Podcasts about DeFord Bailey

Kim Field joins me on episode 133. Kim's 1994 book ‘Harmonicas, Harps and Heavy Breathers: The History of the People's Instrument' was the first book released on the history of the harmonica. And Kim has recently written the book: The Blues Dream of Billy Boy Arnold, telling the story of Billy Boy in his own words.Ever on the lookout to meet and learn from the great players, Kim shares the time he spent with Deford Bailey and also when he played on stage with Walter Horton.Kim has been in several blues bands, and a country band, and has just released a new album with his latest band, The Perfect Gentleman, featuring Kim's harmonica, vocals and songwriting talents.Links:Kim's website: https://www.kimfield.com/Harmonica Northwest weekend, Oct 23-26, 2025: https://menucha.org/programs/harmonica-northwestKim's life in music: https://www.kimfield.com/my-life-in-musicHarmonicas, Harps and Heavy Breathers: The History of the People's Instrument book: https://www.kimfield.com/harmonicas-harps-and-heavy-breathersPT Gazell review of Don't Need But One album: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ModernBluesHarmonica/permalink/10162253953062225/The Blues Dream of Billy Boy Arnold book: https://www.kimfield.com/the-blues-dream-of-billy-boy-arnoldVideos:James Cotton playing Blues In My Sleep live in 1967: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgS6FG2rtasDavid Waldman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eD8EArw7peMThe Slamhound Hunters band - Lawnmower: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjr6YLKKmqYPodcast website:https://www.harmonicahappyhour.comDonations:If you want to make a voluntary donation to help support the running costs of the podcast then please use this link (or visit the podcast website link above):https://paypal.me/harmonicahappyhour?locale.x=en_GBSpotify Playlist: Also check out the Spotify Playlist, which contains most of the songs discussed in the podcast:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5QC6RF2VTfs4iPuasJBqwT?si=M-j3IkiISeefhR7ybm9qIQPodcast sponsors:This podcast is sponsored by SEYDEL harmonicas - visit the oldest harmonica factory in the world at www.seydel1847.com  or on Facebook or Instagram at SEYDEL HARMONICAS--------------------------------Blue Moon Harmonicas: https://bluemoonharmonicas.comSupport the show

On the October 16 edition of the Music History Today podcast, Creedence breaks up, the Grand Ole Opry gets more diverse, & Little Richard records. Plus, it's John Mayer's birthday. For more music history, subscribe to my Spotify Channel or subscribe to the audio version of my music history podcasts, wherever you get your podcasts from ALL MUSIC HISTORY TODAY PODCAST NETWORK LINKS - https://allmylinks.com/musichistorytoday On this date: * In 1951, Little Richard recorded for the first time. * In 1956, Elvis' film Love Me Tender premiered. * In 1962, Motown started their package concert tour with Mary Wells, Marvin Gaye, The Supremes, Little Stevie Wonder, & the Contours. * In 1965, singer and actress Leslie Uggams married her longtime friend Grahame Pratt. * In 1972, Creedence Clearwater Revival broke up. * In 1975, Bruce Springsteen performed at the Roxy in Los Angeles, which led to him getting noticed by the mainstream media. * In 1976, the disco novelty song by Los Angeles radio DJ Rick Dees, Disco Duck hit #1 on Billboard's hot 100 singles chart. * In 1976, Stevie Wonder hit #1 with the album Songs in the Key of Life. * In 1986, Chuck Berry held his 60th birthday concert, which was filmed for his film documentary Hail Hail Rock N Roll. * In 1986, Marie Osmond married her husband Brian Blosil. * In 1988, the Smile Jamaica charity concert to help Hurricane Gilbert victims was held in London. * In 1992, Sinead O'Connor was booed when she performed at the Bob Dylan tribute concert at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The audience was reacting to the incident on Saturday Night Live a couple of weeks earlier when she ripped up a photo of Pope John Paul II. * In 2003, Apple released the Windows version of the ITunes store. * In 2010, Nicki Minaj set a record for most songs to debut on the Billboard singles chart in the same week with 7, with Bottoms Up with Trey Songz debuting at #11. The record has since been shattered a number of times. * In 2011, singer-songwriter Paul McDonald married actress & screenwriter Nikki Reed. * In 2013, actress & singer Kristen Bell married actor Dax Shepard. * In 2017, Ed Sheeran broke his wrist & elbow in a biking accident, which made him cancel part of his Asian tour. In the world of classical music: * In 1942, Aaron Copland's ballet Rodeo premiered in NYC. In award ceremonies that were held on October 16: * In 2012, the Grand Ole Opry inducted only its third African American member, after DeFord Bailey & Charley Pride. It was Darius Rucker, lead singer of Hootie & the Blowfish and successful solo country music singer. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/musichistorytodaypodcast/support

Artists include: Bert Williams, Helen Gross, Bubber Miley, Cats and Fiddle, Elmo Hope, DeFord Bailey and Hazel Scott. Songs include: Pan-American Blues, Ten Little Bottles, Nevertheless, East St. Louis Toodle-oo, Nuts To You & I Gotta Swing.

The gorgeous new album My Black Country: The Songs of Alice Randall captures the work of one most illustrious of the handful of Black Country songwriters (let alone a woman) in Nashville. Randall's catalog includes work with legendary artists like Trisha Yearwood and Johnny Cash but draws inspiration from the work of Ray Charles, Charley Pride, Lil Hardin Armstrong, and DeFord Bailey, to name a few. 

