Lou Ann Barton, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, looks to her left as she claps her hands.
Louisiana Red looks down at a guitar he is playing as he sits on stage during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival. An unidentified keyboardist is visible behind him.
Lurrie Bell closes his eyes and lifts his chin as he plays an electric guitar at the 6th Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS.
Luther Guitar Junior Johnson, part of the Muddy Waters Tribute Band, closes his eyes as he sings into a microphone and plays a guitar at the Carlsen Center in Johnson County Community College.
Mac Odom, Roomful of Blues, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, from below, opens his mouth wide as he sings into a microphone held in his left hand and partly obstructing his...
Magic Slim, wearing a cowboy hat and a t-shirt of himself and June Bug, puts his arm around "June Bug" John Stuerke who is wearing the same t-shirt. They smile directly at the photographer during the...
Magic Slim, wearing a cowboy hat, sings into a microphone during the Box Car Blues Festival at Knuckleheads Saloon.
Major Handy looks questioningly forward as he plays an accordion at the 5th Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS.
Mark DuFresne, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, closes his eyes and lifts his eyebrows as he blows into an amplified harmonica he is clutching in his hands.
Mark Pender, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, from his left, holds a trumpet high as he plays the instrument.
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.
Marquise Knox, wearing a fedora with a feather in the hat band, sings into a microphone as he plays a guitar at the Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS.
Marquise Knox, one of the national acts at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival, closes his eyes as he plays an electric guitar as he stands behind a microphone.
Marquise Knox clutches a microphone with his hands as he holds it to his mouth during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.
Marva Whitney, in front of the KCK Street Festival banner, looks to her right as she sings into a microphone during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.
Marvine McKeithen speaks into a microphone with a band behind her at Club Paradox in Kansas City, Kansas. The crowd is seated at the bar or at tables in the foreground.
Marvine McKeithen, Otis Clay, Roger Naber, Dawayne Gilley stand on the street for a photograph during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.
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, with a grimace on his face, looks down at the neck of a guitar he is playing 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, one of the national acts to perform at BB's Lawnside BBQ, forms and "O" with his mouth as he plays an electric guitar.
