Honky-Tonk (bar)
A honky tonk , also known as honky tonk, is a type of pub that is particularly popular in the southern and southwestern United States . The term goes back to the late 19th century. Its exact origin is unknown.
The name used to mean a crude and noisy bar (or tavern ) serving alcohol and live music. After the end of Prohibition in 1933, such pubs sprang up in large numbers in the USA. They became social meeting places, especially for the lower classes. Today the term is used to refer to many live music bars predominantly in the southern states and the southwestern United States . The Billy Bob's Texas in Fort Worth bills itself as the largest honky-tonk in the world.
Of country artists such as Bob Wills , Ray Price and Hank Williams was honky-tonk music established as a separate genre. The rock band The Rolling Stones had a number one hit in the USA, Great Britain and Switzerland with the song Honky Tonk Women (released as a single in 1969), which was based on the sound of 1940s honky tonk musicians like Hank Williams . In Germany, Udo Lindenberg & the Panik-Orchester referred to this music and bar scene with the song Honky Tonky Show (1974).
Web links
- Definitions on wordnik.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ honky-tonk in the Oxford Dictionary , accessed February 21, 2014
- ↑ Honky Tonk® - Definition , honky-tonk.de, accessed on February 21, 2014
- ↑ Steve Appleford: The Rolling Stones: It's Only Rock and Roll: Song by Song . Schirmer Books, 1997, ISBN 0-02-864899-4 , pp. 88 .