[Dixielandjazz] Honky Tonks

[Don Ingle]

Don't forget that wonderful Zurke "Honkey Tonk Train."
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen Barbone" <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
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Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 4:10 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Honky Tonks


> 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".
> 
> 
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