Chicago's Hidden Country Music: It's worth the search for rustic
fun and boot-kicking music in the Windy City
2012-09-30T00:00:00Z 2012-09-30T23:57:07Z Chicago's Hidden
Country Music: It's worth the search for rustic fun and boot-
kicking music in the Windy CityThe Associated Press The
Associated Press September 30, 2012 12:00 am  •   Open the
scruffy front door of a drab-looking corner tavern in Chicago on
Friday evenings and suddenly you're in Texas, greeted by the
rowdy twang of a genuine honky tonk band. Cowboy-booted couples
of all ages two-step around the dimly lit scuffed wooden dance
floor to the likes of Willie Nelson, Hank Williams, or one of
the band's own drinking songs. "If I'm Not Drunk, I'm Not
Drinking Today" is a crowd favorite.  In a city better known for
the rarified sounds of a world-class symphony and legendary jazz
and blues, there's a lively but almost hidden country music
scene in Chicago.  This isn't the Nashville top 40 or
overproduced pablum that you hear on commercial radio, or pay