Edit: Mods, I took the picture and the story town.
Have a good weekend everyone.
Have a good weekend everyone.
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I met "banjo boy" from Deliverance on my road trip.
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Do you have any pictures that weren't taken with a ViewMaster?
Wish I had saved this thread for a while. I'm shutting down for the day. The internet cannot top this. Did you guys play any tunes? Did you ask him about Burt? It is times like these that we take for granted that show just how awesome the internet actually is. Thanks OP.
@Son_Of_Saul : Great story. Really wish we had a larger picture of you both. How was the rest of the trip?
I decided to look for the infamous "Banjo Boy", Billy Redden. Redden, who has grown up in Clayton, Georgia his whole life, was rumored to be working at the town's Super Walmart.
Did you give him a couple a bucks?
I'm inspired by this and I too would like to share my life experiences
This is me and Angelina Jolie dating in our 20's
So glad I caught this scene as it happened for posterities sake , my gift to you family
Here I am at a famous location that needs no description as the picture clearly captures the moment
This is me and Angelina Jolie dating in our 20's
So glad I caught this scene as it happened for posterities sake , my gift to you family
Here I am at a famous location that needs no description as the picture clearly captures the moment
Thanks SOS. This post inspires me to hunt down a Hollywood actress.
"No ma'am, it's not stalking, it's a road trip."
"No ma'am, it's not stalking, it's a road trip."
It was solid. Last year I took am 8,100 mile trip through the northwest. This year came in at just about 6,000 total. Saw just about everything from Chicago to Charleston to San Antonio. Met some really great people as well.
As a matter of fact, I did. He took the time to talk with me, so I figured it was the right thing to do.
He actually enjoyed talking. Go figure. I suppose not everyone in the world is a cynical.
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True, it wasn't the best photo in the world, but the whole experience of the trip was amazing. I actually was down in the south while the country was trying to spin narratives about southerners (Confederate flag). It opened up my eyes to a lot of the realities down there - principally, how people are so amazingly nice.
I'm inspired by this and I too would like to share my life experiences
This is me and Angelina Jolie dating in our 20's
So glad I caught this scene as it happened for posterities sake , my gift to you family
Here I am at a famous location that needs no description as the picture clearly captures the moment
Here's one that's a bit better.
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I had trouble uploading a bigger picture on a photo generator site. I've now increased the size to fit the frame better.
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LOL
Side note: Billy doesn't even play banjo. They picked him for the movie because he looked inbred. In the book, an albino black kid plays the banjo. The film makers obviously had a hard time finding an albino black kid, so they went with Billy instead.
I'm sorry which one is the banjo boy?
I am disappointed that you couldn't take a better picture of Walmart honoring the poster child of its operation. Based on the pic I see two dudes who look like that just got happily married at Walmart, and a former retired priest from Florida with his "grandson." You can barely make out the picture overhead of banjo boy smiling in the banner
Wait...what? Next you'll tell me the shark in Jaws was fake.
In all seriousness, sounds like a great trip and story.
@Son_Of_Saul : So please enlighten us. Where else has this latest expedition taken you? Visit Austin? How was San Antonio or New Orleans?
Trust me bud, I'm a lot better looking than you.
Might as well change your name to Son of Goodman. You are a dead ringer for that deformed tool.
Might as well change your name to Son of Goodman. You are a dead ringer for that deformed tool.
You see, this was clever, and funny, without any of the corresponding juvenile meanness.
On a side note, Billy had some interesting things to say about life. He is, in some ways, a microcosm for bad stereotypes, and he's pretty self-aware of it.
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I visited, in nor particular order...
Asheville (toured the Biltmore)
Indianapolis
Lexington
Louisville
Greenville
Pigeon Forge (4 days) - saw a black bear and two cubs. Kinda cool as they walked 30 yards from my car
Knoxville
Nashville
Varnville, SC - (where they filmed Forrest Gump)
Charleston (Ft. Sumter a day after the Conf. flag went down).
Selma (saw Brown's Chapel where King gave his speech and led the march on Montgomery).
Savannah (saw Wormsloe plantation)
Mobile
Montgomery (saw where Big Fish was filmed - town of "Spectre").
Oxford (Faulkner's house)
Tupelo (Elvis' childhood home).
Juliette Georgia (ate at Fried Green tomatoes restaurant)
Clemson (saw the campus and where John Calhoun lived)
Milledgeville, Georgia (Flannery O'Connor's home).
Andersonville - prison camp from Civil War (Georgia).
New Orleans - saw where Old Hickory beat the Brits at Chalmette in 1815
San Antonio (Alamo)
Houston
Dallas
Johnson City, Texas (LBJ's childhood home)
Memphis
Hannibal, Missouri (Mark Twain's home)
Gulfport, Mississippi - swam in the Gulf
Benton, Arkansas (saw where Sling Blade was filmed).
Dyess, Arkansas (Johnny Cash's childhood home).
Mostly camped. Hiked northeast Georgia and southeast Tennessee. Talked to people in most of the towns. Ate great food. Loved every second of it.
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Helluva road trip. Congrats! Sounds like an adventure I so would like to mirror. Happy for you. Seriously.