Essential Honky Tonk

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By the 1920s honky tonks were almost exclusively associated

with the shadier bars of the Deep South of the USA, and the

music to be found inside was now 'country and western'.

Sometimes these bars were little more than a clapboard shack

with a jug of moonshine whiskey and a fiddle player - but

inevitably, the biggest stars in country music all got their start in

places like there : Loretta Lynn, Patsy Cline - even the great

Hank Williams. This 2-CD-set draws inspiration from those bars,

with their air of booze, regret and general heartache (and

occasionally, euphoria in the arms of someone new). It's also an

excellent collection of stellar material from some of country and

western's greatest stars.