[Harp-L] Subject: Re: DeFord Bailey, Live performances...

[EGS1217@xxxxxxx]

Unsure if these have been posted before, so here is DeFord Bailey from 1967  
on the Grand Ole Opry stage:
 
 
DeFord Bailey..Pan American Blues:
 
 
 
_http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjlR8eS0YPM_ 
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjlR8eS0YPM) 
 
 
 
DeFord Bailey - Fox Chase
 
 
 
 
_http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e7VBJTHWxo_ 
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e7VBJTHWxo) 
 
 

 
...some really good stuff about his life and playing style here:
 
_http://www.pbs.org/deford/music/style.html_ 
(http://www.pbs.org/deford/music/style.html) 
 
and a very nice updated (2007) site with more information about the man by  
David Morton his biographer, which includes other audio links and  articles.
 
_http://defordbailey.info/_ (http://defordbailey.info/) 
 
 
 
The man really was something...influencing so many who came after him, even  
to today. 
 
For those who might have missed it the first time around, the brilliant Joe  
Filisko pays homage at the NHL 2006 Harmonica Festival in this  stripped-down, 
simple but powerful exhibition of Mr. Bailey's style. 
 
 Here's Joe, sore throat and all:
 
 
 
_http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw95vo82y9o_ 
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw95vo82y9o) 
 
 
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