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Eric Weissberg

New York City, United States • 1939-08-18 – 2020-03-22

Eric Weissberg is credited on 1,764 releases across 287 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1958–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,764

Pressings credited

287

Albums

8

Decades active

837

In collections

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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Credited work

1,764 releases · 287 albums · active 1958–2025

  • Performance · 3,291
  • Other credits · 715
  • Production · 12

Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Devonshire Studios · The Hit Factory · A&R Studios

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