| Found in | Grove music online, viewed August 10, 2014 (Honky-tonk music is a genre of American country music that developed in tandem with the burgeoning oil industry of Texas and Oklahoma in the 1930s. Especially after the 1933 repeal of Prohibition, roadhouses, known as honky-tonks... Though related to the stylistic features of western swing, honky-tonk music emphasizes the vocalist in songs with diatonic melodies and basic chord progressions that incorporate aspects of the blues, Tin Pan Alley, and gospel hymnody. To project above the noise of the typical roadhouse, the music features amplified guitar solos over the insistent beat of the rhythm section.)
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