Duck Warner, wearing a long-tailed tuxedo, closes his eyes as he prepares to blow into a trumpet pointed at a microphone during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater. Adam Page is visible behind...
Adam Page, wearing a wide-brimmed hat, looks down at the neck of a guitar during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater.
Ann Rabson, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, closes her eyes, opens her mouth wide and sings into a microphone as she plays an acoustic guitar. The back of a keyboard is...
Anson Funderburgh, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, looks over his right shoulder as he plays a X-shape guitar.
Anthony Gomes, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, closes his eyes as he plays the guitar.
B.B. King from below, smiles as he plays an electric guitar. One of the national acts at the KC Spirit Festival.
Bernard Allison, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, wearing a cowboy hat, grins to his left as he plays an electric guitar.
Betty Crow is speaking to someone that is not visible to the right of the photograph. She stands behind Sonny Kenner who is bent slightly and smiling straight ahead. He is leaning over a seated Lionel...
Big Jack Johnson, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, grimaces while he sings into a microphone and plays a guitar. He's wearing a fedora hat.
Robert "Bilbo" Walker, one of the national acts at the Grand Emporium, looks down at the neck of an electric guitar he is playing.
Bill Carter, wearing a straw hat, looks out as he plays a guitar at the Club Mardi Gras, 19th & Vine, in Kansas City, Missouri.
Bill Carter, wearing a fedora and a light-colored tux with dark lapels and sides stripes, faces forward with his eyes shifted to the right, as he plays his guitar behind a microphone during the Living...
Bill Perry, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, wearing a straw hat and overalls, closes his eyes as he plays an electric guitar.
BNois King, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, wearing a flat cap, looks down as he plays a guitar.
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...
Bob Margolin, wearing sunglasses, plays a guitar during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Bobby Carson looks serious as he holds an electric guitar high on his chest and watches the fingers of his left hand on the neck of the guitar as he plays at the Grand Emporium.
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...
Bugs Henderson, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, closes his eyes and lifts his chin with his mouth slightly open as he plays an electric guitar.
Charlie Musselwhite smiles down to his right as he sits behind a microphone playing a guitar during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Chick Willis, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium during the Kansas City Blues Society Festival's 20th Anniversary, wearing a cowboy hat, shirt, and boots, stands and plays an...
Chico Banks, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, grimaces over his right shoulder as he plays an electric guitar.
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...
Chris Duarte, of the Chris Duarte Group, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, smiles to his left with one strand of hair hanging down the center of his face, as he plays an...
Chris Duarte, John Jordan, and Little Hatch, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, stand on stage in a triangle facing each other. Chris plays an electric guitar and lifts his...
