The history of the instrumental bluegrass song “Dueling Banjos” has a tempestuous story thanks to the fact that the original songwriter is often not gifted credit for the song’s birth. That being said ...

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 ...

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 ...