This week's episode is all about Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter and the history of black country music. Host Katrina highlights stories of black country music artists, including trailblazers from the past, like DeFord Bailey, Ray Charles, Charley Pride and Linda Martell, and hitmakers of the present and future, from Mickey Guyton to Tanner Adell. Katrina also shares her thoughts in general on the Cowboy Carter project as a country music fan. POP RECAP TOPICS INCLUDE: FILM Timothee Chalamet and Warner Bros. New Trailers: Unfrosted, Fly Me to the Moon New Releases: Just for Us, Monkey Man, Godzilla v. Kong, Steve Martin doc Upcoming Releases: Civil War THEATER Ariana DeBose is hosting the Tonys Aladdin's 10 Year Anniversary and fun new playbills Romeo and Juliet (Jamie Lloyd Production) Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends New Openings: Stereophonic, The Outsiders, Lempicka TELEVISION SNL Recap: Kristen Wiig/Raye Legally Blonde: The Series Upcoming Releases: SNL with Ryan Gosling, Billy Joel at MSG MUSIC New Releases: Beyonce, Camila Cabello, JoJo Siwa, Khalid, Conan Gray, Chappell Roan Upcoming Releases: girlinred, Maggie Rogers Zayn and One Direction New Billie Eilish album Concerts/Touring: Olivia Rodrigo x Noah Kahan, Twenty One Pilots tour, Missy Elliot tour, Orville Peck, Little Big Town x Sugarland tour WILDCARD Eclipse March Madness: The Finale Disney+ x Hulu Tiana's Bayou Adventure Update Universal Studios Isle of Berk Update WHAT I'VE BEEN UP TO Da Magic Boombox: A Hip Hop and Go-Go Evolution Annapolis Film Festival and my review of The Idea of You

Beyoncé's new album, “Cowboy Carter,” pays tribute to country music's greats while reflecting on her own connection to the genre. As she sings on the opening track, “Used to say I spoke ‘too country' / And the rejection came, said I wasn't country ‘nough.” That rejection reflects the gatekeeping that's long plagued country music – gatekeeping that determines who gets to be American and whose ‘country' it is, says Alice Randall, a songwriter, author and Vanderbilt professor. Randall was the first Black woman to write a No. 1 country hit, and her new book “My Black Country” weaves memoir with the history and impact of Black artists in the genre. We'll learn that history and Randall's place in it — and listen to country music from DeFord Bailey, Linda Martell and, of course, Beyoncé. Guests: Alice Randall, Country songwriter and professor of African American and Diaspora Studies and writer-in-residence, Vanderbilt University - author, “My Black Country: A Journey Through Country Music's Black Past, Present, and Future.”

Super Bowl LVIII is set to become the first of its kind to be powered entirely by renewable energy sources. This initiative marks a significant departure from traditional energy use at large-scale events.As Las Vegas gears up for Super Bowl LVIII, the city's first-ever hosting of the event, local and federal officials are implementing an unprecedented security strategy to safeguard nearly half a million attendees.Football viewership among girls aged 12-17 spiked an astounding 53% at the start of the NFL season — and the pop icon's influence stretches far beyond, impacting merchandise sales and the brand value of both the NFL and Kansas City Chiefs.In celebration of Black History Month, “CBS Mornings” lead national correspondent David Begnaud spotlights Carlos DeFord Bailey, a third-generation Nashville shoe shiner and performer, who upholds the dual legacies of his grandfather, DeFord Bailey, country music's first Black star and a pioneering Opry performer.Kylie Lough, an 18-year-old athlete, faced a harrowing challenge when a stroke, triggered by a previously undiagnosed congenital condition, left her unable to walk for days. Against all odds, her unwavering determination has her back in the game.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Just like jazz, country music was on radio from the very start. One of the earliest country music programs to be broadcast was the Grand Ole Opry, which also produced the first African-American country music star. DeFord Bailey was known as a harmonica wizard, and began appearing on radio in 1925. In 1927, Bailey had the first of a series of hit records, beginning with his trademark song, "Pan American Blues". Bailey was so popular, he became the first black artist to become a regular member of the Grand Ole Opry. He was a part of the cast until 1941, and was inducted Country Music Hall of Fame. You will hear DeFord Bailey perform on a 1940 Opry broadcast. You will also hear the second African-American to become a member of the Grand Ole Opry. Charlie Pride had 30 number one country hits during his long career, and he will play a few on the radio show "Here's to Veterans". You will hear Hootenanny, a 1947 show from CBS Radio featuring Country and folk superstars Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger, plus African-American legends Brownie McGee, Sonny Terry, Sidney Bechet, and the Coleman Brothers. We also honor Linda Martell. The South Carolina native was the first commercially successful black female country artist, and the first African-American woman to play the Grand Ole Opry in 1970, and went on to make 11 more appearances there. Linda Martell's first hit was Color Him Father, released in 1969. Our podcast will wrap up with Dude Martin's Radio Rancho from 1947. For details visit http://krobcollection.com

Musician Rhiannon Giddens explores the home of country music in Nashville to see how black people shaped this genre. How black is Nashville and its music history? Rhiannon uncovers the story of one of the biggest stars of the early country era: the African American ‘Harmonica Wizard' DeFord Bailey. He was one of the most beloved performers at the Grand Ole Opry and the first black star of the radio age.

