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Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge (also known as Tootsie’s World Famous Orchid Lounge) is a honky-tonk bar located in Nashville, Tennessee behind the Ryman Auditorium. Tootsie’s has three stages that host live local talent each night; covering modern day country music artist such as Jason Aldean, Taylor Swift, and other popular country […]

Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge

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Sitting on the corner of Fifth and Broadway, Legends Corner guards the entrance to “the Honky Tonk Highway,” a stretch of bars known for their atmosphere and music. The walls of Legends Corner are lined with thousands of vintage album covers: name your favorite star and his or her album […]

Nashville Honky Tonks

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The origin of the term honky-tonk is unknown. The earliest-known use in print is a report in the Fort Worth Daily Gazette, dated January 24, 1889, that a “petition to the council is being circulated for signatures, asking that the Honky Tonk theater on Main Street be reopened.” The fact […]

Honky Tonk Etymology

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