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[rowdy27]

[streetglide06]

I hadnt actually seen that movie the whole way through until recently. I was at Circuit City buying a new CD player and found Deliverence on DVD and bought it. Ned Beatty had a tough part in that one. The Dueling Banjos schene is still my favorite part.

[Skully]

"Dueling Banjos" was a collaboration between Eric Weissberg and Marshall Brickman, the latter of whom went on to co-write the scripts for such Woody Allen films as "Sleeper," "Annie Hall," "Manhattan" and "Manhattan Murder Mystery."

CORRECTION: It seems that, while Weissberg and Brickman were the primary players/arrangers on "New Dimensions in Banjo and Bluegrass," the album where that version of "Dueling Banjos" first appeared, the players on that particular track are Weissberg and Steve Mandel.

[woodman]

"Dueling Banjos" was also the subject of a lawsuit by Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith, who wrote the original ditty "Feuding Banjos" (with Don Reno) that was appropriated for the movie song. The producers retitled it and used it without permission, so Arthur sued to get credit. he's a local boy from these parts and could burn it up in his day.

[jlrich]

Originally Posted by woodman1

"Dueling Banjos" was also the subject of a lawsuit by Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith, who wrote the original ditty "Feuding Banjos" (with Don Reno) that was appropriated for the movie song. The producers retitled it and used it without permission, so Arthur sued to get credit. he's a local boy from these parts and could burn it up in his day.

He made A LOT of money off of that.

[streetglide06]

Originally Posted by woodman1

"Dueling Banjos" was also the subject of a lawsuit by Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith, who wrote the original ditty "Feuding Banjos" (with Don Reno) that was appropriated for the movie song. The producers retitled it and used it without permission, so Arthur sued to get credit. he's a local boy from these parts and could burn it up in his day.

I did not know that. Learn something everyday.

[woodman]

Originally Posted by jlrich

He made A LOT of money off of that.

yeah he did, but Arthur wouldn't have gone to the poorhouse without it -- he had (and still has) a knack for money-making ... his cheapskate session wages are legendary in these parts.

[Stefan]

What does Eric Weissberg do today?

[yegbert]

The recording you can buy with the title Dueling Banjos has that one song used in Deliverance but the rest of the songs are from a previous recording effort by Weissberg.

It's been a while since I've seen Deliverance, but I remember there was a slower paced minor key variation on the Dueling Banjos melody. That was played around the time when their canoes passed under the bridge where the young banjo player was standing watching them. The guitar player waved and tried to connect with the banjo player but he didn't wave or smile in return. That music in the background was haunting and foreboding and a great fit there in the movie.

Anyone know if the other music from the movie like that is available in an audio recording somewhere?

I like taking a musical thought and growing it like that, evolving the theme.

I thought about this when I read the Beverly Hillbillies thread and folks' interest there in some of the music beyond the main theme.

[teledude66]

Originally Posted by woodman

yeah he did, but Arthur wouldn't have gone to the poorhouse without it -- he had (and still has) a knack for money-making ... his cheapskate session wages are legendary in these parts.

Is he still among the living? The last thing I recall him doing were the Griffin Motor ads with Horace and Doris...My Grandpa used to watch his show, I want to say it came on Saturday nights.

[Guitarzan]

Originally Posted by teledude66

Is he still among the living? The last thing I recall him doing were the Griffin Motor ads with Horace and Doris...My Grandpa used to watch his show, I want to say it came on Saturday nights.

Ha! Someone else remembers the Arthur Smith Show. A local station in Atlanta used to air it at like 6 or 6:30 am on weekday mornings, just before the news came on. He did not have much charisma as a frontman to speak and present performers, but he could definitely play. That show was hokier than a small town Wal-mart on a Saturday night.

[woodman]

Originally Posted by teledude66

Is he still among the living? The last thing I recall him doing were the Griffin Motor ads with Horace and Doris...My Grandpa used to watch his show, I want to say it came on Saturday nights.

i'm amazed to see this thread's still alive! yeah, Arthur's still alive too -- in fact he played a benefit at the Double Door in Charlotte a few years back ... still had a few chops, but he looked mighty rickety.