The passing of Eric Weissberg was very saddening news. I was priveleged to have seen and heard him play at the Athy Bluegrass Music Festival in Co. Kildare, Ireland, back in the 1980s. He was persuaded to play "Duelling Banjos" with a guitarist, which one I have forgotten, and did so, although, as he made known to the audience, he had played it so very often, even by then.
He was sensational that evening, on banjo, never giving any hint that he had equal facility on a multitude of other instruments. It was only then that I realised that he had accompanied the Clancy brothers & Tommy Makem on so many of their recordings.
He mentioned too, that night, that he had played with "The Greenbriar Boys" and I remembered that name on an LP by Joan Baez. I wonder if he was a member of the group at that juncture ? I think the track was "Pal o' mine"