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This Aug. 28, 2012 photo shows The Hoyle Brothers band performing during Honky Tonk Happy Hour at Chicagoís Empty Bottle tavern. The weekly gig is part of the cityís hidden country music scene. (AP Photo/Lindsey Tanner)
This Aug. 28, 2012 photo shows Chicagoís Empty Bottle tavern, home to a weekly Friday night Honky Tonk Happy Hour, part of the cityís hidden country music scene. (AP Photo/Lindsey Tanner)
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 …