The movie that made the sound of dueling banjos synonymous with a lot of negative stereotypes40 years ago is being celebrated this weekend at the Chattooga River Festival.When “Deliverance" was made ...

The 'Dueling Banjos' (guitar & banjo) scene was NOT part of the original script in the movie, until the cameraman happened to catch it on film. NOTE: The family of the boy was well paid and beat ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. TULSA, OKLAHOMA — The original song, the one ...

One of the most memorable moments in the 1972 film Deliverance is the banjo/guitar duel of Billy Redden and Ronny Cox. Musicians looking to add some of that plucky magic to their own compositions ...

This summer marks the 40th anniversary of the screen adaptation of James Dickey’s Deliverance, as famous for its Grammy Award-winning instrumental song “Dueling Banjos” as its unsettling “bet you can ...

Rabun County, Georgia resident Billy Redden was 15 when he was discovered at a casting call in Clayton, Georgia and offered the part of the inbred banjo-playing boy in the 1972 Burt Reynolds sodomy ...

The history of the instrumental bluegrass song “Dueling Banjos” has a tempestuous story thanks to the fact that the original songwriter is often not gifted credit for the song’s birth. That being said ...

ATLANTA — He is probably one of the most iconic and memorable characters from the movie “Deliverance.” Billy Redden, who played the “Banjo Boy” in the movie, was just 15 when it was filmed in North ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Banjos get a bad rap. Every time I interview someone who plays the instrument (like Danny Barnes ...