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The origin of the term honky-tonk is unknown. The earliest known use in print is an article in the Peoria Journal dated June 28, 1874, stating, "The police spent a busy day today raiding the bagnios and honkytonks."
Honky (also spelled honkey) is a racial slur used to refer to white people, [1] predominantly heard in the United States.. The first recorded use of "honky" in this context may date back to 1946, [2] [3] although the use of "honky-tonk" occurred in films well before that time.
These styles included jug bands, honky tonk and bluegrass, and are the root of modern country music. Appalachian folk music began its evolution towards pop-country in 1927, when Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family began recording in a historic session with Ralph Peer (Barraclough and Wolff, 537). Rodgers sang often morbid lyrical themes that ...
RENFRO VALLEY, Ky. — It’s been a long road to induction for the “King of the Honky Tonks.” On Saturday, 12 Kentuckians’ names were permanently etched into history at Kentucky’s Country ...
Honky Tonk Popcorn Beat Goes Public/BGP CDBGPD-249 (2012) reissue of King 1078 plus 5 bonus tracks. Everybody Dance The Honky Tonk/Doggett Beat For Dancing Feet Soul Jam 806174 (2019) 2LP-on-1CD Dancing With Doggett: Bill Doggett, His Organ & Combo 1955-1960 Jasmine JASMCD-3142 (2019) - compilation that also includes the entire 3,046 People ...
Mark Deming of AllMusic referred to the Turnpike Troubadours as a "country-leaning roots rock band," with elements of political folk music, honky-tonk, bluegrass, Cajun music, and rock. [19] In an interview with the Chicago Tribune, band co-founder and bassist RC Edwards identified the band's musical style as honky-tonk. [18]
On Oct. 10, Garth Brooks announced another in a series of his "Dive Bar" "concert series events scheduled for the grand opening of his new Nashville bar and honky-tonk Friends in Low Places on ...
[4] [6] Progressive country artists drew from Bakersfield and classic honky-tonk country and rock and roll, [4] as well as folk, bluegrass, blues and Southern rock. [3] Progressive country is sometimes conflated with outlaw country, [1] which some country fans consider to be a harder-edged variant, [7] and alternative country. [8]