Colibri had the link to the original. The version in Deliverance was done without permission, and led to a successful lawsuit against the filmmakers.
My money’s on Foggy Mountain Breakdown.
That says “hillbilly chase music”, not “scary redneck.”
No, no, no. Dueling Triangles
Hope it’s not Fuzzy Lumpkins. Once you’re buttfucked by Fuzzy Lumpkins, you STAY buttfucked.
To be fair, the original was more in the vein of 1920’s-style death banjos.
Cotton-eye Joe?
Mexican fat burners?
[sub]Gotcha ya![/sub]
Turkey in the Straw?
True, but it was the use of the tune in Deliverance that led to its being associated with the “scary hillbilly” stereotype. Not that the song itself is at all scary, but it’s the most recognizable piece of music from the movie that basically defined the “Hillbilly as Scary Threatening Other” genre.
Other people have named a lot of great and well-known banjo songs, but I don’t know of any of those songs having become associated with “scary rednecks.” When you want to quickly call to mind the idea of being in a dangerous backcountry locale with no means of getting away, you use “Dueling Banjos.” It has very little to do with the music itself, and everything to do with what happens to Ned Beatty’s character in Deliverance.
Maybe it was “Greensleeves”?
Hey that dstarfire, he got a real purty mouth ain’t he?
Just wait for me to leave before you make him squeal like a pig.
Since there have been no serious replies so far…
I’d say Dueling Banjos
I’ll Take Manhattan?
Rhapsody in Blue?
36 replies, and no one has mentioned “Dueling Banjos”?
Muskrat Love.
That’s it. Banjos at dawn, my good sir!
Ah, I like bluegrass.
For scary redneck music, I’d look at Merle Haggard’s “Okie from Muskogee” and “Fightin’ Side of Me”. Or if you prefer a historical one, try “I’m a Good Ol Rebel”. I don’t care for the sentiment myself, but I have to admit that it’s one HELL of a protest song.