Sentence examples for honkytonk from inspiring English sources

Mr. Bentley reclaimed the room with the rowdy "How Am I Doin,' " one of his early hits, and one of his cheekiest, inserting a minute or so of George Strait's "All My Ex's Live in Texas" for maximum honkytonk effect.

1937 Coney Island Rehabilitation Submitted NEW YORK — The transformation of Coney Island from a "honkytonk" resort, where millions of New York natives and visitors amuse themselves and cool off on sweltering summer days into a second Jones Beach, orderly and landscaped, was foreseen today [Dec.

But the Globes' role as an Oscar bellwether goes hand in hand with its reputation as the ramshackle honkytonk of the awards circuit - a chaotic, boozy circus with ideas above its station.

The honkytonk singer Webb Pierce revived it in 1952, and it is now a country music standard.

Carrboro (Bloodshot), 9 September Half of Detroit's Flat Duo Jets, Romweber is an Americana innovator and this new set of songs continues the late-night honkytonk vibe as David Lynch might imagine it.

But during the 60s, Price laid aside these essential tools of honkytonk country music and began to consort with violins, recording and even touring with small orchestras.

He and 16-year-old Martha had three children – he has seven in total – and they spent most of the 1950s moving from state to state, trying to find day jobs to support the family while Nelson pursued his music career in honkytonks at night.

Only a stone's throw yet worlds away from the honkytonks of Lower Broadway, The Patterson House feels like a private, very secret, club.

Joe Ely's songs encompass a West Texas of cowboys and cockfights, honkytonks and wide open spaces, country and rockabilly and rhythm and blues.

They worked in factories, danced in honkytonks and built hot rods out of surplus parts to race at El Mirage.

This came in particularly handy while trying to find the kitsch-chic Honkytonks bar: 'proceed down a refuse-strewn, graffitied alley until you come to a white picket fence'.