Fifty years ago, Boston boogie-woogie pianist Preacher Jack saw his idol, Jerry Lee Lewis, perform at the old Boston Arena. It has remained the most influential event of his life. “I can still see it, ...

MOUNT DORA — When he was a young child, Tommy Johnson came home from church, sat down at the piano and started to play “The Old Rugged Cross.” Then he took the gospel favorite and played it in the ...

Antoine “Fats” Domino, the jovial New Orleans entertainer whose bluesy singing and boogie-woogie piano style helped launch rock ‘n’ roll in the 1950s with such rollicking songs as “Blueberry Hill,” ...

Johnny B. travels throughout Alaska by bush plane to play boogie-woogie piano music Johnny B. travels throughout Alaska by bush plane to play his signature boogie-woogie piano music to remote ...

Sue Palmer became a San Diego favorite in the 1980s and 1990s as a key member of the bands Tobacco Road and the world-touring Candye Kane & The Swingin’ Armadillos. But when this award-winning pianist ...

Huey "Piano” Smith, a beloved New Orleans session man who backed Little Richard, Lloyd Price and other early rock stars and with his own group made the party favorites "Don't You Just Know It" and ...

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 ...