found: African American National Biography, accessed December 9, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Bailey, DeFord; harmonica player, folk musician, singer, country musician; born 14 December 1899 in Bellwood, Smith County, Tennessee, United States; worked for wealthy white families in Nashville (1918); won first place at harmonica contest broadcast over a local radio station, WDAD (1925); appeared on Saturday night Barn Dance (later called the Grand Ole Opry) (1926) and became one of the most popular stars on the show; worked with the record companies Columbia (1927), Brunswick (1927), and Victor (1928); toured with Opry stars Delmore Brothers, Fruit Jar Drinkers, Uncle Dave Macon, Robert Lunn; published and copyrighted his songs with ASCAP (1920s); ASCAP songs were banned from the airwaves as a result of a licensing disagreement between ASCAP and the major radio networks (1941); when he was told he could not play his old favorites, he was confused, bitter, angered and dropped entirely out of music; a new generation of fans began to see him as a folk music hero (1960s); he refused offers to record again; he returned to the Opry several times before his death; died 02 July 1982 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States)