Dueling Banjos (album)
Dueling Banjos | |
---|---|
Warner Bros. |
Dueling Banjos is a 1973
Warner Bros. Records and made up of the title track
by Mandell and Weissberg and a repackaged version of the 1963 album New Dimensions in Banjo and Bluegrass by Brickman and Weissberg.
Reception
Editors at AllMusic rated this album 4 out of 5 stars, with critic Zac Johnson writing that "the blistering virtuosity of multi-instrumentalists Eric Weissberg and Marshall Brickman ripple through such traditional numbers" and that this serves as a good introduction to bluegrass music for listeners.[1]
Track listing
All tracks are traditional compositions, arranged and adapted by Marshall Brickman and Eric Weissberg, except where noted
- "Dueling Banjos" (arranged by Weissberg) – 3:16
- "Little Maggie" – 1:12
- "Shuckin' the Corn" – 2:12
- "Pony Express" – 2:06
- "Old Joe Clark" – 1:50
- "Eight More Miles to Louisville" – 2:03
- "Farewell Blues" – 2:00
- "Earl's Breakdown" – 1:52
- "End of a Dream" (arranged by Weissberg) – 1:49
- "Buffalo Gals" (written by Brickman) – 2:18
- "Reuben's Train" – 2:58
- "Riding the Waves" – 1:35
- "Fire on the Mountain" – 2:18
- "Eighth of January" – 1:07
- "Bugle Call Rag" – 1:32
- "Hard Ain't It Hard" (written by Woody Guthrie) – 1:50
- "Mountain Dew" – 1:26
- "Rawhide" – 2:05
Personnel
- arrangement
- Steve Mandell – banjo and guitar on "Dueling Banjos"
- Eric Weissberg – banjo, guitar, violin, vocals, arrangement
Additional personnel
- standup bass
- Rick Conrad – proof reading
- Jim Dickson – recording supervision
- Jac Holzman – production supervision
- Dino Lappas – audio engineering
- Clarence White – guitar
Chart performance
Chart | Peak |
---|---|
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[2] | 61 |
Billboard 200[3][4][5][6] | 1 |
See also
- List of 1973 albums
- List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 1973
References
- ^ a b Johnson, Zac (n.d.). "Eric Weissberg – Dueling Banjos". AllMusic. RhythmOne. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
- ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ISSN 0006-2510.
- ISSN 0006-2510.
- ISSN 0006-2510.
- ISBN 978-0-89820-183-3.
External links
- Dueling Banjos at Discogs (list of releases)
- Dueling Banjos at MusicBrainz (list of releases)