Christine Bailey Craig, daughter of “Harmonica Wizard” DeFord Bailey, recently presented at the Museum during a Lunch and Learn event with Dom Flemons, Vania Kinard, and Ryan Dooley, senior curator of music. Afterwards, she visited the Museum’s galleries to see her father’s harmonica and performance suit on display. Check out the clip to find out where DeFord Bailey got his striking suits! | Tennessee State Museum

The one and only Deford Bailey. Did you know❓ Bailey contracted polio as a child, which led him to learn the harmonica while he was bedridden. #history #countrymusic #halloffame #nashville #tennesseehistory #historicalmarker #legends #ancestors #historybeforeus #historymatters #historylesson #didyouknow #historyfact | History Before Us

Watch a short clip of DeFord Bailey playing “Pan American Blues” on the National Life Grand Ole Opry from 1965.#MemberMonday | Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum