Andra Faye of the Saffire the Uppity Blues Women band, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, looks down at the strings of the amplified violin she is bowing.
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...
Ann Rabson, Andrea Faye, and Gaye Adegbalola, a national act to perform at the Grand Emporium, stand on stage, arm in arm, grinning at the unseen audience.
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...
Debbie Davies, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, wearing sunglasses and a polka dot scarf, looks out over an electric guitar she is playing.
Michelle "Evil Gal" Willson, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, grins towards her right shoulder as she plays a tambourine.
Four Fried Chickens and a Coke Band, a blues band, performing on a stage. The photograph is from above and to the left of the band.
Honey Piazza, a member of the band, Mighty Flyers, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, looks up over her right shoulder as she sits and plays a keyboard. A guitar neck and a...
Joanna Connor, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, smiles over her right shoulder as she plays an electric guitar.
Kelley Hunt, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, closes her eyes as she stretches her mouth wide and leans in to sing into a microphone she holds in her left hand.
Marcia Ball, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, holds a plastic alligator between her hands as she looks down to her right and smiles.
Paula Rangell, wearing a straw hat and cat eye sunglasses, blows into an alto saxophone behind a microphone during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Rain Dogs, a blues band including Mike Roark, Karla Peterie, Phil Smith, and Jim Herbert stand in front of a wall of signatures at the Grand Emporium and smile at the photographer.
Brody Buster and Shannon Curfman, national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, stand next to Roger Naber and Mary Faith in front of the signature wall and all smile at the photographer.
Selby Minner, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, grins as she plays the bass guitar.
Shannon Curfman, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, looks down at the neck of an electric guitar she's playing.
Steve "Mr. Microphone" Cox of the blues band, Four Fried Chickens & a Coke, sings into a microphone wearing a fedora and a shiny lame shirt. Sherry "The Chick" Oswald is visible behind Steve blowing...
Susan Tedeschi, one of the national acts to perform at Roadhouse Ruby's North in Kansas City, MO, grimaces over her left shoulder as she plays a guitar.
Tracy Nelson looks down to her left and laughs as she holds a drink in her right hand on Beale Street, Memphis, for the W.C. Handy Awards.
