Tags: Genre, Music Genre, Topical Concept.
A honky-tonk or honky tonk (also called a honkatonk honkey-tonk or tonk) is a type of bar that provides musical entertainment (usually country music) to its patrons. Bars of this kind are common in the Southern and Southwestern United States.The term honky-tonk has also been applied to various styles of 20th-century American music. Many Country music musicians such as Loretta Lynn Patsy Cline and Ernest Tubb got their start in honky-tonks.
