Adam Page and Duck Warner at the Gem Theater
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 at the Gem Theater
Adam Page, wearing a wide-brimmed hat, looks down at the neck of a guitar during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater.
Alberta Adams and Johnnie Bassett at the W.C. Handy Awards
Alberta Adams sings into a microphone she holds in her left hand while Johnnie Bassett stands next to her, wearing a flat cap, smiling, and playing a guitar on Beale Street, Memphis, for the W.C...
BB King at KC Spirit Festival
B.B. King from below, smiles as he plays an electric guitar. One of the national acts at the KC Spirit Festival.
Bernard Allison at the Grand Emporium
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.
Bernard Allison at the W.C. Handy Awards
Bernard Allison, wearing a cowboy hat with a wide hat band, smiles at the photographer as he plays an electric guitar on Beale Street, Memphis, for the W.C. Handy Awards. An unidentified white male...
Betty Crow, Sonny Kenner, and Lionel Hampton at the Mutual Musicians Foundation
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 at the Grand Emporium
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.
Bilbo Walker at the Grand Emporium
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 at the Club Mardi Gras
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 at the Gem Theater
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...
Bnois King at the Grand Emporium
BNois King, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, wearing a flat cap, looks down as he plays a guitar.
Bo Diddley at Roadhouse Ruby's South
Bo Diddley, one of the national acts to perform at Ruby's South in Olathe, KS, looks up to his left as he realigns a capo on the neck of his square guitar.
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...
Buddy Guy at Roadhouse Ruby's South
Buddy Guy grins to his left as he plays a polka dot guitar. One of the national acts to play at Roadhouse Ruby's South, Olathe, KS.
Chick Willis at the Grand Emporium
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 at the Grand Emporium
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 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...
Chris Duarte, John Jordan, and Little Hatch at the Grand Emporium
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...
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...
Corey Harris at the 1st Annual Acoustic Showcase
Corey Harris, one of the national acts at the 1st Annual Acoustic Showcase of the Kansas City Blues Society, looks down at the neck of a dobro he is playing.
D.C. Bellamy at Kansas City Blues Society 3rd Annual Acoustic Showcase
D.C. Bellamy, wearing a ball cap, sings into a microphone as he strums a guitar at B. B.'s Lawnside Bar-B-Q during the Kansas City Blues Society 3rd Annual Acoustic Showcase.
D.C. Bellamy at the Grand Emporium
D.C. Bellamy, wearing a ball cap, looks over his right shoulder as he plays a guitar during the Kansas City Blues Society 20th Anniversary Celebration at the Grand Emporium.
Danny Cox at the Plaza Art Fair
Danny Cox, brim of his ball cap flipped up, plays a guitar as he stands behind a microphone at the Plaza Art Fair.
David "Honeyboy" Edwards at the Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest
David "Honeyboy" Edwards grins over the microphone as he plays a guitar during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival. He's wearing a Maverick Musical Occasions t-shirt and a Y2K ball cap.