Tommy Reilly

Tommy Reilly

Thomas (Tommy) Rundle Reilly MBE (August 21, 1919 – September 25, 2000) was a Canadian classical harmonica player. He began studying violin at eight and began playing harmonica at aged eleven as a member of his father's band. In the 1940s, he began parallel careers as a concert soloist and recitalist playing the harmonica.

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