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Steve Mandell

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'''Stephen Arnold''' "'''Steve'''" '''Mandell''' (died on March 14, 2018)<ref name= baltimoresun></ref><ref name= bluegrasstoday/> was an American [[16th_Annual_Grammy_Awards#Country|Grammy Award]]-winning [[Bluegrass music|bluegrass]] guitarist and [[Banjo |banjoist]]. Most notably, he is known for the 1973 instrumental hit "[[Dueling Banjos]]" recorded in duo with [[Eric Weissberg]].<ref name= bestclassicbands></ref>

==Life and career==
Mandell was born in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] and grew up in [[Mount Vernon, New York| Mount Vernon]] and [[New Rochelle, New York]].<ref name= baltimoresun/>
In the early 1960s, along with mandolinist [[David Grisman]], he was part of the Garrett Mountain Boys.<ref name= jmoreliving/> In the 1960s and 1970s, Mandell was a prominent session musician, and he played on [[Judy Collins]]<ref name= bestclassicbands/> live album ''[[The Judy Collins Concert]]'' (1964) and studio album ''[[True Stories and Other Dreams]]'' (1973), among others.

In 1972, Mandell recorded "[[Dueling Banjos]]" with another session musician, [[Eric Weissberg]]. In 1973, the single peaked at No. 2 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]],<ref name="Whitburn 2003"></ref> No. 5 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles, and No. 1 on [[List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1973 (U.S.)|Adult Contemporary]] chart, and the tune was the theme of the 1972 film ''[[Deliverance]]''.<ref name= bluegrasstoday></ref>
The song was also nominated for the 1972 [[30th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]] in the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song category]].<ref></ref> "Dueling Banjos" won the 1974 [[Grammy_Award_for_Best_Country_Instrumental_Performance#1970s|Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance]].<ref name= baltimoresun/>

In 1973, the album ''Dueling Banjos'' by Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandell peaked at No.1 on the [[List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 1973|Billboard 200]].<ref name="Top Pop Albums"></ref>

Mandell also worked on Broadway, and played in the 1976 musical ''[[The Robber Bridegroom (musical) |The Robber Bridegroom]]''. He also recorded advertising jingles.<ref name= jmoreliving></ref>

In 1988, he left New York and moved to Baltimore. He died of prostate cancer on March 14, 2018, at the age of 76.<ref name= baltimoresun/><ref name= bestclassicbands/> He was an [[Owings Mills, Maryland]] resident at the time of his death.

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