honky-tonk
Example Sentences
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The songs Stewart wrote carried the flavor of the roadhouse scene; Mr. McDonough likens one of his records to “a beer-stained telegraph from a honky-tonk foxhole.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
Her band, CC and the Boys, has also played at Lucinda’s and nearly every other honky-tonk in town.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025
You won't find him on Broadway or in the city's famous honky-tonk music bars.
From BBC • Oct. 18, 2025
Born in Sabinal, Texas, Juan Raul Davis Rodriguez rose to fame in the ’70s, with a sound rooted in western swing and honky-tonk traditions.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2025
The honky-tonk mariachi music was getting on Joe’s nerves.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
