# Deliverance - Dueling Banjos

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deliverance-dueling-banjos/121559>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 30, 2002, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deliverance-dueling-banjos/121559 "2002-07-30T17:39:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2002, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deliverance-dueling-banjos/121559/21 "2002-08-03T03:51:47Z")

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**Scarlett67** Well, got back a reply by e-mailing **Smith Companies Entertainment**. See I told you I get great results this way.

They said just what you found earlier, that

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> The original “Feuding Banjos” was written exclusively by Arthur Smith in 1955 and arranged for two banjos - tenor banjo and five string banjo. The original version was performed by Arthur Smith and Don Reno and the original record release was on MGM in 1955.

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**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2002, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deliverance-dueling-banjos/121559/22 "2002-08-03T04:11:42Z")

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Oh no, Mr. S and I both right at the same time . . . worlds are colliding! 😃

Thanks for the definitive answer, **samclem**!

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