Certain country music so perfectly captures the dimly-lit lifestyle of a smoky dive bar that it shares its moniker with those establishments: honky-tonk. Both as a place and as a song, the honky-tonk ...

You don't typically think of eastern Iowa as being a hotbed of musical inspiration, but at the moment the region boasts such singer-songwriters as Todd Snider, Greg Brown, Bo Ramsey (Lucinda ...

During World War Two, a new sound sprang up in the darkened taverns and barrooms around the oil fields of Texas and Oklahoma, spread to California and then the industrial cities of the North. The beer ...

Country music legend Loretta Lynn celebrated an impressive milestone over the weekend with the 60th anniversary of her very first single, "Honky Tonk Girl." On Saturday (Feb. 1), the 87-year-old music ...

Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood have been in each other's lives since 1987, but it wasn't until the pair launched their Friends in Low Place honky-tonk in Nashville that their relationship was truly ...

Diplo's Honky Tonk will have you saying "that's hot" when it returns to the Stagecoach country music festival next month. Why? Because it'll feature DJ sets by Chromeo, Sofi Tukker and Paris Hilton, ...

Rising Texas country artist Hayden Haddock is premiering his new song "Honky Tonk On" exclusively for readers of The Boot. Press play below to listen, and get ready to party. A rowdy, blue-collar ode ...

Garth Brooks had previously said that Bud Light would be served at his honky-tonk, Friends in Low Places, and now he's expanding on his decision on why he's taking a stand against critics who have ...

The singer's career spanned eight decades, with hits including "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels," a retort to Hank Thompson’s “The Wild Side of Life.” By Erik Pedersen Kitty Wells - H 2012 ...

Before Murphy Bailey ever set foot in Henry’s Hideout, an 87-year-old honky-tonk just up the road from his hometown of Magnolia, 45 miles northwest of Houston, he had heard stories about it and Henry ...

It’s line dancing night at Nash Bar & Stage and a couple dozen folks are out on the floor, smacking their cowboy boots to Ian Munsick’s “I See Country.” Under the glow of a sign that asks “What Would ...

Though he may have resembled one of the most famous musicians of all time, The Honky Tonk Man would be the first person to tell you that Elvis Presley couldn’t shine his shoes, both in the ring and in ...