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10/03/2019

Kim Field: Harmonica player and harmonica historian Coffeeshop Conversations @ Artichoke Music #214 / Audio

By TOM D'ANTONI // Harmonica player and writer Kim Field has one of the hottest Blues bands in town, the Perfect Gentlemen. Plus listen to his story of tracking down Deford Bailey, the first African-American performer at the Grand Ole Opry. Kim brought his harp, too.

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.

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