It was 85 years ago today that Ray Charles was born in Albany, Georgia. A musical kid, he began banging on the piano as a toddler, training his left hand to play boogie-woogie bass patterns with help ...
You’ve probably heard of boogie woogie. Its distinctive bass riffs pop up in Lead Belly’s guitar playing, Elvis Presley’s version of Otis Blackwell’s “All ...
Rock ‘n’ roll exploded out of Memphis in the 1950s, but the East Texas town of Marshall helped build its launchpad decades ...