HONKY TONKS

Brentford, Middlesex. <br/> <br/>At the British Piano Museum we see several automatic pianos playing. Various shots show a Steinway Reproducing Grand Piano, seemingly playing itself; museum owner Frank Holland opens a lid on the piano so we can see the music roll turning round. We then see a clockwork barrel piano that came from an Edwardian pub. <br/> <br/>Frank starts up an Edison cylinder phonograph from 1908 and we hear the tinny sound of a couple singing 'Aba Daba Honeymoon" - fascinating. An upright Steinway plays a roll of music by Johann Strauss that was recorded by Richard Epstein in 1912. A Swiss music box is seen briefly, then an organ with a tambourine attached. Museum worker Mr WR Wilson sits beside a playing 1920s Honky Tonk piano, then we see the last exhibit, a Mills Violano Virtuoso, which actually plays a violin, with piano accompaniment - amazing! <br/> <br/>Tunes played appear to be in natural sound. <br/> <br/>Note: on file is correspondence and notes on this story, plus a tiny booklet about the museum.

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Houston residents speak about Cowboy Carter, Beyoncé's new rhinestone-studded, history-rich honky tonk of an album (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

GATEMOUTH BROWN performs HONKY-TONK on Austin City Limits in 1996

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Garth Brooks.

Map depicts States of the Southwest United States. Montage of small images illustrating aspects of the Southwest. Cowboy herding cattle; Skier stirring up snow on downhill slope; Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Red hills; Cowboy riding bucking horse at rodeo; Saguaro Cactus at sunset; Southwestern cuisine; Native American Indian in traditional costume; Native American crafts; Grand Canyon National Park; A steam locomotive underway;Carlsbad Caverns; Montage of normal-size moving images of Southwest scenes begins. Two riders in western clothes, on horseback, ride across a stream. Views of desert flora (mainly cacti). Sunlit peaks above a dark canyon. Ancient pueblo dwellings in Mesa Verde National Park. Rock formations and snow-covered mountains. A steam locomotive pulling a train and leaving a trail of steam and smoke, in a Southwestern valley. Vacationers riding in an open observation rail car. Coal being shoveled into the locomotive fire box. Passengers taking photographs. Riders competing in bronco busting at a rodeo. Skiers in deep powder snow. Musicians playing, steaks grilling, and customers sipping beer at a restaurant in Park City Utah. Car driving away from rock formations. Visitors in Santa Fe, New Mexico; Native Americans displaying handcraft items on their porch there. Views of visiters perusing the wares and closeups of some items. The Grand Canyon and visitors mounting horses and riding down a trail into the canyon. Riders on horseback reach a group of people who applaud. They prepare an outdoor picnic for the visitors. Couples dancing at a Texas Honky Tonk. Couples square dancing outdoors. Visitors in front of the Alamo, and riding in boats on the San Antonio River in the River Walk area. The skyline of Dallas, Texas. Western fashions in boots, handbags, shoes, and sun glasses. Dallas skyline at night. Location: United States USA. Date: 1986.

Music stores and honky tonks rule the town of Nashville, Tennessee.

Honky Tonk Women

BOOTS RANDOLPH - HONKY TONK BOOTS RANDOLPH - HONKY TONK (FULL VERSION)

b&w short comedy w/ Tiffany chimpanzees - staged Victorian melodrama about alcoholism - chimps in human clothes - chimp pulled in sleigh to bar - chimp plays honky tonk piano in bar - cop chimp drinks beer from mug - walks his beat - spoof - animal cruelty - animals in film - trained apes - possibly prohibition propaganda - animal training - trained monkeys -

THE HONKYTONK MADE FAMOUS IN "URBAN COWBOY" WILL LIVE AGAIN AFTER GROUNDBREAKING TAKES PLACE IN DALLAS FOR A NEW VERSION OF THE CLUB

COUNTRY STARS BROOKS AND DUNN SHOOT NEW VIDEO WITH NASCAR LEGEND DALE EARNHART WHO WILL APPEAR IN IT. THE "HONKY TONK TRUTH" VIDEO COMES OUT IN SEPT.

Honky Tonk type activity, lots of drinking, dancing, cowboy hats

Titles read: 'Now Pathe Pictorial has pleasure in presenting - Freddie BAMBERGER late of JACK HYLTON'S BAND - in "DIZZY FINGERS".' <br/> <br/>Pathe Studio, London. <br/> <br/>Pianist Freddie Bamberger sits a grand piano on a set dressed to look like a conservatory and plays 'Red Sails In The Sunset' on the piano. He stops and tells us there is an easier way of playing it, and proceeds to play the tune in a very elaborate (and uneasy!) manner. Then he plays it in a flowery style that he says his Granny likes, and a honky tonk or swing style to suit his younger brother. <br/> <br/>Freddie then plays the famous ballad 'Trees' with his left hand only - very clever. As well as the melody he does lots of twiddly stuff. Freddie puts his other hand in his pocket while he does this.

CHARLIE DANIELS

03/28/69 A0056046 NEW YORK: CONGRESSMAN JOHN M MURPHY CHARGED THAT NEW YORK HAS BECOME A "HONKY TONK TOWN", OF PORNOGRAPHY SHOPS WIDELY OPENED IN TIME SQUARE DISTRICT. UN CUT "MURPHY - PORNOGRAPHY" SHOWS: SIL SHOTS CONGRESS - MAN MURPHY LAUNCHED ON ANTI - SMUT DRIVE ALONG 42ND STREET: GESTURES IN FRONT OF STORE FRONT, WALKS INTO ANOTHER AND IS CONFRONTED BY A SHOUTING ENTREPRENUER, AND CONTINUES HIS STROLL THROUGH SECTION: FOUND SEV DOORS LOCKED BY SWIFT STORE MANAGERS. (SHOT 3/28/69 200FT) PORNOGRAPHY NEW YORK NEW YORK - TIMES SQUARE MURPHY, JOHN M - SOF MORRISON / 200 FT / 16 NEG / D22602

CHARLEY PRIDE performs HONKY TONK BLUES on Austin City Limits in 1981