This summer marks the 40th anniversary of the screen adaptation of James Dickey’s Deliverance, as famous for its Grammy Award-winning instrumental song “Dueling Banjos” as its unsettling “bet you can ...

If you know the famous banjo-and-guitar showdown from Deliverance, you know Eric Weissberg, even if you don't immediately recognize his name. Weissberg, who was born Aug. 16, 1939, would have turned ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Born on August 16, 1939, in New York City, Weissberg was a bluegrass musician from an early age, having seen Pete Seeger play at ...

The history of the instrumental bluegrass song “Dueling Banjos” has a tempestuous story thanks to the fact that the original songwriter is often not gifted credit for the song’s birth. That being said ...

The banjo boy from Deliverance left an unforgettable mark on movie lovers back in 1972. Billy Redden was just 15 when he appeared in the Oscar-nominated thriller. The film directed by Brit John ...

"When I get onstage with a banjo, people don't quite know what to expect," says Dan Walsh. "But then they hear it and say 'I didn't know it could do that… I didn't think it could do anything other ...

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 ...