverance. He played Lonnie, a banjo-playing teenager in north Georgia, who played the noted "Dueling Banjos" with Drew Ballinger .
Jun 25, 2009 · Billy Redden plays "Dueling Banjos" opposite Ronny Cox, who joins him on guitar. Redden plays "Lonnie", a mentally retarded, inbred, but extremely gifted banjo player. The song went to #2...
Billy Redden was a typical local teen living in Georgia, handpicked by director John Boorman for the role of an odd banjo player in the Oscar-nominated classic Deliverance (1972).
Jun 18, 2021 · The energetic and really tense duel between a guitar player and a banjo player in the 1972 movie Deliverance gave birth to one of the most iconic music scenes in the film to this date. The dark past of this movie, however, almost didn’t give recognition to its original composer.
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.
Deliverance • Dueling Banjos • Arthur Smith, Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell. Soundtrack from the 1972 John Boorman film "Deliverance," with Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox ...
At a local gas station, Drew, with his guitar, engages a young banjo-playing boy in a musical duel. The duel is mutually enjoyable, and some of the locals break into dance at the sound of it. However, the boy does not acknowledge Drew when prompted for a friendly handshake.
May 4, 2023 · Billy Redden, born in Rabun County, Georgia, on October 13, 1956 is best known for his iconic role as the young banjo player in the 1972 movie Deliverance. After the film’s release, Redden went on to make a few more film appearances, including in the 1980 film The Hunter.
Billy Redden was a typical local teen living in Georgia, handpicked by director John Boorman for the role of an odd banjo player in the Oscar-nominated classic Deliverance (1972).
Apr 9, 2022 · Actor Billy Redden, “Deliverance”/1972, made his spectacular debut as the “local” banjo in the film’s famous “banjos duel” scene. Redden has the exact physical appearance — large ...
