40 Years Ago: Dwight Yoakam Makes His National Debut as a ‘Honky-Tonk’ Chart Hero

Billboard's "Coda" column looks back at historic chart moments in country music, focusing on Dwight Yoakam's 1986 'Honky Tonk' chart debut.
Iowa Public Radio

Katie and the Honky Tonks turn Iowa into their very own honky tonk on new album

Where can you find a honky tonk in Iowa? Katie Sires, the lead singer and chief songwriter of the Cedar Valley country band that bears her name, asks that question on the closing track of the band’s ...
Texarkana Gazette

Jim McBride dies at 78; he brought honky-tonk back to country music with Alan Jackson hits

Jim McBride, a former postal worker from Alabama whose ability to write catchy country songs inflected with honky-tonk flair resulted in a long string of hits for artists such as Alan Jackson, Waylon ...