| LC control no. | n 85077140 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Weissberg, Eric |
| Associated place | New York (N.Y.) |
| Birth date | 1939-08-16 |
| Death date | 2020-03-22 |
| Place of birth | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) |
| Place of death | Detroit (Mich.) |
| Field of activity | Country music Bluegrass music Folk music |
| Affiliation | Tarriers (Musical group) |
| Profession or occupation | Musicians Country musicians Bluegrass musicians Banjoists Guitarists |
| Found in | Brand, O. Singing is believing [SR] p1980: labels (Eric Weissberg) container (guitar and banjo) American banjo [SR] p1990: insert (Eric Weissberg; b. 1939, New York City) Wikipedia, May 23, 2019 (Eric Weissberg; b. Aug. 16, 1939; American singer, banjo player, and multi-instrumentalist best known for playing "Dueling Banjos" featured in the 1972 film Deliverance; was a member of the folk group The Tarriers for years; genres: country, bluegrass) New York times WWW site, March 25, 2020 (in obituary published March 23, 2020: Eric Weissberg; born August 16, 1939, Brooklyn, New York; died Sunday [March 22, 2020] in a nursing home near Detroit; banjo player and multi-instrumentalist known for the 1973 hit "Dueling banjos"; member of two popular folk groups, the Greenbriar Boys and the Tarriers; also performed as a session musician in New York) |
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