Deliverance Banjo Players Today

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                                                        Deliverance

The movie Deliverance (NSFW) was a creepy, gritty movie about four business men, who go on a rafting trip down an isolated river in the American south, before a nearby dam is completed and floods the whole pristine area. They meet with misadventure.....
......if you haven't seen this classic, then perhaps this clip will catch your interest.

And here they are today.

Ronnie Cox (guitar player) Billy Redden (banjo player)

Ronnie Cox, as an actor, he made his debut in the acclaimed 1972 film Deliverance, in a scene wherein he plays the instrumental "Dueling Banjos" on his guitar with a banjo-playing mountain boy, played by child actor Billy Redden. He was hired for the role because he could play the guitar. 

Billy Redden best known for his role as Lonnie, the banjo-playing boy, in the 1972 film Deliverance. Redden, then 15, earned his role in Deliverance during a casting call at Clayton Elementary School in Clayton, Georgia. To add authenticity and humor to the film, the filmmakers found Redden to fit the look of the inbred and mentally retarded banjo boy called for by the book, although Redden himself is neither. His distinctive look was enhanced using special makeup.

-courtesy Wikipedia-