Mark Sallings at Knuckleheads
Mark Sallings closes his eyes as he blows into a saxophone as he stands on stage during the Box Car Blues Festival at Knuckleheads Saloon.
Mary Faith and Mike at the Grand Emporium
Mary Faith and Mike smile at the photographer as they stand in front of the bar during the last days of the Grand Emporium.
Mary Moore dancing at the Grand Emporium
Mary Moore dancing with an unidentified white man on the dance floor at the Grand Emporium. Other patrons can be seen behind them.
Matt Brown at the Grand Emporium
Matt Brown, seriously looking down at the bongo drum, wears a cloth wrap around his dreadlocks as he beats on bongo drums at the Grand Emporium.
Matt Ward at the Grand Emporium
Matt Ward, with a grimace on his face, looks down at the neck of a guitar he is playing at the Grand Emporium.
Max Simmons at the Grand Emporium
Max Simmons, a member of the blues band, Lonesome Hank and the Heartaches, looks directly at the photographer as he plays a double bass at the Grand Emporium.
Max Simmons at the Grand Emporium
Max Simmons, a member of the blues band Lonesome Hank and the Heartaches, looks up to his left as he plays a double bass at the Grand Emporium.
Mel Waiters at the Grand Emporium
Mel Waiters, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, sings into a microphone as he wears a zebra-print suit jacket.
Memphis Mike McDaniel at the Grand Emporium
Memphis Mike McDaniel, wearing a tie and a white shirt with cuff links, looks down at the neck of a guitar he is playing at the Grand Emporium.
Michael Burks at BB's Lawnside Bar-B-Q
Michael Burks, one of the national acts to perform at BB's Lawnside BBQ, closes his eyes as he plays an electric guitar at B.B.'s Lawnside Bar-B-Q.
Michael Burks at BB's Lawnside Bar-B-Q
Michael Burks, one of the national acts to perform at BB's Lawnside BBQ, forms and "O" with his mouth as he plays an electric guitar.
Midget Hulett and Spoon Wilson at the Grand Emporium
Midget Hulett, wearing a cowboy hat and oxford shoes, dances with Spoon Wilson, wearing a bowler hat, at the Grand Emporium.
Midget Hulett at the Grand Emporium
Midget Hulett dances in an animal print dress at the Grand Emporium. The crowd is visible seated behind her.
Mike Elrod at the Grand Emporium
Mike Elrod smiles to his left as he plays a Bones guitar that resembles a metal skeleton at the Grand Emporium.
Mike Finnigan at the Beaumont Club
Mike Finnigan, one of the national acts to perform at the Beaumont Club, from his left side, sings into a microphone and plays a keyboard. Other keyboards are visible behind him.
Mille Edwards at American Heartland Theater
Millie Edwards sings into a microphone held in her right hand at American Heartland Theater.
Music fans congratulate Little Hatch on his 80th birthday
Little Hatch smiles as he sits on a folding chair behind an amplifier and in front of speakers at BB's Lawnside BBQ for Provine "Little" Hatch's 80th birthday celebration. Three unidentified smiling...
Musicians at Chuck Haddix' book signing
Myra Taylor sits in a wheelchair smiling to her right at the photographer. Seated behind her is Jurgen Welge. Standing behind Jurgen with his hands on Jurgens shoulders is Kim Park. A grinning Carl...
Myra Taylor
Myra Taylor in a publicity photograph. She's wearing a beanie cap, smiling up to her left, and holding her hands up and open by her face. Below the photo are the words, "Jump, Blues, Jazz, and Swing...
Myra Taylor and Bobby Watson at the Grand Emporium
Myra Taylor sits in a wheelchair to the right of Bobby Watson. She holds her purse. Bobby has his left arm around her shoulders, is wearing a straw hat and an earring, and has a saxophone lying on his...
Myra Taylor and Buck O'Neil at the Blue Room
Myra Taylor is seated and laughing with her eyes closed while holding a microphone with her right hand and holding her left hand around the shoulder of Buck O'Neil. Buck is also holding a microphone...
Myra Taylor and Harry Hypolite at the Blue Room
Harry Hypolite leans forward grinning over a seated Myra Taylor at the Blue Room in front of the bar, 18th & Vine.
Myra Taylor at the dedication of a park gate in her name
Myra Taylor; Jackson and Dawayne Gilley sit inside a stretch limousine with the back door opened at the Myra Taylor Park Gate Dedication, 18th & Woodland. Myra gazes to her right out of the car as...
Myra Taylor laughing at the dedication of a park gate in her name
Myra Taylor, looks down at the table where she's sitting, covers her eyes and laughs as Dawayne Gilley and Connie Humiston stand behind her and hold up a poster. On the poster Myra is illustrated as...
Myra Taylor performs at Knuckleheads
Myra Taylor sits and performs with a bass player and an unidentified couple behind her at Knuckleheads Lounge on the occasion of her 89th birthday.