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 ...

WASHINGTON — Arthur Smith — a trailblazing guitarist and banjoist who wrote and recorded ‘‘Guitar Boogie’’ and ‘‘Dueling Banjos,’’ the latter heard in the acclaimed movie ...