Gerald Spaits, eyes closed, slightly leans into a upright bass as his left hand suppresses the strings above his right hand plucking the strings at the American Heartland Theater.
Myra Taylor sits on a chair on the deck at Californo's while Millie Edwards, Geneva Price, and Lori Tucker sit on high top chairs. Bill Maness and Jurgen Welge stand behind the women. There are...
Grand Marquis during the Big Joe Turner Birthday Bash at BB's Lawnside BBQ: Bryan Redmond, wearing a zoot suit and holding a tenor saxophone stands next to Ben Ruth who is smiling and holding his...
Grayson Capps closes his eyes and lifts his chin as he plays an electric guitar at the Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS.
Groovy Grant sitting at the broadcast table with headphones by a microphone. He wears a satin print shirt and a matching baseball cap at KKFI Radio Kansas City.
Guitar Shorty, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, closes his eyes and grimaces as he plays an electric guitar.
Hamilton Loomis, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, from below, grimaces as he plays an electric guitar.
Karla Peterie's hands as she plays a mandolin. She is a member of the blues band the Rain Dogs,
Harry Hypolite, wearing a Kufi hat and Dashiki shirt, smiles and plays an electric guitar at the 5th Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS.
Harry Hypolite, wearing a Kufi hat, leans back as he plays guitar during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival. A profile shadow is visible behind him.
Harry Hypolite, one of the national acts to perform at the Blue Room, 18th & Vine, wearing a French beret, closes his eyes as he sings into a microphone and plays an electric guitar.
Harry Hypolite sits in the middle of the 39th Street Blues Band in a double-breasted white suit and satin Nehru collar shirt, wearing a cap, in the Blue Room, 18th & Vine. Big John [Amaro] stands...
Harry Ware, wearing a striped suit, smiles with his head turned to his right at the photographer as he plays a piano at American Heartland Theater.
Hawkeye Herman, one of the national acts to perform at Or Hadash in Overland Park, KS, closes his eyes and grimaces as he plays an acoustic guitar.
Henry Clay, wearing a bowler hat, plays a piano with a microphone attached above the keys at the 5th Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS.
Henry Townsend, wearing a bowler hat, suit and striped shoes, sits and looks down at a keyboard he is playing during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival. Marquise Knox stands on stage behind...
Hipnotics, a blues band, stand on stage in front of the Grand Emporium sign. Winner of the Blues Challenge Finals.
A member of the blues band, Hipnotics, wearing a fedora, sings into a microphone as he plays a tambourine.
A white male member of the blues band, Hipnotics, sings into a microphone at the Grand Emporium.
David "Honeyboy" Edwards, one of the national acts to perform during the Acoustic Blues Showcase at BB's Lawnside BBQ, wearing a baseball cap, sits among the audience of mostly white men as he sings...
Ida McBeth smiles as she holds a microphone to her mouth at Rhythm and Ribs 18th & Vine Jazz Fest. She is seated and wearing a floral dress.
Ida McBeth smiles as she holds a microphone to her mouth at Rhythm and Ribs 18th & Vine Jazz Fest. She is seated and wearing a floral dress.
Ida McBeth looks coyly to her right as she sings into a microphone during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.
Ida McBeth, wearing a bejeweled pillbox hat, throws her head back and laughs as she stands on stage and holds a certificate which states "Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas...
Irma Thomas, wearing a sundress, smiles up and to her left as she holds a microphone in her right hand and lifts her left elbow even with her shoulder during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
