Terry “Harmonica” Bean of Pontotoc, inside a building on his property filled with memorabilia of his two loves, baseball and music, sharing a story from his glory days as a pitching phenom at Pontotoc High School. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
Sixty-year-old Terry “Harmonica” Bean is known around the world – and especially in Europe – for his down-home Mississippi blues music. In his hometown of Pontotoc, they know he plays the blues, but he is much more famous and beloved for his once-remarkable baseball skills.