Tyrone Clark stands with his right side facing the photographer as he plucks the upright bass at the Blue Room, 18th & Vine on the occasion of Claude "Fiddler" Williams' 93rd birthday party.
Wallace Jones' left side, eyes closed, as he plays the drums at Unity Temple on the Plaza.
Walter "Wolfman" Washington, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, grins to his left as he plays an electric guitar.
Watermelon Slim, from his right side, is wearing a hat and looking to the sky as he plays a harmonica during the Box Car Blues Festival at Knuckleheads Saloon.
W.C. Clark, one of the national acts to perform at Blayney's, wearing a derby hat, looks down at the neck of an electric guitar he is playing.
Wendell Holmes of the band, The Holmes Brothers, closes his eyes and grimaces as he sings, mouth wide open, into a microphone, and plays a keyboard during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
The Wild Women: Myra Taylor, Lori Tucker, and Millie Edwards with Bill Maness; stand around a seated Wild Woman, Geneva Price, as they all smile directly at the photographer.
William King smiles at the photographer as he plays a guitar at the Grand Emporium.
Willie "Popsy" Dixon, of the band The Holmes Brothers, sings into a microphone during Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Blues Notions Band stand outside the Grand Emporium as the winners of the Blues Challenge. Karl Angerer, Thomas Trashmouth Baker, Mike Sedovic, Cardy Quintero, and Tim Osborn.
A crowd sits and stands in front of Mutual Musicians Foundation during the Landmark Ceremony: included in the crowd are Betty Crow, standing 2nd from left, Myra Taylor and Yvonne Wilson seated and...
