"Dueling Banjos" is a bluegrass composition by Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith. The song was composed in 1954 by Smith as a banjo instrumental he called...
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Brickman – banjo on all tracks except "Dueling Banjos", arrangement Steve Mandell – banjo and guitar on "Dueling Banjos" Eric Weissberg – banjo, guitar,...
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Deliverance, where he played Lonnie, a banjo-playing teenager in north Georgia, who played the noted "Dueling Banjos" with Drew Ballinger (Ronny Cox). Redden...
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landmark for a scene featuring Cox's character playing "Dueling Banjos" on guitar with a banjo-picking country boy, and garnered notoriety for a scene...
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American singer, banjo player, and multi-instrumentalist, whose most commercially successful recording was his banjo solo in "Dueling Banjos", featured as...
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was also noted for his "Feudin' Banjos" (1955), which was also recorded by Lester Flatt. It was revived as "Dueling Banjos" and used as a theme song in the...
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Deliverance. In one scene, he plays the instrumental "Dueling Banjos" on his guitar with a banjo-playing mountain boy, played by child actor Billy Redden...
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banjoist. Most notably, he is known for the 1973 instrumental hit "Dueling Banjos", recorded in duo with Eric Weissberg and was awarded a Grammy. Mandell...
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Deliverance, directed by John Boorman, where he supervised the recording of "Dueling Banjos", which became a hit single for Eric Weissberg. Boyd produced and co-directed...
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beaten by Johnny Butten. In a demonstration of speed play he played "Dueling Banjos" by himself January 31, 2007 in Palm Bay, Florida at an event for Guinness...
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Charlie Rich - "Behind Closed Doors" Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell - "Dueling Banjos" Al Green - "Call Me (Come Back Home)" Little Richard - "Rip It Up"...
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airing of the 1955 Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith composition Feudin' Banjos (Dueling Banjos). Several albums have since featured songs performed on the show...
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the town, Redden can be seen on a porch plucking a few notes from "Dueling Banjos". Daniel Wallace makes a brief appearance as Sandra's economics teacher...
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The film was the fifth highest grossing that year, and also featured "Dueling Banjos" as its theme tune, which went on to be a number one hit record. In...
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the banjo at a young age when he heard Earl Scruggs play the theme song for The Beverly Hillbillies television show and when he heard "Dueling Banjos" by...
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Earl Scruggs (section Banjos)
a contract to design and endorse a new banjo to be called "The Earl Scruggs Model". The company had made banjos since before 1912 and already had a Pete...
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(Played in key of D and E) "Leaning on the Everlasting Arms" "Whoa Mule" "Dueling Banjos" Katsilometes, John (5 July 2012). "For 'Andy Griffith Show' fans, Maggie...
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the film Deliverance (with Weissberg and Steve Mandell's version of "Dueling Banjos" added to the album's track listing). In 1964, the Colonels recruited...
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on the album included Eric Weissberg, best known for his recording "Dueling Banjos" for the 1972 movie Deliverance. Grossman died in 1991, aged 39, of...
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with Mark Roebuck. Notes: "Ants Marching" includes an excerpt from "Dueling Banjos" (Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith). Following "Christmas Song" is a hidden...
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acts' names, it saw generally warm reviews that praised Marshall's dueling-banjo additions to songs. The group continued to tour extensively, and released...
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or it can be played with a band. Banjo music can be played with all types of banjos (four, five, or six string). Banjo music originated informally as a...
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innate ability to listen to a rhythm and track the beat, as seen here "Dueling Banjos". This can be done by bobbing the head, tapping of the feet or even...
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All Saints Road" includes "Battle of New Orleans" (Traditional) and "Dueling Banjos" (Arthur Smith) “The ending of ‘Champagne’ includes an audio sample...
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Guitar battle (redirect from Guitar duel)
also known among guitarists as a head-cutting duel or simply as cutting heads. The song Dueling Banjos is an example which was made famous by the 1972...
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Carpenters 60 "Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)" The Four Tops 61 "Dueling Banjos" Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell 62 "Higher Ground" Stevie Wonder 63...
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unload" with its heavy metal opening and duel between guitar and vocoder which Konz compared to "Dueling Banjos" from the film Deliverance. He concluded...
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in the Band 1969: Whatever's Right 1971: The Hills of Indiana 1973: Dueling Banjos (with Rusty York) 1977: Home at Last 1978: Lonnie Mack with Pismo 1985:...
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Lurleen's trailer park, Homer passes a boy playing a banjo on a porch, a reference to the "Dueling Banjos" sequence in Deliverance (1972). He appears later...
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the all-time best selling guitar instrumental, and "Dueling Banjos", the all-time best selling banjo composition. Country artist Eric Church from the Hickory...
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