Deadline.com

Eric Weissberg Dies: Arranger & Player On ‘Dueling Banjos’ Song From ‘Deliverance’ Was 80

Eric Weissberg, who arranged, played banjo on and won a Grammy for “Dueling Banjos,” from the 1972 movie Deliverance, died Sunday of Alzheimer’s disease complications. He was 80. His son, Will ...
Variety

Eric Weissberg, Whose ‘Dueling Banjos’ Was an Unlikely Smash, Dies at 80

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 film ...
Rolling Stone

Eric Weissberg, ‘Dueling Banjos’ and ‘Blood on the Tracks’ Musician, Dead at 80

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 film ...
WGHP

NC music legend Arthur Smith, ‘Dueling Banjos’ writer, 93, dies

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Arthur Smith, a music legend and TV pioneer from Charlotte, died Thursday at the age of 93, according to WSOC-TV. Smith gained national attention in 1955 after composing a banjo ...
The New York Times

Eric Weissberg, ‘Dueling Banjos’ Musician, Dies at 80

His melodic banjo work on a 1973 hit single (heard in the movie “Deliverance”) helped usher bluegrass music into the cultural mainstream. By Bill Friskics-Warren Eric Weissberg, a gifted ...
Rolling Stone

Watch Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn Play Dueling Banjos on ‘New South Africa’

Back in 1994, while Béla Fleck and the Flecktones were prepping themselves for a trip to South Africa, bandleader Fleck took a breather from packing his bags and began fleshing out a new song. “This ...
Cleveland.com

Apollo’s Fire presents baroque ‘dueling concertos’

CLEVELAND, Ohio --Move over dueling banjos and pianos – dueling baroque concertos are taking center stage in early August. Apollo’s Fire Baroque Orchestra is presenting “Fencing Match,” the premiere ...