Marva Whitney, in front of the KCK Street Festival banner, looks to her right as she sings into a microphone during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.
Mel Waiters, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, sings into a microphone as he wears a zebra-print suit jacket.
Mike Finnigan, one of the national acts to perform at the Beaumont Club, from his left side, sings into a microphone and plays a keyboard. Other keyboards are visible behind him.
Millage Gilbert smiles as he stands in a king costume during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.
Myra Taylor in a publicity photograph. She's wearing a beanie cap, smiling up to her left, and holding her hands up and open by her face. Below the photo are the words, "Jump, Blues, Jazz, and Swing...
Myra Taylor sings into a microphone she holds in her left hand during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Myra Taylor sings into a microphone she holds in her right hand during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.
Nappy Brown, with a bandage on his middle finger on his right hand and a clock ring on this left hand, makes crazy eyes as he sings into a microphone at the 6th Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads...
Otis Clay, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, closes his eyes as he sings into a microphone.
Peggy Scott Adams, wearing an Asian inspired blouse, stands facing the photographer, mouth wide open, with the microphone held low by her right side during Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival. A...
Percy Sledge, one of the national acts to perform at Blue Heaven Studios in Salina, KS, wearing a tuxedo, looks up and grins as he sings into a microphone.
Philadelphia Jerry Ricks, wearing a cowboy hat, lays his right hand on his cheek, closes his eyes, and sings into a microphone he hugs with his left hand during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival...
Ray Charles, wearing sunglasses, faces a microphone in front of him. One of the national acts at the Kansas City Music Hall.
Renée Austin from her right side, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, closes her eyes, opens her mouth wide, lifts her chin, and spreads the fingers of her right hand wide as...
Reverend Billy C. Wirtz, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, from his right side, holds out his left hand, palm up, fingers spread, as he holds a microphone to his mouth with...
Rory Block closes her eyes and lifts her chin high as she plays a slide guitar at the Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS.
Sandra Hall, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, looks pensively at her praying hands as her hands hold a glittery shawl.
Shemekia Copeland, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, pouts her lips with smiling eyes as she looks over her left shoulder and holds a microphone chest high in her right hand.
Sista Monica's lips are puckered as she points to herself with her left hand and holds a microphone in her right hand during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival. She's wearing sunglasses.
Steve Pryor, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, sings into a microphone as he plays an electric guitar. The guitar has the name "Steve" on it with a lizard forming the "S".
Sweet Betty Echols, looking serious, sings into a microphone she hold in her right hand at the 6th Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS.
Tab Benoit grimaces as he plays a guitar at the 5th Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS.
Terry Evans, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, smiles as he sings into a microphone.
Thornetta Davis stands and looks to her right as she sings, wide mouthed, into a microphone at the Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS.
Tommy Soul Williams, wearing a straw fedora, sings into a microphone during Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.
