Thomas Rundle Reilly was born i Canada on August 21st, 1919 and moved to England in 1935. Tommy Reilly started playing the harmonica at the age of 11. He became a student at the Leipzig Conservatory and developed skills that made him a legendary harmonica pioneer and maybe the most sophisticated harmonica performer the world has seen. In 1992, Tommy Reilly was awarded the MBE by the Queen for his contribution to the art of music. He died on September 25th, 2000.
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