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"The honk-a-tonk last night was well attended by ball heads, bachelors and leading citizens."
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Honky tonk"Its master whose anonymous dust lay with that of his blood and of the progenitors of saxophone players in Harlem honky-tonks."
A honky-tonk is either a bar that provides country music for the entertainment of its patrons or the style of music played in such establishments. It can also refer to the type of piano used to play such music. Bars of this kind are common in the South and Southwest United States. Many prominent country music artists such as Jimmie Rodgers, Ernest Tubb, Lefty Frizzell, Hank Williams, Patsy Cline,
"The honk-a-tonk last night was well attended by ball heads, bachelors and leading citizens."
"It was moaned by resonant moaners in honky tonks of the southwest."
"This place aint no damn honkatonk, stranger," reproved the bar-tender... "Folks get throwed outa here sometimes."
"Honky-tonks, restaurants and whore-houses."
"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."
"It wasnt God who made honky tonk angels As you said in the words of your song Too many times married men think theyre still single That has caused many a good girl to go wrong"