redden was the name of the real life banjo players who played dueling banjos in deliverance.
redden was the name of the real life banjo players who played dueling banjos in deliverance.
what is the name of the real life banjo players who played dueling banjos in deliverance?
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in 1972, mandell recorded "dueling banjos" with another session musician, eric weissberg. in 1973, the single peaked at no. 2 on the "billboard" hot 100, no. 5 on the "billboard" hot country singles, and no. 1 on adult contemporary chart, and the tune was the theme of the 1972 film "deliverance".









































the song was also nominated for the 1972 golden globe awards in the best original song category. "dueling banjos" won the 1974 grammy award for best country instrumental performance.









































in 1973, the album "dueling banjos" by eric weissberg and steve mandell peaked at no.1 on the billboard 200.
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"dueling banjos" is an instrumental composition by arthur "guitar boogie" smith. the song was composed in 1954 by smith as a banjo instrumental he called "feudin' banjos," which contained riffs from "yankee doodle." smith recorded it in 1955 playing a four-string plectrum banjo and accompanied by five-string bluegrass banjo player don reno. the composition's first wide-scale airing was on a 1963 television episode of "the andy griffith show" called "briscoe declares for aunt bee," in which it is played by visiting musical family the darlings (played by the dillards, a bluegrass group) along with griffith himself.
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