Otis Clay, Floyd Singletary, T.J. Hooker, and Vernon Garrett, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, stand in a semi-circle on stage. Otis Clay is laughing as he holds a microphone...
Phil Callier and the Jhamm Band, with John Wier on trumpet, stand in front of a wall of graffiti at the Grand Emporium.
Phil Callier, wearing a fedora and suit vest, lifts his chin and laughs as he plays a drum set at the Grand Emporium.
Phillip Walker, of the band, Lonestar Shootout, wearing a cowboy hat, bolo tie, and western vest, smiles over his right shoulder as he plays a guitar during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Pinetop Perkins, wearing a fedora with a flower in the hat band, looks seriously down at the keys he is playing. Bob Margolin wearing sunglasses also looks serious as he stands to Pinetop's left and...
Pinetop Perkins, from the left, sits on stage at a grand piano, wearing a bowler hat while he performs at the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival. The audience is visible between the legs of the piano...
Pinetop Perkins, wearing a bowler hat, smiles at the photographer as he sits at a piano during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Ramonda Doakes, executive director of the Mutual Musicians Foundation, stands in front of a wood-paneled wall of photographs of musicians holding a plastic cup and smiling at the photographer in the...
Richard Townsend, standing, wearing a double-breasted suit and holding a microphone near the right side of his head, looks down during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater.
Robert Cray looks down as he plays an electric guitar held up high on his chest. One of the national acts at the Uptown Theater.
Robert Lockwood, Jr., wearing a flat cap, purses his lips during a close-up photo is taken of his face and guitar headstock during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Robert Lockwood, Jr., wearing a flatcap, looks seriously over a microphone as he holds an electric guitar on his lap during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Robert Lockwood, Jr., one of the national acts to appear at the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival, looks seriously out over a microphone as he strums a guitar sitting on his lap with only his right...
Robert Lockwood Jr., wearing a fedora, listens intently to an unidentified African American woman across the table from him. An unidentified African American man is to Robert's right, facing right, on...
Roland Allen closes his eyes and grimaces as he sings into a microphone and plays a guitar with Don Shipps behind him with his eyes closed as he plays a guitar also at the Grand Emporium for the...
Ronnie McFadden stands blowing into the saxophone in a suit at Crown Center.
Roy Carrier, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, smiles to his left at the photographer as he plays an accordion.
Roy Searcy, wearing a pinstripe suit and a fedora hat, grins at the photographer with a cake in front of him that has written in frosting, "God Bless You Roy - Kansas City Loves You Happy 81 Birthday"...
Roy Searcy leans on the piano with his hands crossed so that his face is visible between the keyboard and the lifted lid at the Mutual Musicians Foundation. He wears a hat with a slim metal band.
Roy Searcy, right side to the camera, wearing a fedora and a pinstripe suit, is smiling to his right towards a microphone as he plays a piano during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater.
Roy Searcy salutes with his right hand from the brim of his Fedora hat in a striped suit at the Living Blues Party in the Gem Theater at 18th & Vine. He is facing to the photographer's left.
Russell Jackson, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, purses his lips as he looks seriously down at the electric bass he is playing.
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.
Shamatiyah, of the Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, wearing a Panama Jack hat and lots of jewelry, points at the photographer as he...
Smokin' Joe Kubek and Bnois King, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, stand side by side looking at the necks of the guitars they are playing. Smokin' Joe looks serious. Bnois...
