Honky tonk

Honky tonk is a genre of country music. Sourced The honk-a-tonk last night was well attended by ball heads, bachelors and leading citizens. The Daily Ardmorite (Oklahoma), February 27, 1894 It was moaned by resonant moaners in honky tonks of the southwest. Speaking of a song Carl Sandburg, Songbag, 1927 "This place ain't no damn honkatonk, stranger," reproved the bar-tender... "Folks get throwed outa here sometimes." C. E. Mulford, Deputy Sheriff, 1930 Its master whose anonymous dust lay with that of his blood and of the progenitors of saxophone players in Harlem honky-tonks. Speaking of a dog William Faulkner, Hamlet, 1940 Honky-tonks, restaurants and whore-houses. John Steinbeck, Cannery Row, 1945 These honkey-tonks ran wide open twenty-four hours a day... Their attendance was some of the lowest caliber women in the world and their intake was the revenue from the little, pitiful gambling games they operated. Jelly Roll Morton; quoted in Lomax Alan Mr. Jelly Roll 1950 I didn't know God made honky tonk angels I might have known you'd never make a wife You gave up the only one that ever loved you and went back to the wild side of life Hank Thompson, "The Wild Side of Life" It wasn't God who made honky tonk angels As you said in the words of your song Too many times married men think they're still single That has caused many a good girl to go wrong Answer song to Hank Thompson's "The Wild Side of Life" Kitty Wells, "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" (written by J. D. Miller) I met a gin soaked, bar-room queen in Memphis, She tried to take me upstairs for a ride. She had to heave me right across her shoulder 'Cause I just can't seem to drink you off my mind. It's the honky tonk women Gimme, gimme, gimme the honky tonk blues. The Rolling Stones, "Honky Tonk Woman" I walked into a honky tonk just the other day. I put a nickel in the jukebox just to hear it play. "Juke Box Blues", written by Maybelle Carter and Helen Carter, famously sung by June Carter Cash External links Category:Music by genre Category:Country music