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Loy B Moore Member From: Bossier City, LA, USA	posted 05 January 2002 07:36 PM profile I recently heard a recording of Dueling Banjos that featured a pedal steel "competing" with the banjo. The pedal steel clearly won the duel (what else). Does anyone know who was playing the steel and the name of the CD?
Gary Harris Member From: Hendersonville, TN, USA	posted 05 January 2002 08:34 PM profile One of my favorite movies was "Deliverance" staring Burt Reynolds. In the movie the "Dueling Banjos" instrumental was used however it was banjo and flat top guitar. This was used without the permission of the author, Arther Guitar Boogie Smith. Mr. Smith contacted Hollywood and asked for compensation, they said no. He indicated that he would take legal action, their arrogant reply was, "You don't have the time nor enough money to sue us". Smith replied that he had plenty of time and could get the money. He did both and won a huge settlement. This story was in a book by Ralph Emery.
Fred Murphy Member From: Indianapolis, In. USA	posted 05 January 2002 08:47 PM profile Robby Turner has a version with a dobro. It is on a CD titled Totally Hot Nashiville Steel Guitar, and it features several other steel players as well. A good CD.
CHIP FOSSA Member From: Monson, MA 01057 U.S.A.	posted 05 January 2002 08:50 PM profile Interesting. Never knew this, 'til now. Always thought Eric Weissberg(?) was the author, as well we know it was his banjo version which made it into "Deliverance". And "Hat's-Off" to Arthur 'GuitarBoogie' Smith for beating those 'WholeyWierd' greedy hogs at their endless lying & conniving. FWIW - ChipsAhoy
Quesney Gibbs Member From: Anniston, AL	posted 06 January 2002 04:10 AM profile A few years ago I was working in the Anniston, Alabama area with some musicians from the 14th Army band. They were awsome to say the least. The lead guitar player also played banjo so when we played Dueling Banjos the second part fell to me. I had my guns jam more than once in that song but they were professionals so they just laughed it off. Ft. McClellan was closed and the band was re assigned to other parts of the world and that was the end of that. Great fun while it lasted.
Bill C. Buntin Member From: back at home in Cleburne, TX	posted 06 January 2002 06:13 AM profile I thought it was really Ronnie Cox and that guy on the porch swing in Deliverance that played "Dueling Banjos". Seriously though, Wasn't there a guy named Steve Mandel involved with the original with Eric Weisberg?
Gene Jones Member From: Oklahoma City, OK USA	posted 06 January 2002 06:47 AM profile Yes, it was "Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell" on the sound track of Deliverance, and released on Warner Brothers Records. www.genejones.com
Jim Phelps Member From: just out of Mexico City	posted 08 January 2002 04:26 PM profile "Two thumbs up" to Arthur 'GuitarBoogie' Smith.
Glenn Austin Member From: Montreal, Canada	posted 08 January 2002 08:27 PM profile Squeal like a pig! Really pigeonholed Ned Beatty's career.
Jason Odd Member From: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	posted 09 January 2002 12:37 AM profile In regards to the Soundtrack, it was a top seller, a hit and a total disgrace. Besides the Arthur Smith rip-off situation, the rest of the album was actually from a 1963 album 'New Dimensions In Guitar And Banjo' by Marshall Brickman and Steve Mandell. It was recorded in Hollywood and a young fella by the name of Clarence White played rhythm guitar on the session. Suffice it to say that the soundtrack LP and reissues since have failed to mention Brickman, or anyone else invloved besides Brickman. In reality the album should have been credited to Mandell alone, or better yet.. various artists with full credits on each song. Oh well, that's the industry I suppose.
CHIP FOSSA Member From: Monson, MA 01057 U.S.A.	posted 09 January 2002 02:30 AM profile Jeeeeeeeeeezzzzzzz... Jason........you never, ever, cease to amaze me [us]......you are certainly, to this point, the unrefutabilly most knowledgeable folklorist/archivist since Alan Lomax. Thanks good friend... You know I dig this stuff......... ChipsAhoy [This message was edited by CHIP FOSSA on 09 January 2002 at 02:33 AM.]
Jason Odd Member From: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	posted 09 January 2002 09:05 AM profile quote: the unrefutabilly most knowledgeable folklorist/archivist since Alan Lomax. Not quite, but I will take the compliment! ------------ "The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side." - Hunter S. Thompson
Geoff Cole Member From: Marrara N.T. Australia	posted 10 January 2002 09:07 PM profile Go get 'em Jas. Still Stuck in East Timor.
Gary Harris Member From: Hendersonville, TN, USA	posted 12 January 2002 09:06 AM profile As a subscriber of the local newspaper, "The Nashville Tennessean" music stories are in the news. Almost weekly there are stories about someone in the music business sueing someone also in the music business. This is not mentioned on the radio at all, it's old hat. The Dixie Chicks are in a dispute because of, you guessed it, money.
Dave Van Allen Member From: Doylestown, PA , US , Earth	posted 12 January 2002 10:59 PM profile quote: Squeal like a pig! Really pigeonholed Ned Beatty's career. wouldn't "corn-holed" be a more apt phrase?
Smiley Roberts Member From: Hendersonville,Tn. 37075	posted 13 January 2002 05:12 PM profile "Dueling Banjos", I call it the "love theme" from "Deliverance". ------------------ ~ ~ ©¿© ars longa, mm vita brevis -=sr€=-
Ray Jenkins Member From: Gold Canyon Az. Pinal U.S.A.	posted 15 January 2002 10:23 AM profile quote: Dueling Banjos", I call it the "love theme" from "Deliverance I thought "DELIVERANCE" was a love story!! Ray ------------------ Steeling is still legal in Arizona
Paul Graupp Member From: Macon Ga USA	posted 15 January 2002 10:34 AM profile Say; this is more fun than the HUMOR Forum !! Now if we could just get Tony Davis and Anne Marie some b@njos, we'd be all set ! Them two is always dueling it out. BTW: I heard some guy on WSM last night saying: There's nothing better than waking up at 4 AM to the sound of B@NJOS..... !! Regards, Paul
John Kavanagh Member From: Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada	posted 16 January 2002 12:53 PM profile Wait a sec. I have that LP, and it credits Weissberg, Brickman, AND Mandel, not in big print, but still. Except that I think the "Dueling banjos" cut was Weissberg/Mandel, and the rest of the album is Weissberg/Brickman, with a lot of twin banjo stuff. I'll have to check. I'm pretty sure it doesn't credit Clarence white. Marshall Brickman also co-wrote most of Woody Allen's movies. I heard a story about how he was pretty hard-up when that album was reissued with a picture from the movie on it, and it was a most pleasant surprise when Weissberg called to say a big cheque was in the mail. It's a good album if you like banjo instrumentals, which I do.
D Schubert Member From: Columbia, MO, USA	posted 16 January 2002 02:32 PM profile Many, many years ago I heard Dallas Wayne do this song with a bass fiddle and a kazoo, all by himself. Sounded almost like a full band when he hit the chorus and started slappin' the bull fiddle. Won first prize in the talent contest, I think. I'm still laughing when I think about it...

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