Wasn’t a country fan, eh?
When you think of Duck Dynasty, you probably assume that the Robertsons family listens to a lot of country music. A bunch of hunters from Louisiana definitely aren’t listening to Sabrina Carpenter and Taylor Swift, right?
Well no, but as it turns out, they weren’t listening to country either.
Larry Fleet appeared on a recent episode of Unashamed, which is hosted by Jase and Al Robertson. And they revealed during the conversation that growing up, one rule that their father Phil Robertson had when they were growing up: No country music.
Jase clarifies that it wasn’t a hard and fast “rule,” but Phil wasn’t a fan of country:
“It wasn’t like a rule, it was just like, ‘That’s just stupid.’ He didn’t like country music.”
And he even recalls one time when he tried to introduce his dad to the music of Hank Williams Jr. – and Phil made him turn it off:
“When I heard Hank Williams Jr. and ‘Country Boy Can Survive’ I thought, well my dad’s gotta love this. So I walked in there nervously, cause my dad is just so intimidating. And I said, ‘I want you to hear this song.’
What I didn’t factor in is the first time a four-letter word came out in the song. I just never thought about it, because those words are in the Bible…
My dad said, ‘Turn that off.'”
Apparently Phil liked the part about skinning a buck and running a trotline, but wasn’t into all the colorful language that Bocephus used in the song…
While it’s surprising that Phil wasn’t into country music, it’s not all that shocking to learn that he was more into classic rock and artists like Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Allman Brothers.
The family is still mourning the loss of the “Duck Commander” Phil Robertson, the patriarch of the Duck Dynasty family from Monroe, Louisiana, who passed away back on May 25 after a battle with Alzheimer’s.
In a statement announcing his passing at the time, the family said that they were celebrating with the knowledge that he had gone home to be with the Lord:
“We celebrate today that our father, husband, and grandfather, Phil Robertson, is now with the Lord. He reminded us often of the words of Paul, “you do not grieve like those who have no hope. For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him.”
Thank you for the love and prays of so many whose lives have been impacted by his life saved by grace, by his bold faith, and by his desire to tell everyone who would listen the Good News of Jesus. We are grateful for his life on earth and will continue the legacy of love for God and love for others until we see him again.”
Robertson was a man of deep faith, who never missed an opportunity to share the word of Jesus Christ. And he even told his family not to cry when he passed away:
“Dance, sing, but don’t cry when I die. When I die, say, ‘He made it because I watched him walk through the years, hurt back or no back.’”
The kind of faith that Phil had is something that I strive for in my own life, because of the comfort and peace it brings knowing without a shadow of a doubt what comes next after your time on earth is through.
