Little Hatch laughs up to his right as he holds the microphone on the stand at the Grand Emporium. A guitarist is barely visible sitting behind Hatch. A Marcus Roberts Back in the House poster is on...
Provine "Little" Hatch's head and hands are visible in the photograph as he plays harmonica into a microphone at BB's Lawnside BBQ for his 80th birthday. He's wearing a plaid shirt. The straps of his...
Provine "Little" Hatch, wearing a brocade tuxedo, blows into a harmonica attached to a microphone during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater. He's looking to the photographer's right.
Provine "Little" Hatch, wearing overalls, stands and stares down at a sheet cake decorated for his 80th birthday party at BB's Lawnside BBQ. Lindsay Shannon stands to Little Hatch's left holding the...
Little Milton Campbell, rolling his top lip over his lower lip, as he plays an electric guitar during Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Little Milton Campbell, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, sits and looks seriously at the neck of a guitar he plays by a microphone.
Little Smokey Smothers, wearing a bowler hat and overalls, looks to his left as he plays an electric guitar during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Long John Hunter, of the band Lonestar Shootout, wears a straw fedora and looks seriously over his left shoulder as he plays an electric guitar during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Long John Hunter, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, wearing a fedora, grins to his left as he plays an electric guitar.
Lonnie Brooks of the band, Lonestar Shootout, wearing a cowboy hat and cowboy shirt, looks up as he plays an electric guitar during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Lonnie Brooks, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, looks up to his left with a sweet smile as he hold a guitar across his lap.
Lonnie McFadden blows into a trumpet he is holding with a handkerchief. His eyes are closed and he is facing to the left of the photographer. A crowd is visible seated behind Lonnie wearing a tuxedo...
Louisiana Red, seated and wearing sunglasses, plays guitar during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Lucky Wesley's grinning face looking directly at the photographer and his left hand holding the neck of a bass at the Beaumont Club.
Luqman Hamza, back to the photographer, sits at a Yamaha piano and looks over his right shoulder to sing into the microphone during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater.
Luqman Hamza plays the piano, sitting sideways to the photographer's right at the Blue Room, 18th & Vine.
Luqman Hamza looks to his right and smiles at the photographer as his hands play the keys of a piano at Unity Temple on the Plaza.
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.
Marcus Wright of the BWB Band, wearing a ball cap, smiles at the photographer as he plays guitar at the Grand Emporium.
Marilyn Maye bends to speak with Lonnie McFadden and Ronnie McFadden, the McFadden Brothers, at Club 427 in Kansas City, MO. Ronnie and Lonnie are looking up at Marilyn as they sit at a table behind...
Mary Faith and Mike smile at the photographer as they stand in front of the bar during the last days of the Grand Emporium.
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.
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.
