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 friends said ...
Born on August 16, 1939, in New York City, Weissberg was a bluegrass musician from an early age, having seen Pete Seeger play at his school in Greenwich Village, and went on to attend the Juilliard ...
At 15, Billy Redden might have expected a career on the silver screen after appearing in Oscar-nominated movie Deliverance. But despite being one of the most unmistakable faces in Hollywood for a ...
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 ...
ATLANTA — He is probably one of the most iconic and memorable characters from the movie “Deliverance.” Billy Redden, who played the “Banjo Boy” in the movie, was just 15 when it was filmed in North ...
Editor's Note: The following contains references to sexual assault.A group traveling into the remote countryside is unexpectedly abused and pursued, until one member finds the courage to stand up ...
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 ...
ATLANTA — A California bluegrass musician and fan of “Banjo Boy” Billy Redden from the Oscar nominated movie “Deliverance” recently started a GoFundMe page to help the Georgia man, who is now 67 and ...
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 ...
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