Adam Page and Duck Warner at the Gem Theater
Duck Warner, wearing a long-tailed tuxedo, closes his eyes as he prepares to blow into a trumpet pointed at a microphone during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater. Adam Page is visible behind...
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.
Bill Carter at the Club Mardi Gras
Bill Carter, wearing a straw hat, looks out as he plays a guitar at the Club Mardi Gras, 19th & Vine, in Kansas City, Missouri.
Bill Carter at the Gem Theater
Bill Carter, wearing a fedora and a light-colored tux with dark lapels and sides stripes, faces forward with his eyes shifted to the right, as he plays his guitar behind a microphone during the Living...
Blind Boys of Alabama at Rhythm & Ribs
Blind Boys of Alabama, which includes Clarence Fountain and Jimmy Lee Carter, wearing sunglasses and matching suits, walk across stage with a hand on the shoulder of the person in front of them during...
Chris Murrell at Rhythm & Ribs
Chris Murrell, from the right, sings into a microphone during the Rhythm & Ribs Jazz Festival at 18th & Vine.
Claude "Fiddler" Williams, Little Hatch, Millage Gilbert, and Debbie Dennis at the Gem Theater
Claude "Fiddler" Williams smiles while looking down as he stands to the right of a seated Little Hatch wearing a printed tuxedo, bowtie, and a fedora. Standing to Little Hatch's left is Millage...
David "Honeyboy" Edwards at the Blue Room
David "Honeyboy" Edwards, one of the national acts to perform at the Blue Room, 18th & Vine, sits and sings into a microphone as he holds a guitar under the elbow of his right arm. His left hand sits...
Doug Hemphill at the Gem Theater
Doug Hemphill, wearing a zip-neck sweater, a large cross necklace and a sports jacket, stands looking out as he plays a "Flying V" guitar during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater.
Eugene Smiley at the Gem Theater
Eugene Smiley stands and looks over his right shoulder as he plays the guitar during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater.
Harry Hypolite at the Blue Room
Harry Hypolite, one of the national acts to perform at the Blue Room, 18th & Vine, wearing a French beret, closes his eyes as he sings into a microphone and plays an electric guitar.
James Gilbert at the Gem Theater
James Gilbert, in an open-collared shirt, rolls his lips and looks down to his left at the neck of the bass as he plucks the string with his right hand during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater...
KC Kelsey Hill at the Gem Theater
KC Kelsey Hill gapes at the audience over his left shoulder as he plays a guitar in a wide-brimmed hat during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater.
Koko Taylor at Rhythm & Ribs
Koko Taylor, from her right side, scrunches her face as she sings into a microphone she holds in her right hand during Rhythm & Ribs Jazz Festival at 18th & Vine.
KoolAide at the Gem Theater
KoolAide wearing a cape, leather jacket, and sweater while playing the electric guitar during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater.
Little Hatch plays the harmonica at the Gem Theater
Provine "Little" Hatch, wearing a brocade tuxedo, blows into a harmonica attached to a microphone during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater. He's looking to the photographer's right.
Millage Gilbert at the Gem Theater
Millage Gilbert, wearing a Fedora, a double-breasted suit, and sunglasses, plays the guitar as he stands behind a microphone during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater.
Richard Townsend at the Gem Theater
Richard Townsend, standing, wearing a double-breasted suit and holding a microphone near the right side of his head, looks down during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater.
Roy Searcy and his cake
Roy Searcy, wearing a pinstripe suit and a fedora hat, grins at the photographer with a cake in front of him that has written in frosting, "God Bless You Roy - Kansas City Loves You Happy 81 Birthday"...
Roy Searcy at the Gem Theater
Roy Searcy, right side to the camera, wearing a fedora and a pinstripe suit, is smiling to his right towards a microphone as he plays a piano during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater.
Roy Searcy at the Gem Theater
Roy Searcy salutes with his right hand from the brim of his Fedora hat in a striped suit at the Living Blues Party in the Gem Theater at 18th & Vine. He is facing to the photographer's left.
Sonny Kenner at the Gem Theater
Sonny Kenner, looks down at the neck of the guitar he's playing during the Living Blues Party Gem, Theater. The guitar is scratched and worn. Sonny wears a suit with an open-collar shirt.
Sonny Kenner, Luqman Hamza, Rusty Tucker, Everette DeVan, Roy Searcy, King Alex, Lawrence Wright, Linda Shell and others at the Mutual Musicians Foundation
Blues and jazz musicians Sonny Kenner, Luqman Hamza, Richard Townsend, Rusty Tucker, Everette DeVan, Roy Searcy, King Alex, Lawrence Wright, and Linda Shell gather together at noon on the steps of the...