william dexter coakley was the kid that played banjo in deliverance.
william dexter coakley was the kid that played banjo in deliverance.
who was the kid that played banjo in deliverance?
william dexter coakley
in 2012, 40 years after the release of "deliverance", redden was interviewed in association with a documentary, "the deliverance of rabun county" (2012). it explored the feelings of people in rabun county four decades later about the 1972 film. redden said that though "deliverance" was the best thing that happened to him, he never saw much money from the movie:









































noting some locals objected to the stereotypes in the movie, redden said that the people in rabun county were good people:









































section::::filmography.









































bullet::::- "deliverance" (1972) - lonnie









































bullet::::- "blastfighter" (1984) - banjo man (uncredited)
billy redden
frank jenkins (musician)









































frank jenkins (1888–1945) was an american banjo and fiddle player.









































he was born in 1888 in dobson, north carolina. jenkins earned his living working on farms and in sawmills. 









































jenkins was known for his skill as a classic 3-finger style banjo player, but he was also an accomplished fiddle player, winning prizes at many fiddle contests.









































jenkins played banjo in the band "da costa woltz's southern broadcasters" in the 1920s. he later formed his own band, the "pilot mountaineers", in which he played fiddle, his son oscar played banjo, and pop stoneman played guitar.
frank jenkins (musician)