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Otis Rush - Mighty Flyers

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A split photograph of the band Mighty Flyers on the left and Otis Rush on the right. The Mighty Flyers, a blues band comprised of one white woman sitting on a traveling case hugging an animal print jacket and wearing sunglasses, and four white men standing behind her wearing jackets and holding travel cases. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Mighty Flyers. Tour Direction & Booking, Blues Management Group, Thomas J. Radai Jr., Phone [illegible]. Management, Right Hemisphere Management, 1826 N. Wilcox Ave, 582, Hollywood, Calif. 90028. Right Management [logo]. Otis Rush sits holding an electric blues guitar across his body as he wears a cowboy hat. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Otis Rush. Photo by Ken Wood. Rooster Blues Records [logo]. Rooster Blues Records, 2615 N. Wilson Ave., Chicago, Illinois 60614, (312) 281-3285."
Date Published
1981
1983
Publisher
Rooster / Ken Wood
Subjects
Blues musicians
Bands (Music)
Guitarists
Men, White
Women, White
African American men
Time Periods
1981-1990
Notes

No date; possibly early 1980s

Negative: Two Photos. Otis Rush photo used on an album in 1983. Mighty Flyers photo used on an album in 1981.

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

Extent Of Original
1 photograph : black and white print ; 13 x 18 cm
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection
Source File
umkc_lsc_grand-emporium_photo-1522.tif
Genres
Negatives
Portrait photographs
Group portraits
Publicity photographs
Types
photographs
Physical Location
LaBudde Special Collections
Rights
Copyright Undetermined
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 at specialcollections@umkc.edu for more information.
Rights
Copyright Undetermined
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 at specialcollections@umkc.edu for more information.

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