Reviving Opryland’s Black Star
The biographer had no idea that his work would not only revive the reputation of DeFord Bailey but contribute to his belated election to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2005.

‘DeFord Bailey: A Black Star in Early Country Music’
By David C. Morton
Foreword by Dom Flemons
University of Illinois Press, 224 pages
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