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Mem Shannon

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Mem Shannon, blues singer, guitarist, harmonica and bass guitar player, looks seriously to the left while playing an electric guitar. He wears a dark leather vest and flat cap. There is a framed baby alligator and a dart board on the wall behind him. Several items preserved in jars are on the bar top behind him along with a tiny television. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Mem Shannon. Miasma Management, Inc., P.O. Box 45248, Somerville, MA 02414 USA, TEL: (617) 666-1168 FAX: (617) 666-5830, E-mail: miasma-la[at]msn.com." Printed in the right margin, "Photo Credit: Rick Olivier."
Date Published
1996
2000
Publisher
Rick Olivier
Subjects
Blues musicians
Guitarists
Singers
Bass guitarists
Harmonica players
African American men
Time Periods
1991-2000
Notes

No date; possibly late 1990s

2 copies.

Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Extent Of Original
1 photograph : black and white print ; 21 x 26 cm
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection
Source File
umkc_lsc_grand-emporium_photo-1584.tif
Genres
Gelatin silver prints
Black & white photographs
Portrait photographs
Publicity photographs
Types
photographs
Physical Location
LaBudde Special Collections
Rights
All collection images may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for subsequent use and/or distribution in print or electronically. Please contact LaBudde Special Collections for more information.

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