Online Program: Live at the Hall: DeFord Bailey Harmonica Salute with Carlos DeFord Bailey, Jake Groves and Ketch Secor

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• Tuesday, May 24, 2022  7pm - 7:45pm

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Join the museum for a harmonica salute in celebration of Country Music Hall of Fame member DeFord Bailey, one of early country music’s most popular performers and the genre’s first Black star. Bailey was a talented musician who played numerous instruments. He was best known as an expert harmonica player, earning the nickname the "Harmonica Wizard" and becoming one of the most famous harmonica players in the United States during the 1930s. Viewers can enjoy Bailey’s music and story in this musical demonstration, hosted by the museum’s Adam Ollendorff and led by Carlos DeFord Bailey, grandson of DeFord Bailey and a harmonica player in his own right; Jake Groves, a harmonica player who tours and records with Colter Wall and hosts WXOX Louisville’s "Faint of Harp Radio Hour"; and Ketch Secor,