Out of nowhere my son in law decides to buy a banjo..
Came totally out of left field. He has never shown a interest in playing any musical instrument. Just one day dropped $800 on a banjo. My daughter is dumbfounded by this. She has no problem with it she just like the rest of us don't know where that came from!
So I said well, ya don't say! I just ordered a Hohner Marine Band Crossover harmonica off Amazon a few minutes ago.
Truth is about 15 years ago I played around on the harmonica and got good enough to play a few songs. you Tube wasn't much back then but now there is all kinds of instructional video's online. Besides now I'm retired and will have several hours alone at home in the morning to practice while the wife is working.
I'm not telling a soul until I get to where I can do some blues riffs well enough that I'm not going to make anyone's ears bleed!
Fun times ahead!!
"Fixed fortifications are monuments to mans stupidity" - George S. Patton
July 27, 2018, 12:36 PM
HRK
Hey tell her its better than what Kris Jenner had to deal with when her husbands mid life crisis happened....
I've always wanted to learn to play the banjo, it's a cool instrument, and you can't be sad or gloomy when you hear a banjo, it's a happy instrument...
July 27, 2018, 12:37 PM
JALLEN
Could be worse. He could have bought an accordion.
Now he can look forward to Jazz Sea cruises with Tim Allan and Banjos Aweigh! It is astonishing how many banjoists there are on those!
Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me.
When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson
"Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown
July 27, 2018, 12:41 PM
Rev. A. J. Forsyth
Sounds totally familiar.
I bought a Deering open back Banjo out of nowhere at the rip old age of 30. I was away from home for work for a year and needed something new to do besides drink beer. I love playing it, and am getting good at the old gospel standards.
July 27, 2018, 12:43 PM
Bisleyblackhawk
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Originally posted by JALLEN: Could be worse. He could have bought an accordion.
"we've gotta roll with the punches, learn to play all of our hunches Making the best of what ever comes our way Forget that blind ambition and learn to trust your intuition Plowing straight ahead come what may And theres a cowboy in the jungle" Jimmy Buffet
July 27, 2018, 12:55 PM
sns3guppy
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Originally posted by JALLEN: Could be worse. He could have bought an accordion.
Not an accordion, but Patty Gurdy makes the Hurdy Gurdy sound pretty good.
Neck Ties, Hats and ammo brass, Never ,ever touch'em w/o asking first
July 27, 2018, 01:04 PM
jhe888
Que the banjo jokes:
What is the difference between a banjo and a chainsaw?
A chainsaw has dynamic range.
The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything.
July 27, 2018, 01:11 PM
YellowJacket
I'm gonna vote for the funniest frog with the loudest croak on the highest log.
July 27, 2018, 01:16 PM
trapper189
What's the difference between a banjo and an accordion?
An accordion is heavier and thus harder to throw in the dumpster.
Did he recently buy a canoe? Maybe he was trying to save money on a paddle?
July 27, 2018, 01:19 PM
konata88
Not sure about accordion but in my book, a beginner on a violin is one of the worst situations.
"Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it." L.Tolstoy "A government is just a body of people, usually, notably, ungoverned." Shepherd Book
July 27, 2018, 02:00 PM
zoom6zoom
have him check out Banjo Ben on Ytube.
I have my own style of humor. I call it Snarkasm.
July 27, 2018, 02:00 PM
ShouldBFishin
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Originally posted by JALLEN: Could be worse. He could have bought an accordion.
Or bagpipes! LOL
July 27, 2018, 02:17 PM
tatortodd
Maybe he's trying to get you to paddle faster
Ego is the anesthesia that deadens the pain of stupidity
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July 27, 2018, 02:25 PM
BamaJeepster
My son did that a few years ago.
When he was little, he got a book with a couple of beanbags at a Cracker Barrel and taught himself how to juggle. Later as a teen he picked up a guitar and taught himself how to play the guitar (via YouTube). Fast forward to a couple years ago, he's married with 2 kids now, he decided to pick up a banjo and has taught himself how to play it. He's always been curious about stuff and he always wants to learn it for himself, which had it's own challenges when he was teen! (Always having to learn the hard way)
“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” - John Adams
July 27, 2018, 03:53 PM
mark123
How about some banjo jokes?
Banjos are good ...
... kindling for a bagpipe fire.
July 27, 2018, 04:06 PM
sns3guppy
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Originally posted by JALLEN: Could be worse. He could have bought an accordion.
"You know, Scotland has its own martial arts. Yeah, it's called Fuck You. It's mostly just head butting and then kicking people when they're on the ground." - Charlie MacKenzie (Mike Myers in "So I Married an Axe Murderer")
July 27, 2018, 04:15 PM
tatortodd
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Originally posted by sns3guppy:
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Originally posted by ShouldBFishin:
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Originally posted by JALLEN: Could be worse. He could have bought an accordion.