I'm going to give a shout out to our African-Americans musicians that didn't get any reconition in Country-Western Music.You'll be hearing selections from:Charley Pride,DeFord Bailey,Rihannon Giddens.Plus,Beyonce,Nelly,Julie Williams,and others that crossed genres including:Ray Charles,The Pointer Sisters,Lionel Richie,Linda Ronstadt and more. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/samuel-wilsonjr/message

When you think of The Grand Ole Opry you don't of many Black people if any right? Trust me you're not alone. This brother by the Deford Bailey had became a mainstay in The Grand Ole Pry. The Country Music Hall Of Fame inductee gets overlooked as the first Black person to rock in the theatre. Please do you're research on this man and enjoy

We celebrate Black History month by recognizing one of country music's legendary musicians, DeFord Bailey. Alex takes over as host to break down Fox Chase. Hooky with Sloane by Bird Creek Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Music provided by FreeMusic109 https://youtube.com/FreeMusic109

BOOTS & SADDLE - December 14, 2021 1. The Key's In The Mail Box - Eastwind (Eastwind - 1974) 2. My Song - Stonewall Jackson (Single - 1959) 3. Lure of the Arctic - Smilin' Johnnie & His Prairie Pals (Salute Canada's Northland - 1966) 4. Town of the Blues - Jake Vaadeland (No More Pain In My Heart - 2021) 5. I Watched You Walk Away - Nicholas Campbell (Livin' and Other Western Ideas - 2021) 6. Entertainer Tonight - Mike Lynch (Songs from the Tub [Part 1] - 2021) 7. The Man You Miss - Mose Wilson (Mose Wilson - 2021) 8. One Piece At A Time - Wolf Willow (Old Guitars and Shooting Stars - 2021) 9. Johanna - Matt Patershuk (An Honest Effort - 2021) 10. Miles and Miles of Texas - Asleep At The Wheel (Half A Hundred Years - 2021) 11. The Cheating Kind - Billie Jo Spears (Single - 1972) 12. Too Many Teardrops - Charlie Rich (That's Rich - 1965) 13. John Henry [instrumental] - DeFord Bailey (1920's Country [COMPILATION] | 1928) 14. You're Not Supposed To Care Anymore - Jaryn Friesen (Single - 2021) 15. Out of Control - George Jones (Single - 1960) 16. The Ways To Love a Man - Tammy Wynette (The Ways To Love a Man - 1969) 17. The Stars Are Talkin' - Geoffrey Miller (All Night Honky Tonk Man - 2020) 18. Dear Sister - Leaf Rapids (Citizen Alien - 2019) 19. Lettin' Love Speak For Itself - Mick Mullin (Mullin It Over - 2021) 20. I Told You So - Legendary Shack Shakers (Cockadoodledeux - 2021) 21. Somebody, Some Way, Somewhere - Noel McKay (Blue Blue Blue - 2021) 22. What Can You Do - Jr. Gone Wild (Still Got the Jacket - 2021) 23. Kevin Johnson - Margo Cilker (Pohorylle - 2021) 24. Train Is Gone - Gordie Tentrees (Mean Old World - 2021) 25. Hammin' It Up [instrumental] - The Strangers (Instrumental Sounds of Merle Haggard's Strangers- 1969) 26. Nitty Gritty - Southern Culture On The Skids (Dirt Track Date - 1995) 27. Take Good Care of Her - Porter Wagoner (A Slice of Life - Songs Happy 'N' Sad - 1962)  28. Waiting On These New Things - Robbie Fulks (50-Vc. Doberman - 2009) 29. Tears Don't Stain - The Country Side Of Harmonica Sam (A Drink After Midnight - 2017) 30. Michoacan - Sir Douglas Quintet (The Mono Singles '68-'72 | 1972)  31. Buckaroo - Jeff Bradshaw & Dave Hamilton (Swingin' Country Dance Toons - 2003) 32. Pardon Me - Allison Moorer (Alabama Song - 1998)

December 19, 1959. 21st Christmas program with George Morgan (photo) who was a fixture on the Grand Ole Opry most of the period from 1948 until his death in 1975 . The Grand Ole Opry started as the WSM Barn Dance in the new fifth-floor radio studio of the National Life & Accident Insurance Company in downtown Nashville on November 28, 1925. The phrase "Grand Ole Opry" was first uttered on radio on December 10, 1927. At the time, the NBC Red Network's Music Appreciation Hour, a program with classical music and selections from grand opera, was followed by Hays' Barn Dance. That evening, as he was introducing the show and DeFord Bailey, his first guest, George Hay said the following words: For the past hour, we have been listening to music largely from Grand Opera, but from now on, we will present 'The Grand Ole Opry'.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Ole_Opry

So many requests for more Grande Ole Opry so what the heck,,,,here ya have it. The original artists like Deford Bailey, Uncle Dave Macon along with Ernest Tubb , Bill Monroe , Little Jimmy Dickens, Porter and Dolly and so many of my Grande Ole Opry friends. You're gonna love ❤️ love ❤️  love ❤️ 'em. Be sure to share.

