“The Nashville piece of me is more of the business side, even though we’re basically in the honky-tonk business,” he says. “I learned way more than I would in my small town in California ...

Though he may have resembled one of the most famous musicians of all time, The Honky Tonk Man would be the first person to tell you that Elvis Presley couldn’t shine his shoes, both in the ring ...

and its sound included a piercing electric guitar, a driving drum beat, and a voice that delivered lyrics about both good times and heartbreak with emotional urgency. It was called honky-tonk.