Honky Tonk

Notable quotes

“The honk-a-tonk last night was well attended by ball heads, bachelors and leading citizens.”
— The Daily Ardmorite (Oklahoma), February 27, 1894
“It was moaned by resonant moaners in honky tonks of the southwest.”
— Speaking of a song
“"This place ain't no damn honkatonk, stranger," reproved the bar-tender... "Folks get throwed outa here sometimes."”
— C. E. Mulford, Deputy Sheriff, 1930
“Its master whose anonymous dust lay with that of his blood and of the progenitors of saxophone players in Harlem honky-tonks.”
— Speaking of a dog
“Honky-tonks, restaurants and whore-houses.”
— John Steinbeck, Cannery Row, 1945
“I walked into a honky tonk just the other day. I put a nickel in the jukebox just to hear it play.”
— "Juke Box Blues", written by Maybelle Carter and Helen Carter, famously sung by June Carter Cash

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