In honor of Scott's brand new country album, "Dialogues Epilogue" we take a trip down the red dirt road of country music.  From Dolly Parton to Loretta Lynn, to Deford Bailey to Old Crow Medicine Show, we put a lil twang in this episode. Enjoy Y'all.Listen to the full playlist here:Listen to "Dialogues Epilogue"Follow Pinch Recording on Instagram:Pinch RecordingE Scott LindnerNick "The Ear" Angeloor visit us atwww.pinchrecording.comwww.escottlindner.comwww.paperhousenetworkUse Code PINCH for 15% OFF at SilkCityHotSauce.comNick Angelo's Revolving 10 on SpotifyGet Some Merch 

Show 129 – Recorded 5-8-21 – This podcast features 15 outstanding blues artists and 16 great performances to enjoy. These songs were recorded from 1924-1980. Our featured artists are: Lead Belly and The Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet, Little Brother Montgomery, Lane Hardin, Clara Smith, Reese Crenshaw, Wesley Wallace, Sleepy John Estes, DeFord Bailey, I. C. Glee Quartet, Kelly Pace and Group, Jesse James, Clara Smith, Mississippi John Hurt, Moses Williams, Reverend A. C. Nix. We also want to recognize and thank again Dr David Evans for his help.

Show 129 – Recorded 5-8-21 – This podcast features 15 outstanding blues artists and 16 great performances to enjoy. These songs were recorded from 1924-1980. Our featured artists are: Lead Belly and The Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet, Little Brother Montgomery, Lane Hardin, Clara Smith, Reese Crenshaw, Wesley Wallace, Sleepy John Estes, DeFord Bailey, I. C. Glee Quartet, Kelly Pace and Group, Jesse James, Clara Smith, Mississippi John Hurt, Moses Williams, Reverend A. C. Nix. We also want to recognize and thank again Dr David Evans for his help.

In which we compare midcentury Bakersfield to Paris in the 1920s, discuss how to build a music scene, and hear a song sung by a truck. See everyrecordeverrecorded.com for more Bakersfield Sound resources! + George Rich, "Drivin' Away My Blues" + Nathan Judd, "The Answer to the Greenback Dollar" + Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys, "Get Along Home, Cindy" + Captain Sacto theme song + Cousin Herb Henson, "You'all Come" + Patsy Cline, "Crazy" + Buck Owens and the Buckaroos, "Act Naturally" + Buck Owens and the Buckaroos, "Love's Gonna Live Here" + Buck Owens and the Buckaroos, "My Heart Skips a Beat" + Buck Owens and the Buckaroos, "Together Again" + Buck Owens and the Buckaroos, "I Don't Care (Just As Long As You Love Me)" + Buck Owens and the Buckaroos, "I've Got a Tiger By the Tail" + "Before You Go" + "Only You (Can Break My Heart)" + "Buckaroo" + "Waitin' In Your Welfare Line" + "Think of Me" + "Open Up Your Heart" + "Where Does the Good Times Go" + "Sam's Place" + "Your Tender Loving Care" + "It Takes People Like You (To Make People Like Me)" + "How Long Will My Baby Be Gone" + "I've Got a Tiger By the Tail" + The Carter Family, "Can the Circle Be Unbroken" + William McEwan, "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" + The Silver Leaf Quartette, "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" + The Carter Family, "Little Darlin' Pal of Mine" + The Carter Family, "Sad and Lonesome Day" + Lesley Riddle, "One Kind Favor" + Buck Owens and the Buckaroos, "Ain't It Amazing, Gracie" + The Ventures, "Walk, Don't Run" + The Lemon Pipers, "Green Tambourine" + The Maddox Brothers and Rose, "George's Playhouse" + "The Nightingale Song" + "I'll Make Sweet Love to You" + "Will There Be Any Stars In My Crown" + "New Step It Up and Go" + "Philadelphia Lawyer" + Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys, "Sugar Moon" + Bud Hobbs, "Louisiana Swing" + Milton Brown and His Musical Brownies, "Takin' Off" + Lefty Frizzell, "If You've Got the Money, I've Got the Time" + Bill Woods and His Orange Blossom Playboys, "Have I Got a Chance With You?" + Jean Shepherd and Ferlin Husky, "A Dear John Letter" + Ferlin Husky, "Gone" + Merle Haggard, "Sing a Sad Song" + Merle Haggard, "Swinging Doors" + Bonnie Owens, "Lie a Little" + Merle Haggard, "Today I Started Loving You Again" + Mamie Smith "Crazy Blues" + Saul Ho'opi'i Trio, "Lehua" + Jimmie Rodgers, "Blue Yodel #9" + DeFord Bailey, "John Henry" + Ruth Brown, "Wild Wild Young Men" + Rose Maddox, "Wild Wild Young Men" + Hank Penny, "Bloodshot Eyes" + Wynonie Harris, "Bloodshot Eyes" + Patsy Cline, "Your Cheatin' Heart" + Ray Charles, "Your Cheatin' Heart" + Buck Owens, "Streets of Bakersfield" + Dwight Yoakam and Buck Owens, "Streets of Bakersfield" + Antonio Aguilar, "El Ojo de Vidrio" + Woody Guthrie, "Billy the Kid" + Linda Ronstadt, "Palomita de Ojos Negros" + Ernest Tubb, "Thanks a Lot" + Jose Alfredo Jimenez, "El Rey" + The Maddox Brothers and Rose, "Shimmy Shakin' Daddy" + Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys, "Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age" + Luis Perez Meza, "Cuando Salgo a Los Campos" + Tommy Collins, "You Better Not Do That" + Wanda Jackson, "I Gotta Know" + Wanda Jackson, "Honey Bop" + Billy Mize, "Who Will Buy the Wine" + Red Simpson, "I'm a Truck" + The Derailers, "The Right Place" + Dale Watson, "I Lie When I Drink" + Dave Alvin, "Black Rose of Texas" + The Mavericks, "All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down" + The Flying Burrito Brothers, "Sin City" + JT Kanehira, "Country Music Makes Me So Happy" + Sturgill Simpson, "Life of Sin" + Albion Country Band, "Hanged I Shall Be" + A.L. Lloyd, "The Oxford Tragedy" + Shirley and Dolly Collins, "The Oxford Girl" + Phoebe Smith "Wexport Girl" + Harry Cox, "Ekefield Town" + Marybird McAllister, "The Bloody Miller" + Fields Ward, "The Lexington Murder" + Arthur and Gid Tanner, "The Knoxville Girl" + Fred Ross, "The Waco Girl" + The Outlaws, "Knoxville Girl" + Merle Haggard, "Kern River"

