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sirmitchell:

Bippity boop bop bloop for shizzle. 

countryandwestern:

I certainly do.

dadsaretheoriginalhipster:

Your dad played the banjo before you did and he’s got the finger picking skills to prove it. In his quest to become a renaissance man of the obscure instrument world, he discovered the Tennessee 4 string. With a knife and his musical axe, he set off to hike the Appalachian Trail AKA the purest place on the planet to learn banjo. The woodland spirits showed him the chords and moonshine fueled his lessons. When he emerged from the wilderness 2,181 miles later, he had killed a bear, seduced mother nature and became a nimble-fingered, mother plucking prodigy of the hillbilly guitar. On quiet nights along the trail you can still hear his songs resonating through the trees and serenading the wilderness. 

So hipsters, next time you’re twanging strings while claiming to enjoy an unenjoyable instrument and dreaming that someday your folk band might become obscurely popular, remember this…

Your dad is the only man in history who has ever played something on the banjo that didn’t make listeners envy Beethoven and his inability to hear.   

Thanks to LG for today’s awesome photo. 

singingovertheboness:

National Geographic, 1986

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dadsaretheoriginalhipster:

Your dad wore flannel before you did and he still has the Pendleton to prove it. In his woven expression of manliness, he could emasculate Paul Bunyan with his axe swings while effortlessly making the Brawny Man look like a bitch. Each of his lumberjack tops were broken in by adventure, bear boxing matches, shotgun recoils and occasionally baby vomit. He didn’t donate his plaids when it was time to retire them from his wardrobe. Instead, he gave them viking funerals to honor the tours of duty they served his upper body and set them ablaze at sea to ensure that no lesser man would ever disgrace his shirts by wearing them. 

So hipsters, next time you slide your frail body into the most masculine of woven wools with hopes that it, in combination with your shitty beard, will make you seem more rugged, remember this…

Your dad didn’t wear flannel to look tough, he wore flannel because it was tough enough to withstand him. 

Thanks to Jesse for today’s photo. 

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