Aaron Neville, one of the national acts to perform at the Kansas City Spirit Festival, wearing a leopard print tank top, stands and sings into a microphone he holds in his left hand.
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...
B.B. King from below, smiles as he plays an electric guitar. One of the national acts at the KC Spirit Festival.
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 Womack, wearing a cap and sunglasses, sings into a microphone, mouth wide open, during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Chris Duarte, John Jordan, and Little Hatch, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, stand on stage in a triangle facing each other. Chris plays an electric guitar and lifts his...
Chris Murrell, from the right, sings into a microphone during the Rhythm & Ribs Jazz Festival at 18th & Vine.
Corey Glover, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, closes his eyes as he sings into a microphone he holds in his left hand and expresses with his right hand.
D.C. Bellamy, wearing a ball cap, sings into a microphone as he strums a guitar at B. B.'s Lawnside Bar-B-Q during the Kansas City Blues Society 3rd Annual Acoustic Showcase.
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...
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.
Eric Bibb stands as he sings into a microphone and plays an acoustic guitar next to Dave Bronze, who is seated and looking down while he plays an electric bass. They are a national act that performed...
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...
Frankie Lee, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, wearing a baseball cap and holding a microphone in his right hand, smiles at the photographer.
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.
Henry Townsend, face just visible above a piano, wears a ball cap and sings intensely into a microphone during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
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...
John Wilson, wearing a Batman ball cap and a Hawaiian print shirt, closes his eyes as he sings into a microphone held in his right hand at B. B.'s Lawnside Bar-B-Q during the Kansas City Blues Society...
Johnnie Taylor, Jr., one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, wearing a fedora, closes his eyes and sings into a microphone he holds in his right hand as he makes a fist next to his...
Joshua Nelson smiles as he holds a microphone in his right hand during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Keb Mo, wearing a fedora, scrunches his face as he sings into a microphone and plays a guitar during the Rhythm & Ribs Jazz Festival at 18th & Vine.
Keb' Mo', one of the national acts to appear at the Madrid Theater in Kansas City, Missouri, sits and sings into a microphone looking up and to his left as he plays a guitar.
