Boogie-woogie was a piano style that began sometime in the early 20th century — and, by the 1930s, became a huge pop-music fad. Here, rock historian Ed Ward explains how the genre re-emerged in ...

♪ Well my mama don't allow me ♪ ♪ To stay out all night long ♪ ♪ Cause my mama didn't allow me ♪ ♪ To stay out all night long ♪ ♪ I didn't care what she didn't allow ♪ ♪ I wanted to boogie woogie ...

Dire Straits guitarist Mark Knopfler has revealed he played "shockingly bad boogie-woogie" when he was a child and that he got his guitar-playing style from strumming tennis rackets with his sister.

Boogie-woogie is a driving blues piano style that features a rolling, “eight-to-the-bar” rhythm. It’s based on ostinato bass figures in 8/8 time, and mostly uses the 12-bar blues harmonic scheme.

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 ...

Arthur Smith, a trailblazing guitarist and banjoist who wrote and recorded "Guitar Boogie" and "Dueling Banjos," the latter heard in the acclaimed movie "Deliverance," and influenced the Beatles, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Arthur Smith, a trailblazing guitarist and banjoist who wrote and recorded “Guitar Boogie” and “Dueling Banjos,” the latter heard in the ...