Aaron Neville at the Kansas City Spirit Fest
Aaron Neville, one of the national acts to perform at the Kansas City Spirit Festival, wearing a leopard print tank top, stands and sings into a microphone he holds in his left hand.
AC Reed at the Grand Emporium
AC Reed, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, wearing sunglasses and an Irish cap with stars punched into it, blows into a saxophone.
Adam Page at the Gem Theater
Adam Page, wearing a wide-brimmed hat, looks down at the neck of a guitar during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater.
Adam Page at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2002
Adam Page, wearing a ball cap, seriously looks forward as he plays electric guitar on stage during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.
AG at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2002
AG, wearing a fedora, plays a saxophone into a microphone during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.
Alberta Adams at the W.C. Handy Awards
Alberta Adams, wearing sunglasses, sits and talks on Beale Street, Memphis, for the W.C. Handy Awards.
Alex Littlejohn is the king
King Alex Littlejohn smiles in a king costume sitting on a throne
Alvin Youngblood Hart at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS
Alvin Youngblood Hart looks up and holds up his left hand with fingers spread as he sings into a microphone at the 6th Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS.
Andra Faye at the Grand Emporium
Andra Faye of the Saffire the Uppity Blues Women band, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, looks down at the strings of the amplified violin she is bowing.
Andrew Love at the Uptown Theater
Andrew Love of the Memphis Horns, one of the national acts to perform at the Uptown Theater, blows into a saxophone.
Ann Rabson at the Grand Emporium
Ann Rabson, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, closes her eyes, opens her mouth wide and sings into a microphone as she plays an acoustic guitar. The back of a keyboard is...
Ann Rabson at the W.C. Handy Awards
Ann Rabson looks out over the keyboard she is playing and sings into a microphone on Beale Street, Memphis, for the W.C. Handy Awards. A drum set and a brick wall are visible behind her.
Anson Funderburgh at the Grand Emporium
Anson Funderburgh, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, looks over his right shoulder as he plays a X-shape guitar.
Anthony Gomes at the Grand Emporium
Anthony Gomes, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, closes his eyes as he plays the guitar.
Arthur Williams at BB's Lawnside Bar-B-Q
Arthur Williams, one of the national acts to perform during the Acoustic Blues Showcase at BB's Lawnside BBQ, wearing a fedora and sunglasses, blows into an amplified harmonica he clutches in both...
Barbara Blue at Knuckleheads
Barbara Blue, wearing sunglasses, sings into a microphone and plays the tambourine during the Box Car Blues Festival at Knuckleheads Saloon.
BB Dickerson at the Grand Emporium
B.B. Dickerson, of the Same Ole Band, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, looks up as he plays an electric bass.
BB King at KC Spirit Festival
B.B. King from below, smiles as he plays an electric guitar. One of the national acts at the KC Spirit Festival.
BB King at the Uptown Theater
B.B. King, one of the national acts to perform at the Uptown Theater, wearing a sparkling tuxedo, looks at the photographer as he waves with his right hand way above his head.
Bernard Allison at the Grand Emporium
Bernard Allison, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, wearing a cowboy hat, grins to his left as he plays an electric guitar.
Bernard Allison at the W.C. Handy Awards
Bernard Allison, wearing a cowboy hat with a wide hat band, smiles at the photographer as he plays an electric guitar on Beale Street, Memphis, for the W.C. Handy Awards. An unidentified white male...
Big Bill Morganfield at the Gladstone Blues Festival
Big Bill Morganfield, one of the national acts to perform at the Gladstone Blues Festival, wearing a fedora, grins slightly to his right as he holds an electric guitar tight.
Big George Brock at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS
Big George Brock, wearing a fedora, looks to his right as he clasps his hands around an amplified harmonica at the Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS.
Big Jack Johnson at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS
Big Jack Johnson, closes his eyes and smiles as he plays an electric guitar with sparkly "BJJ" stickers on it during the 4th Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS.
Big Jack Johnson at the Grand Emporium
Big Jack Johnson, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, grimaces while he sings into a microphone and plays a guitar. He's wearing a fedora hat.