Talk:Honky tonk music

Merger proposal
This should be merged with Honky tonk. I see from that these were originally split from the same article, & I think this was a mistake. I searched for "honky tonk", wanted to read about the music, as i am sure lots of country fans do, and instead find an article which barely mentions it. The "honky tonk" article does not offer any link to the "honky tonk music" section, and I only discovered that article by chance when searching for something else.

These two articles cover a lot of the same ground & over time this is likely to increase if they remain separate, as editors will be unaware of the two articles & so the same kind of content will be added separately to both. Other people, like me, will be disappointed to find nothing about the honky tonk sound on the "honky tonk" article, & so will add content about it, without realising there is a separate article about it.

Having two articles also misses the point that the two subjects (honky tonk music & honky tonk bars) are firmly intertwined. The honky tonk sound developed because musicians began incorporating electric instruments in order to be heard in the crowded bars in which they performed.

Weasel Fetlocks (talk) 15:09, 23 July 2008 (UTC)


 * AjaxSmack appears to have been more or less solely responsible for the "music" article. None of the material in the article is referenced. Although you could talk about the current use of "Honky Tonk" country music, more broadly, it would be any music played in a honky tonk. I could support a merge. P.S. Bob Wills was one of the first band leaders to add electirc guitar to his band. Steve Pastor (talk) 19:38, 23 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Well "honky tonk" has been used to describe various styles, but is usually used within country music to refer to a specific style - which originated in honky tonk bars but was also recorded proliffically, popularised especially by Hank Williams in the late 40s.  It had a distinctive sound and instrumentation.  This is the subject that I think most people searching for "honky tonk" will be looking for.  The article lacks sources, & this does need addressing, but I haven't spotted anything inaccurate in it.  Weasel Fetlocks (talk) 21:20, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Do it. But, merge the music article to the other, not the other way around. ---  RepublicanJacobite  The'FortyFive'  03:01, 7 December 2008 (UTC)