Host CloudwatcherUno sits down with Chase Crawford and they talk about his experiences growing up in Nashville, Alabama, Texas and all the parts in between. They speak about his new EP 'The Neon Lights Go On Forever" which is a distillation of musical influences from Southern Gospel, Honky Tonk, Rhythm and Blues and Appalachian mountain music. They also discuss the history of country music from pioneers like Deford Bailey to modern artists such as Mickey Guyton.  Check out the blog below on Chase Crawford and other artists:  http://cloudwatcheruno.com/?p=1250 Our Spotify playlist is available for those of you keen to know more about every single song mentioned in the podcast. Love the podcast? Then by all means feel free to share the news with your friends on social media and help the show grow!

In this episode, Debbie Delmore, youngest daughter of Alton Delmore of the Delmore Brothers, talks with Deb Boykin about her father's music and her memories of growing up around performers such as Vestal Goodman, Deford Bailey, and others. The Delmore Brothers harmonies and distinctive guitar styles influenced later musicians including Doc Watson.

Sometimes great minds think alike. Well in this case Tom and Hank both thought of topics as Tom was walking up the stairs to record! Listen up for some info on Charlie Pride, Deford Bailey, The Carolina Chocolate Drops and Darius Rucker!

Suponemos que en estas semanas de aislamiento, a todos nos ha dado tiempo de comprar papel higiénico como si no hubiera un mañana, llamar a la familia y a los amigos, encontrar esas fotos que parecían perdidas, limpiar los altillos, vaciar la nevera, y, por supuesto, ordenar los libros y los discos. Cuando te pones a esto último, lo de los discos, de pronto, aparecen algunas obras de arte que, con más o menos tiempo, te reencuentras hasta contigo mismo... Pues hoy hemos decidido recopilar algunas de ellas. Si alguna vez quieres retroceder en el tiempo y revisar la historia cultural de lo que se llama Americana, no está de más remitirse a Dom Flemons, un historiador de la música. Es un folclorista de Phoenix, Arizona. Cantante y compositor, se ha convertido, además, en todo un experto en instrumentos tradicionales. Fue socio fundador de Carolina Chocolate Drops y dejó el grupo en 2014 para seguir en solitario. El cuarto de sus discos, Black Cowboys, formó parte de una de las múltiples series de las que edita Smithsonian. Está inspirado en sus raíces familiares y narra una buena parte de la rica y profunda historia de la música del oeste de Estados Unidos, a menudo ignorada. Las canciones incluyen estándares tan queridos como "Home On the Range" pero también hay espacio para temas originales del estilo de "He’s A Lone Ranger", un homenaje a la figura de Bass Reeves, crecido en la región de Texarcana y convertido en diputado. Mirando a esos discos que de pronto aparecen, nos hemos encontrado con Stoney Edwards, un cantante de country con una presencia significativa entre los artistas más enraizados dentro de la música country. Nativo de Seminole, en Oklahoma, ha pasado a la historia por una canción como "She's My Rock", convertida en todo un éxito del año 1972 y más aún cuando Brenda Lee y George Jones la versionaron un par de años más tarde. Y buscando y buscando… le ha tocado el turno a Charley Pride, que creció escuchando a algunos de los maestros como Ernest Tubb, Eddy Arnold, Hank Williams y George Jones. Desarrolló un estilo propio partiendo de ellos, pero incluyó a otros de sus favoritos, como Sam Cooke, B.B. King o Brook Benton. Y es que volvemos a remitirnos a esa frase de Nick Lowe en la que nos recordaba que si eres capaz de unir el country y el soul conseguirás la mejor de las canciones. Charley Pride siempre entendió que la música americana se construye desde el country, el gospel y el blues. Es muy posible que su canción más recordada sea "Is Anybody Goin' To San Antone?", que alcanzó la cima de las listas de country en Abril de 1970. A costa de un malentendido entre la editorial y los compositores -Glenn Martin y Dave Kirby-, el tema había sido grabado y publicado por Bake Turner, jugador del equipo de fútbol americano de los Jets de New York. Pride intento encontrar otros singles para sustituirlo, pero la grabación había quedado tan perfecta como acabamos de escuchar y decidieron editarla. La versión de Turner no tuvo la más mínima repercusión. Ray Charles es un nombre antes el que hay que quitarse cualquier sombrero y cuando te reencuentras con alguno de sus Lps antológicos solo puedes estar agradecido. En 1952 se había mudado al sello ABC/Paramount para poder tener un mayor control sobre su música. Fue por entonces cuando decidió ensanchar el horizonte estilístico y adentrarse en caminos que hasta entonces no había experimentado. Eddy Arnold y Cindy Walker compusieron “You Don’t Know Me” y el primero de ellos grabó la versión original en la primavera de 1956. Pero seis años después, el músico invidente la llevó al segundo puesto de las listas generales de singles tras sorprender a la industria con un álbum convertido en fundamental para la historia de la música popular Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music. En ocasiones, uno agradece tener cierto tiempo para permitir la reaparición de músicos y canciones que tenías durante demasiado tiempo en el olvido. Y estas fechas nos han traído al presente al tejano de Simonton Dobie Gray, cuya carrera abarcó el soul… y también el country. A mitad de los 60 dejó para el recuerdo "The 'In' Crowd", pero en 1973, el mismo año en que nació TOMA UNO publicó "Drift Away". Aquella canción que había compuesto Mentor Williams tres años antes y que había grabado en origen John Henry Kurtz fue la que marcó la carrera del artista de Texas. Ted Hawkins siempre fue un personaje enigmático. Tocaba en la calle o en pequeños locales y era poco comunicativo. Muchos se arrogaron haberle descubierto a lo largo de los años, pero este artista de Biloxi, en Mississippi, era difícil de llevar a otros terrenos que no fueran el de su libertad personal. Sus grabaciones se repartieron de forma indiscriminada y algunas de ellas fueron ordenadas por Rounder en 1982, con una excelente aceptación por parte de la crítica, aunque con mínimas ventas. Ted Hawkins mezclaba gospel, folk y country con acento sureño y un acompañamiento casi minimalista, propio de los pioneros. Cuando te encuentras con un disco como The Next Hundred Years de 1994, editado poco menos de un año antes de su muerte, es su grabación emblemática. El cierre de aquel último disco en vida fue esta