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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

His name may not be instantly recognizable, but millions of movie fans know the unforgettable sound he helped create.

Eric Weissberg has sadly passed away at the age of 80. Variety reports that the family says he had been suffering from Alzheimer’s for years. Eric was one half of the duo who performed the famous ...

Forty-five years ago, Atlanta native James Dickey published "Deliverance," the acclaimed novel that was made into the 1972 Southern gothic film. The movie, which chronicles an ill-fated canoe trip ...

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 ...