Hamilton Loomis, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, from below, grimaces as he plays an electric guitar.
Harry Hypolite, wearing a Kufi hat and Dashiki shirt, smiles and plays an electric guitar at the 5th Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS.
Harry Hypolite, wearing a Kufi hat, leans back as he plays guitar during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival. A profile shadow is visible behind him.
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.
Hawkeye Herman, one of the national acts to perform at Or Hadash in Overland Park, KS, closes his eyes and grimaces as he plays an acoustic guitar.
Henry Townsend, face just visible above a piano, wears a ball cap and sings intensely into a microphone during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Howard Scott, of the Same Ole Band, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, wearing a "War" baseball cap backwards and a necklace in the shape of the state of Texas, leans over his...
Hubert Sumlin, wearing a fedora with a striped hatband and sunglasses, looks down at the neck of an electric guitar as he performs during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Ike Turner grins as he plays an electric guitar during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
James Armstrong, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, closes his eyes and puckers his mouth as he plays an electric guitar.
James Solberg from below, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, wearing a tiger-print hat, leopard print ascot, and sunglasses, opens his mouth wide as he plays an electric guitar...
James Wheeler, wearing a cowboy hat and leather vest, looks down at the neck of an electric guitar he plays during the 4th Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS.
Jason Willming, wearing a suit, tie, and flat cap, closes his eye as he plays an electric guitar at the Grand Emporium.
Jerry Ricks, seated, looking forward, wearing a banded hat, holding his sunglasses forward in his left hand, resting a guitar on his right leg with his right arm over his guitar and right hand resting...
Jessie Mae Hemphill, wearing an elaborate cutwork jacket and a bejeweled cap, smiles over her left shoulder at B. B.'s Lawnside Bar-B-Q during the Kansas City Blue Society 3rd Annual Acoustic Showcase...
Jim Herbert of the blues bands, Rain Dogs, wears a fedora and suspenders as he concentrates on the neck of a guitar as he plays.
Jimmie Vaughan, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, closes his eyes and grimaces as he plays an electric guitar.
Jimmie Vaughan holds his mouth wide open and his eyes closed as he plays guitar during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Jimmy D. Lane, wearing a cowboy hat, looks over his left shoulder as he tunes his guitar during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Jimmy D. Lane, wearing a cowboy hat and a guitar on the state of Mississippi necklace, seriously looks forward as he plays the guitar during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.
Jimmy Lee Robinson, wearing a cowboy hat and a bolo tie, looks down and sad behind a microphone as he plays a guitar during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Jimmie Lee Robinson closes his eyes and purses his lips as he plays guitar at Club Paradox during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.
Jimmy Thackery, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, looks down at the neck of a guitar that he is playing.
Joanna Connor, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, smiles over her right shoulder as she plays an electric guitar.
Jody Williams closes his eyes as he plays an electric guitar with "Jody" painted on the pick guard and also embroidered on his guitar strap at the 5th Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads at Blue...
