Ray Charles, an overcoat draped over his shoulders, looks at the floor to his right as he shakes the hand of a seated Myra Taylor who is wearing a sparkling fez-type cap. They were one of the national...
Ray Charles, wearing sunglasses, faces a microphone in front of him. One of the national acts at the Kansas City Music Hall.
Renée Austin from her right side, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, closes her eyes, opens her mouth wide, lifts her chin, and spreads the fingers of her right hand wide as...
Rich Berry, wearing a harmonica neck holder with a harmonica in it, smiles as he sits behind a microphone, resting a guitar on his right leg, opening a Price Chopper bottle of water at the City Market...
Richard Townsend, left side profile, wearing a flat cap and sunglasses, holds a microphone with his right hand and has a guitar strap around his shoulder during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues...
Robert Lockwood, Jr. peacefully closes his eyes as he plays a guitar at the 5th Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS.
Rod Fleeman, wearing a three-piece suit, looks down at this left hand suppressing the strings of a guitar as he strums with his right hand at the American Heartland Theater.
Rod Piazza, wearing sunglasses, sits to the right of Evie Quarles and Miss Honey Piazza sits to Evie's left. All three are smiling at the camera.
Roger Naber smiles at the photographer as he talks on the telephone and sits at his messy desk in his messy office at the Grand Emporium.
An unidentified woman presents a plaque of the Lee Oskar Award to Roger Naber during 25th anniversary of one of the juke joints in Kansas City called the Grand Emporium. An unidentified guitarist is...
Ron Teamer & Smokin' Guns stand outside of the Grand Emporium during the Blues Challenge 2003.
Ron Teamer, wearing a cowboy hat, looks seriously down in front of himself as he plays a guitar with beads on leather laces hanging from the neck of the guitar, at the Grand Emporium.
Ronnie Baker Brooks, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, closes his eyes as he plays an electric guitar.
Rory Block closes her eyes and lifts her chin high as she plays a slide guitar at the Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS.
Rosco Gordon plays a grand piano and sings into a microphone as Doug James waits, sitting on a high stool at the head of the piano looking down at the floor while holding a baritone saxophone between...
Rosco Gordon, wearing leather pants, leather fringed jacket, and a flat cap, stands and sings into a microphone to the right of Duke Robillard, who is smiling as he plays an electric guitar during the...
Rosco Gordon, wearing a leather flat cap, a leather jacket with fringe, and leather pants, smiles down at his hands while playing a grand piano during the 4th Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads at...
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.
The Scamps on stage at the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Fest in 2004. Lucky Wesley is standing on the right side of a stage, smiling, wearing a French cap, and holding a plaque that reads, "Kansas...
