Smokin' Joe Kubek and Bnois King, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, stand side by side looking at the necks of the guitars they are playing. Smokin' Joe looks serious. Bnois...
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...
Stan Kessler, hair pulled back in a low ponytail, stands blowing into a trumpet next to a standing Kim Park blowing into a saxophone at the American Heartland Theater. An unidentified drummer and drum...
Stan Kessler and Kim Park taking a breath as they each get ready to blow into a trumpet and a saxophone, respectively at the American Heartland Theater.
Steve "Mr. Microphone" Cox of the blues band, Four Fried Chickens & a Coke, sings into a microphone wearing a fedora and a shiny lame shirt. Sherry "The Chick" Oswald is visible behind Steve blowing...
Taj Mahal, wearing a straw hat, sunglasses, and holding a cigar in his right hand, sits and smiles at the photographer as Evie Quarles leans down, hands on knees, to also smile at the photographer...
The WarVan, a blues band, stand in front of a wall of signatures and smile directly at the photographer at the Grand Emporium.
Washboard Chaz Leary, Lionel Young, and Lee Oskar, are one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium After Festival Jam. Washboard Chaz is wearing a bowler hat and laughing to his left...
Waxed Tadpoles (Terry, Chris, Steve, Cole, and Ray), a blues band, with their arms around each other and standing in front of a wall of signatures, smile directly at the photographer at the Grand...
The Wild Women: Myra Taylor, Lori Tucker, and Millie Edwards with Bill Maness; stand around a seated Wild Woman, Geneva Price, as they all smile directly at the photographer.
The Wild Women including Lori Tucker, Geneva Price, Millie Edwards, and Myra Taylor, sit on stage in chairs singing into microphones under posters of festival kings while Bill Maness plays a keyboard...
The Wild Women: Mary Moore, Myra Taylor, Millie Edwards, and Geneva Price sit close together and smile at the photographer at the Mutual Musicians Foundation.
The Wilders, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, include Ike Shelton playing an acoustic guitar, then Nate Gawron playing a string bass, then Betse Ellis playing a violin, and...
Blues Notions Band stand outside the Grand Emporium as the winners of the Blues Challenge. Karl Angerer, Thomas Trashmouth Baker, Mike Sedovic, Cardy Quintero, and Tim Osborn.
A crowd sits and stands in front of Mutual Musicians Foundation during the Landmark Ceremony: included in the crowd are Betty Crow, standing 2nd from left, Myra Taylor and Yvonne Wilson seated and...
