Billy Boy Arnold, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, sits at the bar next to the owner, Roger Naber. Both smile at the photographer.
Bob Margolin sits and sings into a microphone, mouth wide open, while he plays a microphoned slide dobro guitar. Charlie Musselwhite is seated to Bob's left playing the harmonica during the Kansas...
Brody Buster and Rico McFarland, members of the James Cotton Band, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, sit together as they perform. Brody, wearing a baseball cap backwards...
Brody Buster smiles over his right shoulder has he holds a Lee Oskar 2nd G harmonica at the Grand Emporium. He is standing behind a microphone.
Brody Buster, wearing bracelets and an earring, closes his eyes and blows into an amplified harmonica at the Grand Emporium.
Carey Bell, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, looks up as he blows into an amplified harmonica.
Charlie Musselwhite, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, closes his eyes as he blows into an amplified harmonica he clutches with both hands.
Charlie Musselwhite's eyes are visible above his clasped hands over an amplified harmonica during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Chris Duarte, smiling as he holds an electric guitar, faces Little Hatch to his left while Little Hatch faces Chris and talks into the microphone at the Grand Emporium. The bass player is visible...
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...
Only Clay Goldstein's closed eyes, backwards ball cap and hands are visible as he blows into an amplified harmonica during the K.C. Blues & Jazz After Fest Jam at the Grand Emporium.
Curtis Salgado, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, closes his eyes and turns his head way to the left as he blows into an amplified harmonica he clutches in both hands.
Ernie Locke of the band, Parlay, looks up to his right as he blows into an amplified harmonica at the Grand Emporium.
Frank "Iron Jaw" Oakley, L.C. Gant, and Dawayne Gilley are smiling at the photographer from their seats during the Kansas City Blues Society's 20th Anniversary at the Grand Emporium. The crowd is...
James Cotton, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, wearing a Blind Willie's baseball cap, looks very surprised as he looks over his left shoulder while holding a harmonica and...
James Harman, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, from below, he closes his eyes and scrunches his face as he blows into an amplified harmonica he clutches in both of his hands.
John Hammond, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, closes his eyes as he blows into a harmonica on holder and plays an acoustic guitar.
John Paul Drum closes his eyes as he blows into a harmonica and holds the microphone to the harmonica at the Grand Emporium.
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.
Kurt Crandall, with a glint in his eyes, looks up from behind his hands that are hugging an amplified harmonica at the Grand Emporium.
Lee Oskar, a member of the Same Ole Band, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, closes his eyes and furrows his brow as he blows into a harmonica he holds with his right hand.
Lee Oskar plays a harmonica into a microphone during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Little Hatch laughs up to his right as he holds the microphone on the stand at the Grand Emporium. A guitarist is barely visible sitting behind Hatch. A Marcus Roberts Back in the House poster is on...
Little Mike, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, closes his eyes as he blows into an amplified harmonica he is clutching with both hands.
Mark Hummel, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, wearing a fedora and sunglasses, closes his eyes as he blows into an amplified harmonica he clutches with both hands.
