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DeFord Bailey

DeFord Bailey
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About the artist

DeFord Bailey (December 14, 1899 – July 2, 1982) was an American country music star from the 1920s until 1941. Bailey was both the first performer to be introduced as playing on the Grand Ole Opry and also the first African-American performer on the show. He played several instruments but is best known for his harmonica tunes. A grandson of slaves, Bailey was born near the Bellwood community in Smith County, Tennessee, and learned to play the harmonica

Top songs

  1. Fox Chase
  2. John Henry
  3. Ice Water Blues
  4. Davidson County Blues
  5. Pan-American Blues
  6. Muscle Shoals Blues
  7. Pan American Blues
  8. Davidson County Blues - Remastered 2002
  9. Up Country Blues
  10. Dixie Flyer Blues
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  1. The Alcoholic Blues
  2. Old Hen Cackle
  3. Evening Prayer Blues
  4. Alcoholic Blues
  5. Welcome Table
  6. Ain't Gonna Rain No More
  7. Black Man Blues
  8. Cow Cow Blues
  9. Lost John
  10. Pan American
  11. Kansas City Blues
  12. Red River Valley
  13. Speech About Harps
  14. Sweet Marie
  15. Stove Pipe Blues
  16. Don't Get Weary Children
  17. Gotta See Mama Every Night
  18. Davidson County Blues (Remastered 2002)
  19. Saints
  20. Evening Prayer
  21. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
  22. Shoe Shine Boy
  23. Hesitation Blues
  24. Speech About Water And Harps
  25. Sook Cow
  26. Down the Road A Piece
  27. Old Hen Cackle (Take 2)
  28. Talk About Grandfather
  29. Ice Water Blues - DeFord Bailey
  30. Old Hen Cackle (Take 1)
  31. John Henry (1928)
  32. Muscle Shoal Blues
  33. Fox Chase [Live]
  34. Up the Country Blues
  35. Up Country Blues, Apr 19, 1927
  36. Fox Chase (Remastered)
  37. Muscle Shoals Blues-
  38. "Pan American Blues"
  39. Old Hen Cackle (Tk1)
  40. Talk About Grnadfather
  41. The Alcoholic Blues (Remastered)
  42. Pan American Blues (Remastered)
  43. 02 DeFord Bailey - Dixie Flyer Blues
  44. Gotta See Momma Every Night
  45. 03 DeFord Bailey - Up Country Blues
  46. Shoe Shiner Blues
  47. Old Hen Cackle [Take 1]
  48. Pan American Blues (April 1927)
  49. Guitar
  50. John Henry Blues
  51. Deford Bailey - John Henry
  52. 01 DeFord Bailey - Pan-American Blues
  53. 04 DeFord Bailey - Evening Prayer Blues
  54. 08 DeFord Bailey - Fox Chase
  55. DefordBailey-Pan-americanBlues1926
  56. Muscle Shoals Blues (Remastered)
  57. Banjo
  58. davidson country blues
  59. DeFord Bailey / Pan American Blues
  60. Old Hen Cackle (Tk2)
  61. Gottan See Mama Every Night
  62. Old Hen Cackle [Take 2]
  63. DeFord Bailey - Davidson County Blues
  64. Pan-American Blues [1926]
  65. 09 DeFord Bailey - John Henry
  66. Ice Water Blues (Remastered)
  67. Lost John (banjo version)
  68. 02 Ain't Gonna Rain no More
  69. 03 Lost John
  70. 04 Alcoholic Blues
  71. 05 Cow Cow Blues
  72. 06 John Henry
  73. 07 Speech About Harps
  74. Davidson County
  75. 'Pan American Blues'
  76. Introduction and harmonica version of the train...
  77. Shoe Shine Boy Blues
  78. Gonna Eat at the Welcome Table Some of These Day
  79. Evening Prayer Blues (Remastered)
  80. Up Country Blues (Remastered)
  81. Davidson County Blues - Deford Bailey
  82. Track 29
  83. Track 11
  84. Track 22
  85. Track 26
  86. Track 28
  87. deford bailey - cow cow blues
  88. Track 27
  89. American Blues
  90. John Hardy

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