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Honky tonk music

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Perhaps the most 'classic' country sound, honky tonk is a style rich with twangy vocals, moaning guitars, and lyrics that alternate between happy-go-lucky (Hank Williams' "Hey, Good Lookin'"), darkly quirky (Al Dexter's "Pistol Packin' Mama"), and totally down-and-out (Ted Daffan's "Born to Lose"). The music developed during the late '30s but was popularized over the next couple decades by such icons as Williams, Lefty Frizzell, Webb Pierce, Kitty Wells, and Ernest Tubb, who's 1942 hit "Walking the Floor… read more
Perhaps the most 'classic' country sound, honky tonk is a style rich with twangy vocals, moaning guitars, and lyrics that alternate between happy-go-lucky (Hank Williams' "Hey, Good Lookin'"), darkly quirky (Al Dexter's "Pistol Packin' Mama"),… read more
Perhaps the most 'classic' country sound, honky tonk is a style rich with twangy vocals, moaning guitars, and lyrics that alternate between happy-go-lucky (Hank Williams' "Hey, Good Lookin'"), darkly quirky (Al Dexter's "Pistol Packin' Mama"), and totally down-and-out (Ted Daffan's "Born to Lose"). … read more

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    Hank Williams

    678,823 listeners

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    Dwight Yoakam

    261,270 listeners

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    Buck Owens

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    Lefty Frizzell

    104,036 listeners

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    Johnny Paycheck

    143,147 listeners

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    Ernest Tubb

    102,090 listeners

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    Hank Thompson

    70,895 listeners

  8. Image for 'Hank Williams III'

    Hank Williams III

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    Webb Pierce

    73,089 listeners

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    Hank Snow

    99,257 listeners

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1 Play track Guitars, Cadillacs Dwight Yoakam
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2 Play track Honky Tonk Man Dwight Yoakam
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3 Play track Honky Tonk Badonkadonk Trace Adkins
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4 Play track It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Kitty Wells
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5 Play track Honky Tonk Blues Hank Williams
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6 Play track White Lightning George Jones
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7 Play track Walking the Floor over You Ernest Tubb
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8 Play track Move It On Over Hank Williams
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9 Play track Hey, Good Lookin' Hank Williams
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10 Play track The Race Is On George Jones
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    BR5-49

    BR5-49 16,210 listeners

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    Blame The Vain

    Dwight Yoakam 30,383 listeners

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    The Very Best of Dwight Yoakam

    Dwight Yoakam 31,007 listeners

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    Dwight Live

    Dwight Yoakam 53,115 listeners

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  5. Image for 'Buenas Noches From a Lonely Room'

    Buenas Noches From a Lonely Room

    Dwight Yoakam 19,103 listeners

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