The origin of the term honky-tonk is unknown. The earliest known use in print is an article in the Peoria Journal dated … See more

An article in the Los Angeles Times of July 28, 1929, with the headline "'Honky-Tonk' Origin Told", which was probably in response to the Sophie Tucker movie musical, Honky Tonk (1929), reads:
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The honky-tonk sound has a full rhythm section playing a two-beat rhythm with a crisp backbeat. Steel guitar and fiddle are the dominant instruments.
The first music genre to be commonly known as honky-to… See more

• Dive bar
• Juke joint
• List of public house topics
• The Honky Tonk Man
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• Abbott, E.C. (2000). We Pointed Them North: Recollections of a Cowpuncher. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0-8061-1366-9.
• American Dialect Society (2005). "Honkatonk (1900, from wild geese?)… See more