Eric Weissberg (born August 16, 1939) is an American banjo player, best known for the theme from the movie Deliverance.BiographyEric Weissberg went to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, then the Juilliard School of Music. He joined an early version of the Greenbriar Boys (1958-59), but left before they made any recordings. He then joined The Tarriers, replacing Eric Darling. The Tarriers had recently had a hit with "Banana Boat Song", though Harry Belafonte had the bigger hit soon aft