Eric Weissberg
Sign in to saveAmerican musician (1939–2020)
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1939
- Active to
- 2020
bluegrass
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Eric Weissberg (August 16, 1939 – March 22, 2020) was an American singer, banjo player, and multi-instrumentalist, best known for playing solo in "Dueling Banjos," featured as the theme of the 1973 film Deliverance and released as a single that reached number 2 in the United States and Canada in 1973. Weissberg attended the University of Wisconsin, then the Juilliard School of Music. He joined an early version of the Greenbriar Boys (1958-59), but left before they made any recordings. <a href="
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Eric
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Genre
- country music
- Instrument
- guitar
- Record label
- Elektra
- Official website
- www.ericweissberg.com
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- date of birth
- 1939-08-16
- start of work period
- 1957-00-00
- date of death
- 2020-03-22
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