As It Happens6:00A “feeling like no other” to see street renamed after Grand Ole Opry legend DeFord Bailey, says grandson
Herchel Bailey says his grandfather DeFord Bailey is dancing around and laughing in heaven right now.
As part of the Grand Ole Opry, a country music show based out of Nashville, DeFord was known as the “Harmonica Wizard.” On Saturday, Nashville renamed Horton Avenue — in the Tennessee city’s Edgehill neighborhood — to DeFord Bailey Avenue.
It follows a campaign by his family to garner long-overdue recognition for the music legend.
“It’s like a dream come true,” his grandson Herchel, a musician himself, told As It Happens host Nil Köksal.
“Turning
