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Eric Weissberg

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American musician (1939–2020)

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Person
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Origin
United States
Active from
1939
Active to
2020
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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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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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