<P> `` Although the neighboring states of Arkansas , Louisiana , and Missouri would also produce boogie - woogie players and their boogie - woogie tunes , and despite the fact that Chicago would become known as the center for this music through such pianists as Jimmy Yancey , Albert Ammons , and Meade `` Lux '' Lewis , Texas was home to an environment that fostered creation of boogie - style : the lumber , cattle , turpentine , and oil industries , all served by an expanding railway system from the northern corner of East Texas to the Gulf Coast and from the Louisiana border to Dallas and West Texas . '' Alan Lomax , wrote : `` Anonymous black musicians , longing to grab a train and ride away from their troubles , incorporated the rhythms of the steam locomotive and the moan of their whistles into the new dance music they were playing in jukes and dance halls . Boogie - woogie forever changed piano playing , as ham - handed black piano players transformed the instrument into a polyrhythmic railroad train . '' </P>
<P> `` Although the neighboring states of Arkansas , Louisiana , and Missouri would also produce boogie - woogie players and their boogie - woogie tunes , and despite the fact that Chicago would become known as the center for this music through such pianists as Jimmy Yancey , Albert Ammons , and Meade `` Lux '' Lewis , Texas was home to an environment that fostered creation of boogie - style : the lumber , cattle , turpentine , and oil industries , all served by an expanding railway system from the northern corner of East Texas to the Gulf Coast and from the Louisiana border to Dallas and West Texas . '' Alan Lomax , wrote : `` Anonymous black musicians , longing to grab a train and ride away from their troubles , incorporated the rhythms of the steam locomotive and the moan of their whistles into the new dance music they were playing in jukes and dance halls . Boogie - woogie forever changed piano playing , as ham - handed black piano players transformed the instrument into a polyrhythmic railroad train . '' </P>
what mode of transportation do historians associate with boogie-woogie music
what mode of transportation do historians associate with boogie-woogie music
railroad train
railroad train