Taste of Country

‘Dueling Banjos’ Songwriter Arthur ‘Guitar Boogie’ Smith Dies

'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 ...
Rolling Stone

Eric Weissberg, ‘Dueling Banjos’ and ‘Blood on the Tracks’ Musician, Dead at 80

Bluegrass musician Eric Weissberg, whose cover of the Arthur “Guitar Boogie” Smith instrumental “Dueling Banjos” became an unlikely pop hit when it appeared on the soundtrack to the 1972 film ...
Yahoo

Eric Weissberg, Whose ‘Dueling Banjos’ Was an Unlikely Smash, Dies at 80

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 ...
Yahoo

Eric Weissberg Dies: Arranger & Player On ‘Dueling Banjos’ Song From ‘Deliverance’ Was 80

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 ...
WGHP

NC music legend Arthur Smith, ‘Dueling Banjos’ writer, 93, dies

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Arthur Smith, a music legend and TV pioneer from Charlotte, died Thursday at the age of 93, according to WSOC-TV. Smith gained national attention in 1955 after composing a banjo ...
The Boot

‘Dueling Banjos’ Composer Arthur Smith Dead at 93

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, ...