Alvin Youngblood Hart looks up and holds up his left hand with fingers spread as he sings into a microphone at the 6th Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS.
Sam Myers, wearing a harmonica belt filled with harmonicas and clutching a harmonica he is blowing into, stands in the middle of the stage between Anson Funderburgh, playing a guitar to Sam's back...
Bill Carter, wearing a straw fedora, stands and sings into a microphone as he plays an electric guitar during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.
Billy Boy Arnold sings into a microphone he holds to his mouth with his left hand as he holds his right hand to his chin at the 5th Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads, at Blue Heaven Studios...
Blind Boys of Alabama, which includes Clarence Fountain and Jimmy Lee Carter, wearing sunglasses and matching suits, walk across stage with a hand on the shoulder of the person in front of them during...
Bobby "Blue" Bland, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, closes his eyes, scrunches his face, and lifts his chin as he sings into a microphone held in this right hand.
Bobby Bland, Lee Oskar, and others perform as one of the national acts at the Grand Emporium. Bobby Bland looks to his left shoulder towards Lee Oskar as Lee looks down and plays an amplified...
Bobby Rush, sings into a microphone as Lo Lespes dances during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival, The audience is visible behind Lo.
Marvine McKeithen holds up Bobby Rush's hand and arm as she smiles and speaks into a microphone on the stage at Club Paradox in Kansas City, Kansas. There are two unidentified women, only partially...
Bobby Rush is seated to the far right among the crowd at Club Paradox in Kansas City, Kansas.
Bobby Rush stands on stage holding a microphone in his left hand during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.
Bobby Rush, one of the national acts to perform at the Thanksgiving Blues Breakfast in Kansas City, KS, grins as he sings and holds a microphone.
Calvin "Fuzz" Jones, part of the Muddy Waters Tribute Band, wearing a fishing hat, sings into a microphone as he plays a guitar at Carlsen Center in Johnson County Community College.
Bob Stroger, wearing a cowboy hat with a peacock feather in the hat band, crouches down to the left of a seated Myra Taylor and Carol Fran and extends his arms around them at the 5th Annual Blues...
Chris Murrell, from the right, sings into a microphone during the Rhythm & Ribs Jazz Festival at 18th & Vine.
Connie Humiston, Bobby Rush and a group of six unidentified people stand behind a seated DC Bellamy. Marvine McKeithen stands beside DC Bellamy at Club Paradox in Kansas City, Kansas.
Danny Cox, wearing a cowboy hat, smiles as he sings into a microphone and plays guitar during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.
David "Honeyboy" Edwards, one of the national acts to perform at the Blue Room, 18th & Vine, sits and sings into a microphone as he holds a guitar under the elbow of his right arm. His left hand sits...
David "Honey Boy" Edwards, wearing a ball cap, sings into a microphone and plays a guitar as he sits on stage during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.
DC Bellamy, wearing a fedora and holding a drink, points a finger at a patron seated at a table as he regales them with a story at Club Paradox in Kansas City, Kansas. The audience and seated and...
DC Bellamy, wearing a white fedora, stands on stage in front of a microphone and looks to his left at White Hat Mike and Otis Clay at the Grand Emporium. White Hat Mike is smiling at DC to his right...
Eddie Turner looks up as he sings into a microphone and plays a guitar during the Box Car Blues Festival at Knuckleheads Saloon.
Evie Quarles and Bobby Rush give each other a big side hug as they grin at the photographer during the Thanksgiving Blues Breakfast in Kansas City, KS. Evie's glasses are propped on her head and...
Evie Quarles and Carey Bell during the All Stars Blues Jam at Blue Heaven Studio in Salina, KS. Evie, glasses resting on her upper forehead, smiles at the photographer as she has her left arm around...
Four Fried Chickens and a Coke pose for a photo at the Grand Emporium. Back row: Holding a bass is Landon Murray. Wearing a fedora and a tie is Bill Whitehead. Kenny Richardson holds a saxophone and...
