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 ...

By Bill Friskics-Warren Eric Weissberg, a gifted multi-instrumentalist whose melodic banjo work on the 1973 hit single “Dueling Banjos” helped bring bluegrass music into the cultural ...

Bluegrass musician Eric Weissberg, whose cover of the Arthur “Guitar Boogie” Smith instrumental “Dueling Banjos” became an unlikely pop hit when it appeared on the soundtrack to the 1972 ...

Which is hogwash. Musicians Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandell arranged and performed "Dueling Banjos" on the Deliverance soundtrack. This call-and-response piece audiences now know as "Dueling ...

Eric Weissberg, who along with Steve Mandell recorded the iconic Dueling Banjos song from the 1972 film Deliverance, has passed away. Weissberg passed away at the age of 80, with friends and ...

The history of the instrumental bluegrass song “Dueling Banjos” has a tempestuous ... as Smith sued the song’s film composer, Eric Weissberg, and Warner Brothers for using the song without ...

The Internet features more than its share of negativity and snark—sometimes you’ve just gotta vent. But there’s plenty of room for love, too. With Fan Up, we ask pop-culture people we admire ...

Later the composition appeared in the popular 1972 film “Deliverance” as “Dueling Banjos” played by Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandel. Not given credit, Smith had to proceed with legal ...

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 ...