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      • Eric Weissberg (August 16, 1939 – March 22, 2020) was an American singer, banjo player, and multi-instrumentalist, whose most commercially successful recording was his banjo solo in " Dueling Banjos ", featured as the theme of the film Deliverance (1972) and released as a single that reached number 2 in the United States and Canada in 1973.
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  2. Eric Weissberg (August 16, 1939 – March 22, 2020) was an American singer, banjo player, and multi-instrumentalist, whose most commercially successful recording was his banjo solo in "Dueling Banjos", featured as the theme of the film Deliverance (1972) and released as a single that reached number 2 in the United States and Canada in 1973.

  3. Mar 23, 2020 · Eric Weissberg, a gifted multi-instrumentalist whose melodic banjo work on the 1973 hit single “Dueling Banjos” helped bring bluegrass music into the cultural mainstream, died on Sunday in a ...

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  4. Mar 24, 2020 · 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...

  5. Mar 25, 2020 · Eric Weissberg, who along with Steve Mandell recorded the iconic "Dueling Banjos" song for the film Deliverance in 1973, has died at 80. Weissberg passed away Sunday following a five-year struggle with dementia, his son, Will Weissberg, confirmed to Rolling Stone.

  6. Mar 23, 2020 · Eric Weissberg (19392020), “Dueling Banjos” banjo player. By Kirk Fox March 23, 2020. 0. Eric Weissberg played banjo on the hit song “Dueling Banjos,” the theme song for the movie...

  7. Eric Weissberg ( August 16, 1939 – March 22, 2020 ) was a professional musician, singer, banjo player, and multi-instrumentalist, most well-known for the commercially successful recording of the banjo solo in “Dueling Banjos,” featured theme in the movie “Deliverance” in 1973.

  8. Mar 23, 2020 · 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...