2006-07-01 08:15:59 · 17 answers · asked by Sh00nya 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
A Honky tonk was originally a type of bar common throughout the southern United States, also called honkatonks, honkey-tonks, tonks or tunks. The term has also been attached to various styles of 20th-century American music.
The first genre of music to be commonly known as honky tonk music was a style of piano playing related to ragtime, but emphasizing rhythm more than melody or harmony, since the style evolved in response to an environment where the pianos were often poorly cared for, tending to be out of tune and having some nonfunctioning keys
More at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honky_tonk
2006-07-01 08:18:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A Honky-Tonk is an old hillbilly name for a bar where there was music playing.
Honky-Tonk now refers to a style of music, pioneered by Merle Haggard and Buck Owens. It's a type of country music that has a more danceable rhythm, with more bass and drums, than in traditional country music. Honky Tonk music was the first country music to embrace the electric guitar and amplification, particularly electric guitar (usually a Fender Telecaster) and steel guitar.
Examples of honky tonk include Buck Owens' "Tiger by the Tail" and Merle Haggard's "Think I'll Just Sit Here And Drink." Modern country musicians who play honky tonk music include Dwight Yoakum and Dale Watson.
2006-07-01 08:27:50 · answer #2 · answered by happydog 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure, but to me, Honky Tonk is more or less the country music in bars and clubs. Although there 'is' a pretty cool old rock song, the Honky Tonk Woman, or something like that.
2006-07-01 08:17:46 · answer #3 · answered by merlin_steele 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Honky Tonk is a style of country music that is more commonly played in country bars and are usually about how some guys woman left him bitterly.
2006-07-01 08:18:16 · answer #4 · answered by gaygoddevil 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hon·ky-tonk
n.
A cheap, noisy bar or dance hall.
adj.
Of or relating to such a bar or dance hall; tawdry: a honky-tonk district; honky-tonk entertainers.
Of, relating to, or being a type of ragtime characteristically played on a tinny-sounding piano or in a honky-tonk.
Apparently, not just country!
2006-07-01 08:20:32 · answer #5 · answered by Ananke402 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
is a style of popular music first played by country music bands in and around Texas during the 1930s and 1940s. Honky Tonk bands often used electric instruments and produced a louder sound and heavier beat than traditional country music produced. Honky Tonk music is associated with uprooted rural people, and its lyrics deal chiefly with the social problems associated with their migration. ...
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2006-07-01 08:18:15 · answer #6 · answered by Eli 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
where r you from? it is a red neck country bar that can be really fun...or it can mean country music but a certain kind hard to explain really but here is a definition of the word....i suggest you find a good honky tonk bar and go there just once in your life every one should!.....we await your arrival here in the lone star state
2006-07-01 08:18:07 · answer #7 · answered by CRYSTAL S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Honky tonk can refer to a bar where country music is typically played, or it can refer to a specific type of country music (like Hank Williams).
For more info, see this article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honky_tonk
2006-07-01 08:19:39 · answer #8 · answered by Miss D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Honky Tonk is poison. If you want good music, listen to hardcore, punk, screamo, and general hard rock.
2006-07-01 08:20:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the answer "merlin steele" gave is semi correct. it's a country song by trace adkins call "honky tonk bradonkey donk"
a bradonkey donk is a woman's azz
2006-07-01 10:05:40 · answer #10 · answered by harmony 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