versión a “Long As I Can See The Light”, que también fue el último corte de Cosmos Factory para la Creedence Clearwater Revival, que en un mes cumplirá medio siglo de edición. Darius Rucker tenía muy claro que en su álbum True Believers, iba a incluir una versión de “Wagon Wheel”, que sacaron a la luz Old Crow Medicine Show y que se convirtió en uno de los temas favoritos de su hija. La melodía y los coros de esta canción pertenecen a Bob Dylan, que la maquetó en 1973 durante las sesiones de grabación de Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid y aunque nunca se editó oficialmente, se pudo encontrar en algunos discos piratas de Dylan con el nombre de "Rock Me Mama". A pesar de que estaba inacabada, Ketch Secor escribió una letra adicional y convirtió "Rock Me Mama" en "Wagon Wheel", siendo incluida en el álbum O.C.M.S. de 2004. Cuando en estos tiempos escuchas una canción que describe un viaje en autostop desde Nueva Inglaterra hasta Carolina del Norte, pasando por Virginia para llegar a Cumberland Gap y Johnson City, en Tennessee, para encontrarte con tu amor, supone todo una brisa alegre. Darius Rucker, el que fuera miembro de Hootie & the Blowfish, contó por entonces en las armonías vocales con los miembros de Lady Antebellum, que el pasado jueves anunció el cambio de su nombre por el de Lady A, mostrándose arrepentidos y avergonzados por no haber considerado la asociación del término "Antebellum" con la esclavitud, previo a la Guerra Civil de Estados Unidos. A veces, mirando en los armarios, te encuentras con algunos discos que hacía tiempo que no escuchábamos. Esta vez nos hemos ido a 1974 y a un álbum como That's A Plenty. Fue una época en que las distribuidoras españolas de discográficas internacionales se preocupaban, y mucho, por editar una buena parte de las novedades de Gran Bretaña y Estados Unidos. Aquel disco de las Pointer Sisters fue toda una sorpresa, sobre todo cuando esta canción, se llevó el premio Grammy a la mejor canción de country. Trataba, como suele ocurrir en buena parte de los temas del género, sobre una ruptura, en este caso basada en la experiencia personal de Bonnie Pointer y tras escuchar a James Taylor. Mavis Staples es una de las grandes veteranas a las que hay que rendir pleitesía de vez en cuando, porque suponen mantener viva la llama de la reivindicación de las raíces más profundas de la música norteamericana y la fusión de los géneros y de las formas. Mavis grabó hace 10 años un álbum como You’re Not Alone con la producción de Jeff Tweddy, consiguiendo un Grammy como mejor álbum de Americana. Aquel disco nos permitió recordar un Lp como Green River, el tercero de la CCR, cuyo nombre fue tomado del escrito de la etiqueta de una botella de jarabe, además de ser un lugar que John Fogerty solía visitar en Putah Creek, un río del norte de California. Cerrando la cara A de aquel vinilo encontramos “Wrote a Song For Everyone”, una canción que Fogerty elegiría en 2013 como título de su álbum de su noveno álbum en solitario en el que contó con un buen número de invitados pero que antes había versionado de esta forma la veterana vocalista. Yola es una vocalista y compositora británica de Bristol descubierta por Dan Auerbach, miembro de los Black Keys, que la descubrió a través de un vídeo actuando en Nashville que le envió un amigo. Él mismo fue el productor de su álbum de debut, Walk Through Fire, publicado a finales de febrero de 2019 y convertido en uno de los favoritos de TOMA UNO. Desde entonces, se ha convertido en una de las voces más recurrentes del panorama de la Americana, participando en la última edición de Festival de Newport junto a las Highwomen, Sheryl Crow y Dolly Parton, por ejemplo. Su anticipo de su único álbum hasta el momento fue “Ride Out In The Country”, un tapiz sonoro lleno de sonidos tradicionales que unificaban fiddle, Steel guitar, cuerdas y una capacidad interpretativa poco común. Carolina Chocolate Drops enamoró a los aficionados con su propuesta de poner al día la música del siglo XIX y la tradición de muchas décadas de la música de Estados Unidos. Esa formación acústica procedente de Carolina del Norte encontró en su álbum Leaving Eden a otro de los productores perfectos para mantener esa fórmula de contactar el pasado y el presente. Era Buddy Miller, que logró que aquel disco se percibiera como una fiesta de sábado por la noche. Dentro de aquel ramillete de canciones con ecos de siglos pasados, era inevitable destacar un tema propio como “Country Girl”. En aquel trío destacó la personalidad de Rhiannon Giddens, a quien hemos venido siguiendo desde hace tiempo y que nos ha dejado multitud de aventuras sonoras e incluso sus aportaciones como actriz a series televisivas como Nashville. Mickey Guyton es una joven artista de Arlington, en Texas, que se ha convertido en una de las voces más populares de la escena del country en los últimos tiempos. Su más reciente novedad es un tema como “Black Like Me”, que vio la luz coincidiendo con el reciente Blackout Tuesday y que narra su experiencia personal en la vida cotidiana de Estados Unidos y en la industria del country, poniendo el énfasis en determinadas desigualdades muy evidentes. Sus diferencias con su sello discográfico son bien conocidas. Esa nueva canción tiene entre sus versos uno que dice, explícitamente, “Si piensas que vivimos en la tierra de los libres, deberías intentar ser negra como yo”. Hoy queremos concluir con un artista que marcó un momento crucial en la historia de este género. Es DeFord Bailey. Él fue toda una estrella del country desde los años 20 hasta la llegada de la década de los 40. Tocaba varios instrumentos, pero era especialmente conocido como armonicista. El 10 de diciembre de 1927, tras un espacio de música clásica de la NBC llamado Music Appreciation Hour, la emisora de Nashville WSM comenzó su Barn Dance con un comentario de su gerente y locutor, George D. Hay, que ha pasado a la historia: "Durante la última hora, hemos estado escuchando música en gran parte de Grand Opera, pero a partir de ahora, presentaremos" The Grand Ole Opry ". La primera canción que sonó fue "Pan American Blues", que es la que hoy cierra el tiempo de TOMA UNO y nos cita para mañana en la sintonía habitual de cada fin de semana en Radio 3. Hoy hemos reunido algunas de las canciones que hemos venido escuchando también en estas fechas de cuarentena. Hemos recorrido con ellas distintas etapas de la country music. Y, al final, resulta que entre todos los artistas que nos han acompañado había una coincidencia. Todos son negros… Black Lives Matter. Escuchar audio

