Biography
Eric Weissberg (August 16, 1939 – March 22, 2020) was an American singer, banjo player, and multi-instrumentalist, whose most commercially successful recording was his banjo solo in "Dueling Banjos", featured as the theme of the film Deliverance (1972) and released as a single that reached number 2 in the United States and Canada in 1973. A member of the folk group the Tarriers 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.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Blood On The Tracks
1975
Little Creatures
1985
Piano Man
1973
John Denver's Greatest Hits
1973
Life And Times
1973
Naked
1988
Rocky Mountain High
1972
Phases And Stages
1974
Poems, Prayers & Promises
1971
![The Bootleg Series Volumes 1 - 3 [Rare & Unreleased] 1961-1991, credited to Eric Weissberg](https://i.discogs.com/YNJnYV-fvSBzLrgVVGWjEyokqW8EJwl9hcOvcuBBRQg/rs:fit/g:sm/q:40/h:150/w:150/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTk3MzM0/NjAtMTQ4NTYyMzkx/Mi04NjQwLmpwZWc.jpeg)
The Bootleg Series Volumes 1 - 3 [Rare & Unreleased] 1961-1991
1991
One
1974
Farewell Andromeda
1973
Dueling Banjos From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Deliverance And Additional Music
1973
Starland Vocal Band
1976
Aerie
1971
More Blood, More Tracks (The Bootleg Series Vol.14)
2018
Stoney End
1971
Rei Momo
1989
Double Time
1977
What A Diff'rence A Day Makes
1975
Judith
1975
Stars
1974
Blood On The Tracks
1974
Barbra Joan Streisand
1971
Credited work
2,554 releases · 287 albums · active 1957–2026
- Performance · 3,444
- Other credits · 2,151
- Production · 15
Studios: Sigma Sound Studios, New York · A&R Studios · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Devonshire Studios
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Judy Collins
- Bob Dylan
- Ian & Sylvia
- John Denver
- Talking Heads
- Tom Chapin
- The Tarriers