Eric Weissberg (August 16, 1939 – March 22, 2020) was an American singer,

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player, and

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, whose most commercially successful recording was his banjo solo in "

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", featured as the theme of the film ''

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'' (1972) and released as a single that reached number 2 in the United States and Canada in 1973. A member of the folk group

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for years, Weissberg later developed a career as a session musician. He played and recorded with leading folk, bluegrass, rock, and popular musicians and groups from the middle of the 20th century to its end.

Life and career

Weissberg was born in

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, New York City, the son of Cecile (Glasberg), a liquor buyer, and Will Weissberg, a publicity photographer. He attended The Little Red Schoolhouse in New York's

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and graduated from

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in New York City. He went on to the

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and the

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. From 1956 to 1958, Weissberg frequently joined

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and

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to play on Sundays from 12-6pm. Public folk-singing in that park was forbidden by the city except for Sunday afternoons. John Herald the lead singer played guitar. Bob Yellin played guitar and 5-string. Weissberg usually played 5-string but also fiddle. Paul Prestopino played mandolin. Weissberg joined an early version of the Greenbriar Boys (1958–59), but left before they made any recordings. He joined The Tarriers, replacing

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. At the time, the Tarriers had had a hit with "

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's version, released soon afterward, became a bigger hit. Weissberg was taken on as a string-bass player, but the group soon made use of his multi-instrumental talents as banjo player, fiddler,

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ist,

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player, and singer. He started performing with the Tarriers while still a student at Juilliard. His first album with The Tarriers, ''Tell The World About This'' (1960), has a much rougher feel than the smoothly produced sound of

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. In 1964, he had one-year's service with the

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, which he had earlier joined. After his return, the Tarriers re-formed. In 1965, the group accompanied

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on a tour of

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and

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, but disbanded soon after. Collins was sufficiently impressed with his musicianship to use Weissberg as a session musician on ''Fifth Album'' (1965) and several later albums. Commercially, interest in acoustic folk groups was waning. Weissberg developed a career as a session musician, playing on albums by

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, Ronnie Gilbert, and others. He was well known for playing the banjo solo in "

", used as the theme in the film ''

'' (1972), produced by

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and directed by

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. It was released later as a single and became a hit, playing on Top 40, AOR, and country stations alike. It reached the Top Ten and hit #2 in the US and Canada."Arthur Smith passes"
''Bluegrass Today'', 4 August 2014, accessed 27 August 2014 The song also won the 1974 Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance. Weissberg released a related album, called ''Dueling Banjos: From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' Deliverance (1973), which also became a hit. The album was made up mostly of tracks which Weissberg had recorded on ''New Dimensions in Banjo and Bluegrass'' (1963), with

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and

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. (Also a screenwriter, Brickman later received an

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for ''

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''.) They removed two tracks from the 1963 album and added the track for "Dueling Banjos", releasing it under the new name. One of the original 1963 tracks on the new album, "Shuckin' The Corn", was later sampled by

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on the track "5-Piece Chicken Dinner" from their album ''

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''.

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was sued by

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, the composer of "Feudin' Banjos", which he had written and recorded in 1955. It was renamed as "Dueling Banjos" in the movie. He won a "substantial settlement,"Joe De Priest, "Charlotte’s Arthur Smith, who wrote ‘Dueling Banjos,’ died Thursday at 93"
, ''

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'', 3 April 2014, accessed 27 August 2014 which included appended film credit for the song and a portion of royalties. Continuing to play folk festivals, Weissberg was nearly as well known in that venue for his

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guitar as for his bluegrass banjo playing. He also recorded with

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musicians

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and Bob James. In 1998, he joined

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and dozens of other folk musicians on

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's album '' Other Voices, Too''. He often toured with

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. They frequently played a variant of "

" in the set, in addition to Paxton's material. On February 12, 2009, Weissberg performed at the

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with the

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orchestra and chorus, along with the Riverside Inspirational Choir and NYC Labor Choir, to honor President

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's 200th birthday. Directed by

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, they performed

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's '' The Lonesome Train: A Music Legend for Actors, Folk Singers, Choirs, and Orchestra'', in which Weissberg played solo banjo. On March 22, 2020, Weissberg died at the age of 80 from

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at a nursing home in

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, near

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Discography

Albums

Singles

Partial list of sessions recordings

* '' The Boys Won't Leave the Girls Alone'' (The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, 1962) * "Sunny's Gallery of Folk Songs" (Sunny Schwartz, 1963) * '' Fifth Album'' (Judy Collins, 1965) * ''Live At Newport (1959–1966)'' (Judy Collins) * '' Ballads From Deep Gap'' (Doc and Merle Watson, 1967) * '' Bombs Over Puerto Rico'' (Jim & Ingrid Croce, 1969) * ''Sweet Moments With The Blue Velvet Band'', Warner Bros. Seven Arts Records WS 1802 (1969 - As member of The Blue Velvet Band, with Bill Keith,

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, Jim Rooney) * ''The Good Book'' (Melanie, 1971) * '' Barbra Joan Streisand'' (

, 1971) * ''Lay It All Out'' (Barry Mann, 1971) * '' Aerie'' (John Denver, 1971) * '' Stoney End'' (Barbra Streisand, 1971) * ''

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'' (John Denver, 1971) * ''Rocky Mountain High'' (John Denver, 1972) * ''Careful Man'' (Jim Croce 1973) * ''Portfolio'' (Richie Havens, 1973) * ''

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'' (Judy Collins, 1973) * '' Farewell Andromeda'' (John Denver, 1973) * '' Piano Man'' (Billy Joel, 1973) * '' Back Home Again'' (John Denver, 1974) * '' Blood on the Tracks'' (Bob Dylan, 1974) * ''

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'' (Judy Collins, 1975) * ''Free Beer'' (Free Beer, 1975) * ''Closeup'' (Frankie Valli, 1975) * ''Sing Children Sing: Songs of the United States of America'' (

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, 1977) * ''Two Days Away'' (

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, 1977) * ''Say It in Private'' (Steve Goodman, 1977) * ''Final Exam'' (Loudon Wainwright III, 1978) * '' Return of the Wanderer'' (Dion DiMucci, 1978) * ''None But One'' (

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, 1981) * ''Chaka Khan'' (

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, 1982) * '' Cabbage Patch Dreams'' (Cabbage Patch Kids, 1984) * ''

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'' (Talking Heads, 1985) * ''

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'' (Art Garfunkel, Amy Grant, 1986) * '' The Wanderer'' (Kevin Rowland, 1988) * ''

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'' (David Byrne, 1989) * ''Album III'' (Loudon Wainwright III, 1990) * ''Heroes'' (Tom Paxton, 1992) * ''Judy Sings Dylan ... Just Like a Woman'' (Judy Collins, 1993) * ''Shameless'' (Judy Collins, 1994) * ''Take The Fifth'' (compilation; Bridget St John, 1995) * ''

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'' (Art Garfunkel, 1997) * '' Other Voices, Too'' (Nanci Griffith, 1998) * ''Bathhouse Betty'' (Bette Midler, 1998) * ''Live For The Record'' (Tom Paxton, 1999) * ''Times Like These'' (Rick Danko, 2000) * ''Cowboy Dreams'' (

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, 2001) * ''Live at Wolf Trap'' (Judy Collins, 2002) * '' Copper: Original Soundtrack'' (

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, 2013) * ''North Mountain Rambling'' (David Kraai, 2017)

References

External links

Official Eric Weissberg site
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