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.
Marilyn Maye speaks into two microphones labeled as Talk Radio KCMO 710. The photograph is a close up of her face. Her glasses are markedly bifocals.
Marilyn Maye bends to speak with Lonnie McFadden and Ronnie McFadden, the McFadden Brothers, at Club 427 in Kansas City, MO. Ronnie and Lonnie are looking up at Marilyn as they sit at a table behind...
Radio broadcaster, Mike Murphy, has his arms around Marilyn Maye and likely, Patty, at Club 427 in Kansas City, MO. The bar is visible behind them.
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.
Roger Naber, wearing a suit jacket with animal print cuffs and collar, cuts a 20th Anniversary cake with the outline of his face on it, while Julia Naber waits on the other side of the table with...
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.
Roma Firman furrows her brow as she sings into a microphone held in her right hand as she splays the fingers of her left hand toward the crowd during the Hope House Benefit at the Grand Emporium.
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.
Sharon James, sings into a microphone she holds in her left hand during the Hope House Benefit at the Grand Emporium.
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.
The Wilders, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, include Ike Shelton playing an acoustic guitar, then Nate Gawron playing a string bass, then Betse Ellis playing a violin, and...
