Dueling Banjos (album)

Dueling Banjos is a 1973 soundtrack album to the film Deliverance by American banjoists Marshall Brickman, Steve Mandell, and Eric Weissberg released by Warner Bros. Records and made up of the title track by Mandell and Weissberg and a repackaged version of the 1963 album New Dimensions in Banjo and Bluegrass by Brickman and Weissberg.

Dueling Banjos
Soundtrack album by Marshall Brickman, Steve Mandell, and Eric Weissberg
Released	January 1973 (1973-01)
Recorded	1962, 1972 ("Dueling Banjos")
Genre	Bluegrass[1]
Length	34:54
Language	English
Label	Warner Bros.

Reception

Editors at AllMusic rated this album 4 out of 5 stars, with critic Zac Johnson writing that "the blistering virtuosity of multi-instrumentalists Eric Weissberg and Marshall Brickman ripple through such traditional numbers" and that this serves as a good introduction to bluegrass music for listeners.^[1]

Track listing

All tracks are traditional compositions, arranged and adapted by Marshall Brickman and Eric Weissberg, except where noted

1. "Dueling Banjos" (arranged by Weissberg) – 3:16
2. "Little Maggie" – 1:12
3. "Shuckin' the Corn" – 2:12
4. "Pony Express" – 2:06
5. "Old Joe Clark" – 1:50
6. "Eight More Miles to Louisville" – 2:03
7. "Farewell Blues" – 2:00
8. "Earl's Breakdown" – 1:52
9. "End of a Dream" (arranged by Weissberg) – 1:49
10. "Buffalo Gals" (written by Brickman) – 2:18
11. "Reuben's Train" – 2:58
12. "Riding the Waves" – 1:35
13. "Fire on the Mountain" – 2:18
14. "Eighth of January" – 1:07
15. "Bugle Call Rag" – 1:32
16. "Hard Ain't It Hard" (written by Woody Guthrie) – 1:50
17. "Mountain Dew" – 1:26
18. "Rawhide" – 2:05

Personnel

• Marshall Brickman – banjo on all tracks except "Dueling Banjos", arrangement
• Steve Mandell – banjo and guitar on "Dueling Banjos"
• Eric Weissberg – banjo, guitar, violin, vocals, arrangement

Additional personnel

• Jimmy Bond – standup bass
• Rick Conrad – proof reading
• Jim Dickson – recording supervision
• Jac Holzman – production supervision
• Dino Lappas – audio engineering
• Clarence White – guitar

Chart performance

Chart performance for Dueling Banjos

Chart	Peak
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[2]	61
Billboard 200[3][4][5][6]	1

See also

• List of 1973 albums
• List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 1973

References

1. Johnson, Zac (n.d.). "Eric Weissberg – Dueling Banjos". AllMusic. RhythmOne. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
2. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, New South Wales, Australia: Australian Chart Book. p. 281. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
3. "Billboard Top LP's and Tapes". Billboard. Vol. 85, no. 11. March 17, 1973. p. 66. ISSN 0006-2510.
4. "Billboard Top LP's and Tapes". Billboard. Vol. 85, no. 12. March 24, 1973. p. 67. ISSN 0006-2510.
5. "Billboard Top LP's and Tapes". Billboard. Vol. 85, no. 13. March 31, 1973. p. 74. ISSN 0006-2510.
6. Whitburn, Joel (2009). Joel Whitburn Presents Top Pop Albums. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, United States: Record Research Inc. p. 834. ISBN 978-0-89820-183-3.

External links

• Dueling Banjos at Discogs (list of releases)
• Dueling Banjos at MusicBrainz (list of releases)