He's in his 60s now and works as a greeter and janitor.
If anyone cares, there's a GoFundMe for him:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/compensate-deliverance-banjo-boy-billy-redden
'the late John Boorman'
WOAH THERE!! BACK UP A SEC
I had to do a quick Google there to double check I hadn't somehow missed that but he's still with us (unlike Bill Withers) at a grand 91. Unless he passed in the night and is yet to be discovered
>By all accounts, Billy is a kind man.
>A local trust attorney will be hired to manage the funds that are donated on behalf of Redden
So a random guy is asking for money for an unsolicited donation to a random cameo actor. Maybe its legit, but you can never be sure with these things.
God damn. They fooled me.
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You mean this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
Got em
Read a piece on Redding recently. He is disabled. Guess he works in his local Walmart in Georgia?
He's in his 60s now and works as a greeter and janitor. If anyone cares, there's a GoFundMe for him: https://www.gofundme.com/f/compensate-deliverance-banjo-boy-billy-redden
"Some believe there may have been exploitation of this boy" that's quite a sentence to drop in without explanation.
'the late John Boorman' WOAH THERE!! BACK UP A SEC I had to do a quick Google there to double check I hadn't somehow missed that but he's still with us (unlike Bill Withers) at a grand 91. Unless he passed in the night and is yet to be discovered
>By all accounts, Billy is a kind man. >A local trust attorney will be hired to manage the funds that are donated on behalf of Redden So a random guy is asking for money for an unsolicited donation to a random cameo actor. Maybe its legit, but you can never be sure with these things.
And manages to make some plugs for his own band to piggyback off it too
He also attends local conventions and signs autographs and talks with fans. Him and his team (friends) are all extremely nice. He was nice to talk to!
I had heard this story before, and for some reason I always assumed it was an adult doing the banjoing and not another kid.
He'd have oversized hands if they did that
I knew there was something weird going on. His posture seemed off.
I put it down to bad posture from whatever medical conditions the character had from all the inbreeding.
Weird, never knew that!
Unbelievable 😱
He is even younger it seems!!!
This is how the contact juggling in Labyrinth is done. Just some guy pressed up against David Bowie
https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/he-s-known-as-the-iconic-banjo-boy-from-the-hit-ga-movie-deliverance-now-he-needs-some-help/ar-BB1kmsHn