This next story proves that you can't put people into boxes, even the stars of Duck Dynasty.
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One might assume that all the Robertson clan members would love country music. After all, Uncle Si has released some country-tinged records, and the family's Christmas album even featured guest appearances by Josh Turner and George Strait.
Luke Bryan even made an appearance on Duck Dynasty: The Revival back in July, offering advice to Willie and Korie Robertson's adopted son, Will Jr.
"I think you just gotta find a place that's your place to kind of do your work," Bryan told Will Jr.
Surprisingly, despite these ties to country music, the founder of Duck Commander and Robertson patriarch, Phil, didn't like country music and didn't want his kids listening to it, either.
Wait... Phil Robertson Didn't Like Country Music?
According to a conversation Phil's son Jase had with singer Larry Fleet on a recent episode of the podcast Unashamed, country music wasn't played in the Robertson home.
"It wasn't, like, a rule," he said. "It was just like, 'That's just stupid.' He didn't like country music."
Jase even admitted to Fleet that he had no idea who he was until the day before the interview because he wasn't familiar with the genre.
Phil actually preferred Southern rock. That might explain why ZZ Top's "Sharp Dressed Man" was the theme song for the original series.
Phil was also a fan of the "Sweet Home Alabama" group Lynyrd Skynyrd. The surviving members of the band even once tried calling Phil.
"But he was taking a nap, which was another rule: You don't wake him up," Jase said. "And he said, 'Hey, if Lynyrd Skynyrd calls, you wake me up. Or the president,' is what he said."
Jase Did Try to Get the 'Duck Dynasty' Patriarch Into Country
Jase also remembered the time he thought his dad would appreciate "A Country Boy Can Survive" by Hank Williams, Jr. He even tried playing the song for him.
"I walked in there nervously because my dad is just so intimidating," he said. "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. I thought, well, those words are in the Bible. 'Hell' and 'damn,' you know."
Phil liked the lyrics about living in the woods with "a shotgun, a rifle, and a four-wheel drive," but then Williams drops a "damn." Jase's experiment is a failure.
"My dad said, 'Turn that off,'" he said. "We were that close. We had him. Well, he liked it until he said that. Made him uncomfortable, you know. I don't know why, 'cause I'd heard my dad say way worse."
Phil Robertson died at the age of 79 from Alzheimer's disease earlier this year.
You can watch the rest of Jase's conversation with Fleet below.
