Evie Quarles Collection

Alberta Adams, wearing sunglasses, sits and talks on Beale Street, Memphis, for the W.C. Handy Awards.

Ann Rabson looks out over the keyboard she is playing and sings into a microphone on Beale Street, Memphis, for the W.C. Handy Awards. A drum set and a brick wall are visible behind her.

Duke Robillard, wearing sunglasses and a fedora, looks at the neck of a guitar he plays on Beale Street, Memphis, for the W.C. Handy Awards.

Vesti Jackson, from below, looks intensely at both of his hands playing the neck of an electric guitar on Beale Street, Memphis, for the W.C. Handy Awards.