MARSHALL, Texas (KLTV) - The music which started Rock and Roll began right here in East Texas about 150 years ago. And at the Texas and Pacific Railway Museum at the Marshall train depot, you can ...

MARSHALL, Texas (KLTV) - It’s commonly accepted that the roots of rock and roll go back about 170 years to the beginnings of boogie woogie music. And that music began in East Texas along the railroad.

Meade “Lux” Lewis didn’t just record a blues—he conjured a rolling landscape of rhythm and motion. Cut in 1928, “Honky Tonk Train Blues” demanded a great deal of the pianist: relentless drive, ...

MARSHALL, Texas (KLTV) - It’s about time to boogie. We’re not talking about leaving, we’re talking about Boogie Woogie 2025 coming up Friday and Saturday in Marshall. And this is the first time the ...

We listen to it. We dance to it. We love it. But we don’t know much about it. Boogie Woogie is a musical genre that has influenced the Blues, Jazz, Swing and Rock & Roll. Basically an African-American ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ben Toury will share his blend of boogie-woogie music, possibly while upside down, to this year's Bloomington Boogie Woogie ...

Rock ’n’ roll exploded out of Memphis in the 1950s, but the East Texas town of Marshall helped build its launchpad decades earlier. On Sept. 26 and 27, Marshall (pop: 24,000) will celebrate its ...

The Bloomington Blues and Boogie Woogie Piano Festival will return for its seventh year this Sunday, including 10 artists performing blues, boogie woogie and other related music styles. The festival ...

Here are a few opportunities to catch the magic fingers of Mr. Boogie Woogie before he returns to his native Netherlands. Mr. Boogie Woogie, aka Eric-Jan Overbeek, is known for high-energy ...