The arm you see playing the chords belongs to a local musician ... taught Cox the song for the scene. 6. "Dueling Banjos" won a Grammy in 1973 for best country and western instrumental performance.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Arthur Smith, a trailblazing guitarist and banjoist who wrote and recorded “Guitar Boogie” and “Dueling Banjos,” the latter heard in the acclaimed movie “Deliverance ...

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 ...