Billy Boy Arnold and Roger Naber at the Grand Emporium
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.
Brody Buster and Rico McFarland 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...
Brody Buster Band
The Brody Buster Band, a blues band, pose in front of a brick wall.
Carey Bell 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.
Chris Duarte and Little Hatch at the Grand Emporium
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, Little Hatch, Millage Gilbert, and Debbie Dennis at the Gem Theater
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...
Frank "Iron Jaw" Oakley, L.C. Gant, and Dawayne Gilley 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 at the Grand Emporium
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...
Little Hatch at the Grand Emporium
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...
Mojo Buford and Rico McFarland at the Grand Emporium
Mojo Buford, wearing a baseball cap, closes his eyes and blows into an amplified harmonica he clutches in his hands, as he stands to the right of Rico McFarland who plays guitar and smiles to his left...
Mojo Buford at the W.C. Handy Awards
Mojo Buford, from the left, wearing a leather fedora, closes his eyes as he blows into an amplified harmonica he clutches in his hands on Beale Street, Memphis, for the W.C. Handy Awards. His guitar...
Sam Myers at the Grand Emporium
Sam Myers, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, wearing a double-breasted suit, peaks at the photographer over his hands that clasp an amplified harmonica.
Snooky Pryor at the 1st Annual Acoustic Showcase
Snooky Pryor, one of the national acts at the 1st Annual Acoustic Showcase of the Kansas City Blues Society, from his left, wearing a bowler hat, smiles into a microphone he's holding with his left...
Washboard Chaz Leary, Lionel Young, and Lee Oskar 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...