Rosie Ledet, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, smiles at the photographer as she plays an accordion that is fully stretched out.
Roy Gaines, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, wearing an Irish cap, smiles as he plays and electric guitar.
Roy Gaines, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, wearing an Irish cap, smiles as he plays and electric guitar.
Rusty Tucker closes his eyes as he blows into a trumpet at Unity Temple on the Plaza. The photograph is from the elbows up.
Rusty Tucker, his right side to the camera, blows into a muted trumpet with his cheeks bulged out and his eyes closed at the Unity Temple on the Plaza.
Rusty Zinn, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, wearing a baseball cap backwards and sunglasses, studies the neck of an electric guitar he is playing.
Savoy Brown, one of the International Acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, closes her eyes and grimaces when she turns her head to the left as she plays a Flying V electric guitar.
Scamps at playing on a stage at Unity Temple on the Plaza: Art Jackson and Eddie Saunders, seated with their eyes closed playing their saxophones; Lucky Wesley looking to his right and smiling as he...
Sean Costello, perspiring heavily, smiles to his right as he stands and plays an electric guitar during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Sherman Holmes of the band, The Holmes Brothers, eyes squeezed closed, wearing a Dashiki, plays an electric bass during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival. There are perspiration drips visible on...
Sherman Holmes, Evie Quarles, Wendell Holmes, and Dixon stand side by side with their arms around each other smiling at the photographer in front of the stage at the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, MO.
Sherman Holmes, Iris DeMent, Wendell Holmes, and Dixon, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, stand arm in arm, side by side, in front of the bar and smile at the photographer.
Stan Hugeman closes his eyes as he blows into a saxophone by a microphone at the Grand Emporium.
Stan Kessler, hair pulled back in a low ponytail, stands blowing into a trumpet next to a standing Kim Park blowing into a saxophone at the American Heartland Theater. An unidentified drummer and drum...
Stan Kessler and Kim Park taking a breath as they each get ready to blow into a trumpet and a saxophone, respectively at the American Heartland Theater.
Sue Corbet's hair swirls about her head as she looks over her left shoulder and plays a guitar at the Grand Emporium. She's wearing a Sun Records shirt.
Sue Stubbs looks down over a guitar she is playing at the Grand Emporium.
James "Super Chikan" Johnson, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, wearing a bowler hat, looks seriously at the neck of the electric guitar he is playing.
T. Model Ford, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, wearing an flat cap, smiles at the photographer.
Taj Mahal, one of the national acts to appear at the Grand Emporium, wearing a fedora and sunglasses, looks down at the neck of his guitar.
Harmonica Bean, one of the national acts to perform at the Acoustic Blues Showcase at BB's Lawnside BBQ, wears a baseball cap backwards and a harmonica holder around his neck, while he sits, smiles...
Terry Evans, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, smiles as he sings into a microphone.
Tim Perryman, wearing a striped suit with wide lapels, blows into a trombone at the Blue Room, 18th & Vine, on the occasion of Claude "Fiddler" Williams; 93rd birthday party.
Tim Whitmer sitting at a baby grand piano with his hands on the keys and looking to his right with a smile at the photographer at the American Heartland Theater:
Tom Duckworth closes his eyes and lays his head back as he plays a guitar at Grand Emporium.
