Honky Tonk

So, I was in Music App today. Lame class, but now we are getting into American Roots music (blues, jazz, country, bluegrass, etc...) Well, I am a closet country fan. Not really closet about it, I will go down the road blaring country music, but when others are around, I tend to stick to alternative and pop.
Nevertheless, it was quite interesting learning about where country music came from. Some of these people that pioneered country and folk music, I had never heard of.
Leadbelly, Bill Monroe, Earl Stubbs. I mean these guys were in the Great Depression era. They influenced who we listen to now (or our parents listen to) like Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, and Hank Willams Jr.

I mean I had heard of a few people back in the day: Woody Guthrie, Hank Williams, and the folk collector John Lomax. John Lomax really introduced America to country music. (he collected folk music around the country for the Library of Congress).
He also helped a lot of these people make a name for themselves. Country music owes everything to Lomax.
Ok, so I know you are thinking that this is lame and nobody cares about country music, but music, in general, interests me. Where it started, who set the standard, why they sang like that...
They were the founders of some of the great styles we hear today.
I don't know, music just really interests me I guess.
I really did wonder what "honky tonk" really meant. It's just another term for a bar to go dancing at. It just sounds so country.
I can't wait until we get to the jazz portion of American music. I love jazz music. I think I'm biased because I play(ed) the saxophone, doesn't matter. Jazz music still holds a great place in American history.
So, speaking of music, I was watching an Eric Clapton benefit concert. Him and a bunch of other bands played. Well, Beck was there. And no doubt dude can wail on the guitar, but his bassist! She looked my age and just ripping on that bass. I wish I had her skills.
Ok, I think that's good for today...
Comments on music are welcome.