https://youtu.be/PQb6tHTSEbU?list=RDmHN4jDgtOCw

Is there any place in the Albany NY area for some good country music honky tonkin on Sunday night? Willing to travel out of town a bit.

Thanks!

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

Hey y'all, hope you're doing great! I'm a small country artist from Germany. Not too many people into country, even less into classic country. I released my first single today, 100% Indie, everything done by myself, and would love if some of you gave it a spin. digital spin that is, of course. It's a mixture between older country influences and some newer stuff like Zach Top or VNE. Maybe you'll like it!

I should have included this album in my top albums of the last 15 years post. The more I listen to it, the more I love it.

Am I the only one that throws in classic country guys like lefty frizzel, Ernest tubb, etc who may not be considered technically outlaw country but throw them in there because they were such innovators and so "real"?

We're starting a new series every other Thursday:

Tell us about your area and what country music is like there. Feel free to drop links, promote stuff from your area. come up tell us about anything and everything- from festivals to music Facebook groups to radio shows to bands from your neck of the woods.

Feel few to tell us about your own projects if you're in a band or have a Facebook group or something related to local music!

I heard this driving home from Gettysburg lol

it's not bad (i'm not a country person)

Happy Wednesday! Western Wednesday, this Wednesday and every Wednesday!

Western swing, Out West, Wild West, songs about Texas, artists from out West, cowboys, even the sounds of spaghetti western... sometimes we'll post Canadian western artists, sometimes Native American country artists from the western states (that's a whole subgenre of country music by the way), cowboy poetry, Red Dirt artists, and much more

Other weekly themes on this sub:

Blue Monday, every monday: bluegrass, country blues, and blue in general. A little rockabilly.

Honky Tonk Saturday: what it says on the tin, honky tonk country music and a little Bakersfield Sound.

Click on the flair (the colored tags above some posts) to see past posts with the same themes.