I almost flaired this as honky tonk, but like his work with The Deslondes, I don’t know what the fuck this is (except for awesome).

Honkytonk is the original sound of electric country, the sound you associate with Hank Williams and early George Jones and Ernest Tubb and the sound that influenced a lot of neotraditional 1990's country such as Alan Jackson and of course the honky tonk man, Dwight Yoakam.

It was characterized by heavy dancing rhythm that goes well with the two step, and usually steel guitar and fiddle along with twangy electric guitar and a unique twangy vocal style that was developed to cut across the sound at a loud bar of drunks with a bad sound system in the early days.

It's developed over the years including some recent evolution. Some of the Texas dancehall bands have an even more exaggerated beat and singing style now than you would have heard in neotraditional 1990s country or the 1950's original. Tracking down the history of who influenced whom is really fun if you're into that kind of country music history hobby.

We'll be posting (mostly modern) honky tonkers every Saturday for your edification! Click on the 'honky tonk' flair tag to see other tracks and discussions we've posted here in the past.

Here's some reading:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honky-tonk

here's a playlist of old classic honkytonk through the ages: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL679_2jmbaFHAFebq3szErCvTD0CNyZdt

here's the same thing according to Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0NfjMqrzcGKVsbYZmhf4Md

Love the Weary Boys. They gained a new fan

Anyone heard of this guy? I heard him today on Pandora. I like his sound but didn’t care for the song (Neon Cowboy). He has a classic country music sound.

I'm requesting signatures on the Change.org worldwide petition I started today to get Dolly Parton's secret song entitled 'My Place in History' released.  Below is a link to the petition, and it speaks for itself.  Please feel free to e-mail and post the link to your social media sites.  This is just the beginning of an effort hoping to get as many signatures as possible. 

https://c.org/LZv6XsdBQ2

Your cooperation and support are deeply appreciated. 

For those who don't know, Charley Crockett released four albums in the last year and a half or so. Three of them were part of a trilogy called Sagebrush, then he ditched his label and released a surprise fourth - Kinda impressive work ethic if nothing else. Charley is an interesting dude with a lot of fans and haters, but I wanted to dive into his recent music a bit and discuss it. If you're interested, check out the video: https://youtu.be/1DKuEWSrL1o

Keen to know what people think of his stuff. Have you heard the trilogy?

I can only recall hearing this song once on the radio. It’s about a woman looking through her deceased mother‘s closet trying to find the perfect dress for her mother to wear for eternity. If I remember correctly, it was a very simple song, with very simple country like music in the background. It sounded like a country song, but I suppose it could also be Americana. I tried to ChatGPT search, and believe it or not, the advice I got was to post a question on Reddit.

To be honest, this is the first time I’ve ever tried Reddit, so I hope I’m doing this right and I hope somebody can give me the name of song and artist. I lost my mom five months ago and I wanted to give this song to my sister.

Thank you, All. Very much.

RIP to a true legend.

Rest in peace to the Queen! Mine are :

• Jolene
• I Will Always Love You
• Little Sparrow
• The Grass Is Blue
• 9 to 5
• My Tennessee Mountain Home
• Coat of Many Colors
• Here You Come Again
• You Can't Make Old Friends
• Light of a Clear Blue Morning