I never saw the movie Deliverance. I’m told it’s a classic. The story line didn’t much appeal to me. But I’m grateful for one thing: it made “Dueling Banjos” a classic. They even used the original version by a pair of good old boys from New York City, Eric Weisberg (banjo) and Steve Mandel (guitar). The two of them start out slow and then unexpectedly speed up, each trying to go faster than the other in a back-and-forth contest. It’s as good an intro to Scruggs-style banjo picking as there is. By the end of the song, city-slickers are wide-eyed … Continue reading The War on Trade