They want the 72-year-old to connect Marshall to the eight-to-the-bar rhythms that began there and influenced every American musical genre, from jazz and blues to rock 'n' roll. "A lot of places have history," said city manager Frank Johnson. "With Omar, we have a living link."
This Christmas, Marshall, Texas, is giving itself a musical legend. It could be the perfect gift for a town that just declared itself boogie-woogie's birthplace.
Photo: NATHAN HUNSINGER/DMN
Omar Sharriff played piano at a boogie-woogie concert in Marshall in June. The city hopes Sharriff will move back to his hometown and become its musical ambassador. And as with the best holiday tales, this one's ending is really a beginning – a healing and homecoming.
Lee Hancock reports: http://dallasne.ws/gURjJN
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