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    • Aug 16, 1939
    Eric Weissberg is born in New York. He records the bluegrass instrumental "Dueling Banjos" for the 1972 movie "Deliverance"
    May 16, 1971
    Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell record "Dueling Banjos" in Clayton, Georgia. The performance appears in the movie "Deliverance"
    Jul 30, 1972
    Squeal like a pig: "Deliverance," starring Burt Reynolds, debuts in movie theaters. The picture includes Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandell performing "Dueling Banjos"
    Mar 7, 1973
    Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell receive gold awards from the RIAA, for both the "Dueling Banjos" album and its title track
    Mar 17, 1973
    Eric Weissberg's "Dueling Banjos" rises to #1 on the Billboard country albums chart
    Mar 23, 1973
    Eric Weissberg performs "Dueling Banjos" in an installment of NBC-TV's "The Midnight Special." Future country hitmaker George Burns covers "Mr. Bojangles"
    Jan 4, 1974
    Charlie Rich sings "Behind Closed Doors" and Eric Weissberg does "Dueling Banjos" as Wolfman Jack hosts "The Midnight Special" on NBC. Also featured: Dobie Gray, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Loggins & Messina, Al Green, Billy Preston and Dr. Hook
    Mar 2, 1974
    Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell earn Best Country Instrumental Performance, for "Dueling Banjos," during the 16th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles
    Feb 18, 2009
    Eric Weissberg's album "Dueling Banjos" is certified platinum by the RIAA more than 35 years after it was released
    Oct 14, 2011
    Herb Pedersen, Eric Weissberg, Bill Danoff and Jim Horn play a John Denver tribute concert at the Wheeler Opera House in Aspen, Colorado, with proceeds to benefit Denver's ailing former guitarist Pete Huttlinger
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