Nicely done. The song was written and first recorded as "Feudin' Banjos" by Arthur Smith in 1955 (his partner then was Don Reno). The song was revived in 1972 as "Dueling Banjos" and performed by Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell on the soundtrack of the movie "Deliverance" and became a huge pop and country hit. W&M had assumed the song was a public domain folk melody and were shocked when the by then elderly and poor Smith proved his still in effect copyright -- winning a windfall of needed cash..
In between "Feudin' Banjos" and "Dueling Banjos" was Bud Brewster's arrangement called "Mocking Banjo". I think "Dueling" is a little closer to "Mocking" than it was to "Feudin'".
I saw Arthur Smith in Concert in 79. He was not in need of cash, although he got a fortune from the song royalties. He had his own TV show and performed everywhere.. I saw him at Wingate University. Fifteen thousand were in the stands. Glen Campbell referred to him as Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith. He was a legend and not a pauper! He was a trailblazer whom many gave partial credit to him for the birth of rock and roll. He had the first nationally syndicated country music show on television. I watched it often as a child. You are confused about elderly poor Arthur. He lived till 2014. 35 years after he got his earnings from the film. I saw many of his show through the years. He was not poor!
1970's. My Grandfather was a self-taught banjo player and I was a teen learning guitar. We jammed but were hopeless. But the bonding with him was magic. One beautiful human I lost and still miss, but his ways of tackling life impacted me and I have passed them on.
This was really well done. There are very few versions of this song I really enjoy, but this put a fresh new face on it, and the Laurel and Hardy routine was perfect!
Ahhh the banjo. Gave it a go for a month more or less two years ago before I had to move, a friend had one in his house. So much fun to play, looking forward to that challenge again.
how is it different than blackface... hmmm, it's not really, in fact it's EXACTLY like blackface.....with the exception of..... EVERY FUCKING SINGLE THING ABOUT IT!!! look, it's fine to take your brain out of your head now & then in order to rest it or clean & lube it or whatev, but seriously, ALWAYS put it back in & screw the cap down tight b4 u try to communicate!!!
I'm a lifelong Laurel and Hardy fan; years ago I was friends with more than 60 of their former co-workers at the Hal Roach Studios. I haven't seen this before -- thank you very much for posting it.
@@ronz7046 Yes, I know. Stan Laurel passed away on February 23, 1965 and Babe Hardy died on August 7, 1957; this clip was probably made in the early '70s, when the movie "Deliverance" was popular. I know it's two guys doing a tribute to the real L&H.
The actor didn,t look like that in real life- it,s why it,s called acting! He couldn't play banjo either. Apparently he and the musician were inside a large shirt with his arms by his side. He was a meeter and greeter for Wal mart in real life.
Hmm. Matt W. I believe the tune is called FEUDING banjoes, by Lester and Earl, Scruggs and Flatt that is. The name Dueling banjoes came from the film Deliverance.
To everyone getting worked up that it's a guitar and banjo instead of two banjos: "Dueling Banjos" is the name of the song, not an indication of the instruments playing it. You could play Dueling Banjos with a piano and an organ and it'd still be Dueling Banjos.
Arthur Smith (of Guitar Boogie fame) composed the song in 1954 and recorded it in 1955 using two banjos, under the title Fuedin' Banjos. Down the line, the title got renamed Dueling Banjos and was covered by many other artists, including Glen Campbell, who played a guitar against a competing banjo. The tune was nationally popularized in the movie Deliverance, again using a guitar and banjo.
The original composition entitled "Fueding Banjos" by Author Smith was written for two distinct Banjos. When the movie Deliverance used the song the producer intended the new composition to be entitled "Dueling Banjo". One banjo against the guitar ....... Now you know the rest of the story 🤔
I attended bluegrass shows in the mid-sixties and about every band had a version of " dueling (fill in the blank: banjos , mandolins, guitars)" Well before Deliverance was conceived.
@@GroundhogRoy obviously YOU know NOTHING about one of the “GREATEST” comedy duo’s from the past and up until today… Who do you think they look like , the 2 Idiots in the White House running the country? Beavis & Butthead could run circles around that OLD depends wearing idiot and that laughing hyena…..
what happened to entertainment on tv just being entertaing...... seriously i watch alot of these old black and white shows and there sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo~~ much better then 99% of the crap on tvs these days. I'm only 32, born in 1982 and ya,... ffs
Unfortunately WE the people happened.. after extensive research that TV companies discovered that there is a majority of brainless morons who will just watch TV shopping and crap chat shows... all day, every day... and now they are raking in the money. They don't have to pay to make actual entertaining shows any more. WE the people.. (as a whole...I count myself out of this one) are responsible.
Of course, one of the great ironies is that it's called "Dueling Banjos," yet it's scored and universally played (including in its most famous incarnation, in "Deliverance") on one banjo and one guitar.
Its basically Feudin Banjos (1955) composed by Arthur Smith,there are some differences between them but essentially they are the same...Smith was never asked by the film makers for his permission to use it so he sued them and won...
The title alone should have tipped you off. In Deliverance it was a banjo against a guitar, just as here. Therefore Dueling Banjos would be an inappropriate title for the piece.
@@carlosoliveira-rc2xt I had thought about this a little bit on a few occasions over the years. Basically arrived at the same conclusion early on, but I always had that little doubt in the back of my mind that Southern 'orneriness' could be behind the title. This agrees with your opinion. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8cvkmaNvpUY.html
