DeFord Bailey
DeFord Bailey
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- Description
- Deford Bailey spent fifteen years as a regular member of the Grand Ole Opry (1926-1941). In that time he established himself as one of the show's most popular performers and an influential harmonica player. As a master of blues, jazz, and old-time country, Bailey was a vital link between older and more modern music styles. In 1974, he returned to the Opry stage as part of the "Old Timers' Reunion." He is most well-known for "Pan American Blues," a harmonica piece that sounds like a passing locomotive.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- photograph
- negative
- 1973
- 2003
- maker
- Horenstein, Henry
- Place Made
- United States: Tennessee, Nashville-Davidson, Grand Ole Opry
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 8 in x 10 in; 20.32 cm x 25.4 cm
- ID Number
- 2003.0169.043
- accession number
- 2003.0169
- catalog number
- 2003.0169.043
- Credit Line
- Horenstein, Henry
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- Work and Industry: Photographic History
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Art
- Popular Entertainment
- Photography
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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