[Dixielandjazz] Honky Tonks

[Stephen Barbone]

Hi List mates:

Lots of literature is available that calls those clubs in New Orleans,
shortly after 1900, "Honky Tonks". King Oliver, Louis Armstrong, Danny
Barker, Jelly Roll Morton and others are all listed as having played in
Honky Tonks from about 1910 onward.

In the book "Louis Armstrong In His Own Words", Pops talks about various
"honky tonks" such as the one at Gravier & Franklin Streets where he
heard Bunk Johnson play, and the "honky tonk" where he met Daisy etc.

Also, I think JRM wrote a tune called "Honky Tonk Blues" way before Hank
Williams did.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone

PS. Some dictionaries suggest that "Honky Tonk" may be related the word
"honk", the sound that a goose makes, and used to describe the "honking
of a bass sax", or "tailgate trombone".