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If your favorite film is Deliverance, then you should check out the American Banjo Museum in Oklahoma City. It has the largest display of banjos anywhere in the world. Visitors learn about the instrument’s beginnings in 17th century American slavery to its use in today’s bluegrass and folk music scenes. The museum even has a replica of a Shakey’s Pizza Parlor, the first pizza chain where every one of its restaurants had a banjo player. There are currently 340 banjos on public display; some are ornate pieces of art, while some are not as fancy or detailed. The oldest is from the 1890s. The most expensive is a 1937 Gibson, worth about $170,000. I don’t know if the song “Dueling Banjos” is on constant loop at the museum, but it should be. “Goddamn, you play a mean banjo.” (Image Source)

If your favorite film is Deliverance, then you should check out the American Banjo Museum in Oklahoma City. It has the largest display of banjos anywhere in the world. Visitors learn about the instrument’s beginnings in 17th century American slavery to its use in today’s bluegrass and folk music scenes. The museum even has a replica of a Shakey’s Pizza Parlor, the first pizza chain where every one of its restaurants had a banjo player. There are currently 340 banjos on public display; some are ornate pieces of art, while some are not as fancy or detailed. The oldest is from the 1890s. The most expensive is a 1937 Gibson, worth about $170,000. I don’t know if the song “Dueling Banjos” is on constant loop at the museum, but it should be. “Goddamn, you play a mean banjo.”

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  1. daughterofafeminist reblogged this from cheesyavocadotoast and added:
    A museum to add to my bucket list/someplace to visit on my (imaginary) bicoastal bike trip!
  2. eytancragg reblogged this from silverqueen and added:
    i’d like to learn to play a banjo one day. it’s really amazing to me how great banjo players pick with all five fingers.
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    I want to go to there.
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    I would poop my pants
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    Been here, have this exact same picture. Worth all 5 dollars.
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    Wanna go? It’s in OKC :)
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    Whose favorite film is Deliverance?!?!
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