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 ...

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 ...

Local fans of fiddles, festivals and folk music are faced with a tough decision on Saturday. Two festivals, both with folk and bluegrass in their names, are taking place within 45 miles of each other: ...

Stephen A. Mandell, who shared a Grammy award with Eric Weissberg for their “Dueling Banjos” performance used in the 1972 movie “Deliverance,” died March 14 from prostate cancer at his Owings Mills ...

The Internet features more than its share of negativity and snark—sometimes you’ve just gotta vent. But there’s plenty of room for love, too. With Fan Up, we ask pop-culture people we admire to tell ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Arthur Smith, a trailblazing guitarist and banjoist who wrote and recorded “Guitar Boogie” and “Dueling Banjos,” the latter heard in the ...

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, ...

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 ...

'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 ...