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Eric Weissberg Dies: ‘Dueling Banjos’ Arranger & Player Was 80
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deadline.comBy Erik Pedersen Managing Editor Eric Weissberg, who arranged and played the banjo on and won a Grammy for “Dueling Banjos,” from the 1972 movie Deliverance, died Sunday of Alzheimer’s disease complications.
He was 80. His son, Will Weissberg, confirmed the news to our sister publication Rolling Stone. 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 School of Music in the 1950s.
He also played guitar, mandolin, fiddle, pedal steel, and string bass. He also became a frequent collaborator of Tom Paxton and Judy Collins and worked as a session man for such acts as Bob Dylan, Talking Heads,
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