Bluegrass musician Eric Weissberg (far right in the above photo) died yesterday at the age of 80. He had a hit with "Dueling Banjos" from the movie Deliverance in 1972. Weissberg's son Will confirmed ...

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 ...

'Dueling Banjos' songwriter, Arthur 'Guitar Boogie' Smith has passed away just two days after his 93rd birthday. The songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer and TV star came into the spotlight ...

Arthur Smith, the multi-instrumentalist and composer perhaps best known for 'Dueling Banjos,' has passed away at the age of 93. The Charlotte Observer reports that Smith died at his home in Charlotte, ...

(CBS) - The young Mizzone brothers who comprise the Sleepy Man Banjo Boys are back with more of their amazing music stylings. This time they're playing Eric Weissberg's classic "Dueling Banjos". Take ...

I recently became mildly obsessed with "Dueling Banjos," the song popularized by the film Deliverance in spite of the fact that it was actually a dueling banjo and guitar. So I decided to pop onto ...

Billy Redden’s appearance in Tim Burton’s “Big Fish” will best be appreciated when the film lands on home video. Viewers can freeze-frame on his big scene, which lasts a matter of seconds. That’s him ...

Billy Redden’s appearance in Tim Burton’s “Big Fish” will best be appreciated when the film lands on home video. Viewers can freeze-frame on his big scene, which lasts a matter of seconds. That’s him ...

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 ...