From the moment DeFord Bailey stepped onto a stage in Nashville, country music would never be the same. It was decades after his death before he finally got his due.

It's another Coffeshop Conversation at Artichoke Music…that’s at 2007 SE Powell Boulevard. We’ll have another video episode up on Thursday, October 17…another spousal episode, this time with Shelly Rudolph and Chance Hayden…yes they’ll also perform. Next week it’s an all-audio episode with Goodfoot co-owner Neil Leeborg and today we have harmonica player and writer Kim Field who leads one of the hottest Blues bands in town, the Perfect Gentlemen. I hear he has a fabulous story on Deford Bailey, the first African-American performer at the Grand Ole Opry, and who you may have seen in the recent Ken Burns series. Kim tracked him down one afternoon. I think Kim brought his harp with him, so let’s meet him.

PBS is going to be juiced this year with two remarkable projects from The Brothers Burns — Ken and Ric. The Kitchen Sisters Present an onstage conversation with the two on Labor Day at The Telluride Film Festival. Both were there to screen their new works. On September 15, Ken comes with a new American epic, Country Music, the latest in his expansive exploration of the tangled history of this nation. Eight episodes, sixteen hours, the series covers the evolution of country music over the course of the 20th Century and the rugged, eccentric trailblazers who shaped it. The Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Hank Williams, Bill Monroe, DeFord Bailey, Patsy Cline,Loretta Lynn, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Charley Pride, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton and so many more. Jammed with intimate interviews and astonishing archival footage that spans the history of this American art form. Produced over the course of ten years, as Ken and his collaborators also created The Vietnam War and The Roosevelts, Burns continues to grapple with who we are as Americans.  Eleven months younger, a filmmaker as well, Ric Burns has also been chronicling the country for decades. He too is no stranger to monumental filmmaking. Ric was in university when Ken asked him to come join him in the making of The Civil War in 1985.  He did, and they have never worked together since. On the heels of that experience Ric knew that filmmaking was his path as well. Perhaps known best for his eight-part, seventeen and a half hour series, New York: A Documentary Film and his documentaries on Coney Island, Andy Warhol, and Ansel Adams, Ric came to Telluride to screen his riveting new documentary, Oliver Sacks: His Own Life, about the renowned writer, neurologist and storyteller, whose pioneering books, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and an Anthropologist on Mars broke ground in the study of human beings in their most extreme neurological conditions. Sacks devoted his life to people who seemed as hard to reach as a human being can be, and as Ric Burns said, “He showed, God Damn it, that there’s somebody in there. You think nobody’s home, but the light’s on.” Filmed over the course of the last year of Dr. Sacks' life after he received word that he only had a few months to live, the film is also a transcendent masterclass on dying. The story of a man trying to spill his heart before the clock runs out. Ken and Ric rarely come together onstage, so this Telluride conversation is a bit of a rare gem.

