![Eric Weissberg, musician who shot to fame thanks to his work on Duelling Banjos from the film Deliverance – obituary Eric Weissberg, musician who shot to fame thanks to his work on Duelling Banjos from the film Deliverance – obituary](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/obituaries/2020/03/27/TELEMMGLPICT000228576511_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqFPFhL3U3M1c3Nuhj1mJa55tMgqrnW870zEMkP2co5Cw.jpeg)
Eric Weissberg, musician who shot to fame thanks to his work on Duelling Banjos from the film Deliverance – obituary
![Deliverance's 'backwoods banjo boy' is unrecognizable more than 50 YEARS after the film debuted - having quit the movie industry and turned to odd jobs in order to make ends meet Deliverance's 'backwoods banjo boy' is unrecognizable more than 50 YEARS after the film debuted - having quit the movie industry and turned to odd jobs in order to make ends meet](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/07/28/19/73729963-0-image-a-72_1690568663924.jpg)
Deliverance's 'backwoods banjo boy' is unrecognizable more than 50 YEARS after the film debuted - having quit the movie industry and turned to odd jobs in order to make ends meet
![Musicians Battle It Out In Deliverance's “Dueling Banjos” Scene | Classic Country Music | Legendary Stories and Songs Musicians Battle It Out In Deliverance's “Dueling Banjos” Scene | Classic Country Music | Legendary Stories and Songs](https://classiccountrymusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/dueling-deliverance.jpg)
Musicians Battle It Out In Deliverance's “Dueling Banjos” Scene | Classic Country Music | Legendary Stories and Songs
The Storytellers - Sharp eyed observers (us) recognized this #banjo player from a brief scene in the movie "Big Fish". He is Billy Redden, who once famously played the backwoods boy playing "
![The 'Banjo Boy' from Deliverance looks unrecognisable decades after quitting showbiz - Mirror Online The 'Banjo Boy' from Deliverance looks unrecognisable decades after quitting showbiz - Mirror Online](https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article30544718.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200c/0_deliv01.jpg)