If I don’t blow my harp, I hurt. God put that on me to make me play. He wanted me to use my talent. Musician DeFord Bailey was called 'the most significant black country star before World War II.' Bailey was born on December 14, 1899 in Smith County, Tennessee. His mother, Mary Reedy, named him […]
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