Ken Faltinson of the band Jimmy Thackery and the Drivers, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, closes his eyes as he plays an electric bass.
Kenny Glover stands and looks down as he gets ready to blow into a saxophone as Tim Perryman stands and blows into a trombone as they play into their respective microphones during the Living Blues...
Kenny Glover, wearing an open double-breasted suit, looks straight at the photographer as he plays a tenor saxophone into a microphone during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater.
Kenny Glover, wearing a double-breasted suit and facing the photographer straight on, blows into a saxophone at the Gem Theater.
Kenny Neal, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, overbites his lower lip and looks left as he plays an electric guitar.
Kenny "Mr. Pitiful" Richardson of the blues band, Four Fried Chickens & a Coke, blows into a saxophone. A fedora hangs on the microphone.
Kent Means looks down as he plays the vibraphone at the Grand Emporium for Speedy Huggins Benefit.
Kermit Ruffins, wearing a fedora, from his right side, blows into a trumpet lifted high during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Kevin May, of the band Roomful of Blues, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, looks down as he plays a baritone saxophone into a microphone.
Kid Ramos, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, closes his eyes as he plays an electric guitar.
Kim Park holding a saxophone, Max Groove seated at a piano, and Tim Whitmer, pianist, seated just behind Max Groove all looking up to their left and smiling at the photographer at the American...
Kim Wilson, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, closes his eyes as he blows into an amplified harmonica he holds in his left hand and controls the sound with his right hand.
King Alex wears a Hawaiian print shirt as he smiles and looks right at the photographer and holds the microphone to his mouth at the Grand Emporium.
King Alex, wearing an Irish cap, looks down at the guitar neck as he sits and plays during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival. Parts of two other band musicians are visible behind him.
King Alex, seated and wearing a pinstriped, double-breasted suit, gives a closed lip smile as he plays bass at the Mutual Musicians Foundation.
King Alex, stands and sings on stage as he strums a bass while a band member plays a flying V guitar as they perform at the Grand Emporium during July Jam.
King Alex Littlejohn smiles proudly wearing a pinstripe, double-breasted suit next to three unidentified band members. One member wears a large cross necklace, one wears a fedora, and one sits playing...
King Clarentz, wearing a headband, Dashiki, knee-high laced boots with jeans tucked into the boots, smiles from his seat on stage as he plays an electric guitar during Kansas City Blues and Jazz...
Spoon Wilson and D.C. Bellamy, standing wearing beefeater costumes, and an unidentified African American woman, have crowned Little Hatch the king during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival...
Kirby Kelley looks intensely to his left as he plays slide guitar during the Box Car Blues Festival at Knuckleheads Saloon.
Kirby Kelly, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, rolls his lips and closes his eyes as he plays an acoustic guitar.
KoKo Taylor and Debbie Davies, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, share a microphone as they sing together.
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.
Koko Taylor, neck and chest wet with perspiration, closes her eyes and lifts her head to her right, as she smiles and sings into a microphone she is holding in her right hand during the Kansas City...
KoKo Taylor, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, closes her eyes and sings, wide-mouthed, into a microphone held in her right hand.