Carlos DeFord Bailey is a third generation music maker. His father made a name for himself with R&B in the clubs up and down Jefferson Street in Nashville. His grandfather was the legendary DeFord Bailey, the first person to ever play on the The Grand Ole Opry.  This month, Steven chats with Carlos about his heritage, his personal inspirations and how Nashville has changed over the years.

The story of the birth of the Grand Ole Opry on radio station WSM in Nashville, TN and the story of “Harmonica Wizard” DeFord Bailey, the Opry’s first African American performer. WSM’s most popular show, the Grand Ole Opry, the longest running radio show in the US, started in 1925 as the WSM Barn Dance featuring a wealth of talent from the hills of Tennessee and all around the rural south—Uncle Dave Macon “The Dixie Dewdrop,” Roy Acuff and His Smokey Mountain Boys, Minnie Pearl and hundreds of others performed on the wildly popular Saturday night show. Starting in 1928, the legendary “Harmonica Wizard” DeFord Bailey was on the show more often than any other person. In fact, one of DeFord’s most popular pieces, Pan American Blues, inspired the announcer to dub the show The Grand Ole Opry. DeFord suffered from polio as a child and started playing the harmonica when he was 3 years old. Four-and-a-half feet tall, always impeccably dressed in a suit, he had the uncanny ability of imitating and incorporating sounds into his harmonica playing—trains, animals, fox hunts. Because it was radio, the audience was unaware DeFord was the only African American among the all-white cast. But when he toured with the other Opry stars he could not stay in the same hotels or eat in the same restaurants. He had to sleep in the car. Sometimes Uncle Dave Macon would haul the back seat out of his car and tell the hotel DeFord was his valet so he could sleep inside his room. The Pan American passenger train is a through line in this story. When we were working on Lost & Found Sound, a series about the history of recorded sound, we got a letter from a listener who said that “no collection of sounds from the 20th century” would be complete without the sound of the Pan American passenger train. Every night at 5:08 pm from August 1933 until June 1945, listeners to the 50,000 watt WSM radio station would hear the live sound of the Pan American, Louisville and Nashville’s passenger train, as it passed the station’s transmitter tower. They actually had a guy out there holding a mic recording the train every night at 5:08—avid listeners all across the south and Midwest would set their clocks by it. So we followed up on the sound. We went to Nashville to the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Country Music Foundation, where there are some real Keepers and Collectors of Sounds and stories. And as usual, stories beget stories… the sound of the Pan American train whistle and Radio station WSM led us to the story of the birth of the Grand Ole Opry, the oldest continuing running radio program… which led us to the remarkable story of the Grand Ole Opry’s first (and for many years only) African American performer, Harmonica Wizard Deford Bailey.

Practice tips for the beginners and a bit of history about  DeFord Bailey (December 14, 1899 – July 2, 1982) was an American country music and blues star from the 1920s until 1941. He was the first performer to be introduced on the Grand Ole Opry and the first African-American performer on the show. He played several instruments but is best known for his harmonica tunes.

Performances by solo musicians, including: Roland Hayes, Jelly Roll Morton, DeFord Bailey, Pablo Casals, Thomas "Fats" Waller, Cliff Edwards and Jimmie Rodgers. Works include: T For Texas, Swing Low Sweet Chariot, Whistling Blues, Bach Cello Suite #6, All Alone and Cohen Telephones About His Automobile.

The 200th show includes highlights from past programs plus records not heard before. Performes include: Deford Bailey, Billy Murray, The Kansas City 6, Artie Shaw, Louis Armstrong and Sophie Tucker.

Early 20th Century harmonica greats, including: Sonny Terry, Larry Adler, Sonny Boy Williamson #1, DeFord Bailey and Gwen Foster. Songs include: Sloppy Drunk Blues, I Love My Baby, No More Good Water and I Got Rhythm.

Harmonica licks Pocast 18 is in the Factory. Im gonna try a beatbox in the next few Podcast. This is a Deford Bailey lick

George Higgs was born in 1930 in a farming community in Edgecombe County near Speed, North Carolina ("a slow town with a fast name" as he is fond of saying.) He learned to play the harmonica as a child from his father, Jesse Higgs, who enjoyed playing favorite spirituals and folk tunes at home during his spare time. George got to catch the medicine showman and harmonica player Peg Leg Sam playing locally in Rocky Mount during the tobacco market season and he made a lasting impression on the young harp player. He was later attracted to the guitar as a teenager and reluctantly sold a favorite squirrel dog to a neighbor to raise funds to purchase his first. As a result of their close proximity the dog spent more time at George's home than at his new owner's, so he got to have the guitar and keep the company of his dog. Acoustic Piedmont blues by George Higgs, a North Carolinian, who was inspired to take up the harmonica as a child after hearing Deford Bailey on the radio and seeing Peg Leg Sam at medicine shows and then learned to play guitar as a teenager. f you could wrap Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee into one package, it would probably look like George Higgs. Not only does Higgs play blues on the guitar, but he also is an artist on the harmonica. While his songs are in the Piedmont Blues tradition, they have the melancholy flavor of Mississippi Delta blues. Born in 1930 on a farm near Tarboro, he learned the skills of farming from his father and later learned carpentry. As a child, he would listen to his father play spirituals, and "Cryin' Holy Unto the Lord" on his father's harp led him to begin thinking of following his father's model. George Higgs Rainy day blues buy your cd at cdbaby for george higgs

A sad goodbye to Chris Whitley, a rare James Cotton track, DeFord Bailey gets his due.. sort of... , A world debut of a Watermelon Slim tune and Spinner's Section from The Hague.