Includes a new foreword by musician Dom Flemons, forty-five illustrations, and a complete session discography. A founding member of the Grand Ole Opry and the program's first Black star, DeFord Bailey (1899-1982) was among the Opry's most popular early performers. Known as the "Harmonica Wizard" for his virtuosity on the instrument, he was also a singer, guitarist, banjoist, and composer. For decades following his departure from the Opry, Bailey's story was shrouded in mystery. This meticulously researched biography, ...
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Includes a new foreword by musician Dom Flemons, forty-five illustrations, and a complete session discography. A founding member of the Grand Ole Opry and the program's first Black star, DeFord Bailey (1899-1982) was among the Opry's most popular early performers. Known as the "Harmonica Wizard" for his virtuosity on the instrument, he was also a singer, guitarist, banjoist, and composer. For decades following his departure from the Opry, Bailey's story was shrouded in mystery. This meticulously researched biography, long out of print, tells the story of a pioneering Black star in early country music in rich and fascinating detail. The book's original publication in 1991 helped pave the way for Bailey's election to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2005.
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Book. Octavo; VG-/VG-Hardcover; Light blue spine with Purple and Black text; Dustjacket has slight edgewear, slight shelfwear; Boards strong, slight edgewear, slight shelfwear; Textblock has sticker remnant on front pastedown, otherwise clean; 199 pp. 1340801. FP New Rockville Stock.
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Like New. Size: 9x6x0; University of Tennessee Press, 1991. Hard cover, first edition; signed and inscribed by author Charles Wolfe. Fine condition in Fine dust jacket; 199 pages.
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