John Cutler of the band, Parlay, wearing a bandana around his head, looks at the fingers of his left hand on the neck of a bass as he plays at the Grand Emporium.
John Hammond, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, closes his eyes as he blows into a harmonica on holder and plays an acoustic guitar.
John Hammond, from his right side, is seated and craning his head upward to reach the microphone while he strums a guitar during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival. He has a harmonica holder and...
John Jordan, of the Chris Duarte Group, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, wearing sunglasses, purses his lips as he plays an electric bass.
John Mayall, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, looks straight ahead as he blows into an amplified harmonica. He's wearing a House of Blues, Harvard Square t-shirt.
John Mooney closes his eyes as he strums a guitar at B. B.'s Lawnside Bar-B-Q during the Kansas City Blues Society 3rd Annual Acoustic Showcase.
John Mooney looks down over his left shoulder as he holds a guitar during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Bill Dye stands behind the drum set and smiles over his right shoulder at the photographer as he holds an electric guitar. He stands beside the drummer, John Hobbs, who is wearing a drum-themed shirt...
John Paul Drum closes his eyes as he blows into a harmonica and holds the microphone to the harmonica at the Grand Emporium.
John Richardson picks up his left foot and shakes the guitar neck he's playing during the Box Car Blues Festival at Knuckleheads Saloon.
John Wedemeyer, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium After Fest Jam, closes his eyes, leans to his left, and plays an electric guitar.
John Wier looks at the center of a trumpet as he performs at the Grand Emporium.
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...
John Wilson, wearing a bowler hat and a tuxedo, smiles as he speaks into a microphone during the Kansas City Blues Society 20th Anniversary Celebration at the Grand Emporium.
John Wolf, of the band Roomful of Blues, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, wearing a bolo tie, closes his eyes and blows into a trombone he is playing. The picture is taken...
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...
Johnny C. of the Automatics, looks down and to his left at the neck of a guitar he plays at the Grand Emporium.
Johnny Reno, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, closes his eyes and blows into a saxophone.
Jonathan Richman, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, plays an acoustic guitar with attitude on his face while leaning back.
Jonny Lang, wearing a Dashiki, scrunches his face with his mouth wide open as he plays the guitar at the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival. The picture is rather blurry.
Josh Smith, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, looks over his right shoulder as he plays an electric guitar and stands behind a microphone.
Joshua Nelson smiles as he holds a microphone in his right hand during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Joyce Wood and an unidentified white male guitarist of the Dick Dangerous Band play their guitars at the Grand Emporium. Joyce is standing as she plays the guitar and sings into a microphone with her...
Julia Naber sits at the bar as Roger Naber stands by her and they smile at the photographer during the last days of the Grand Emporium. An unidentified white male bartender is visible behind them.
Julie Major of the Twang Dang Poodles opens her mouth wide as she turns her head to her right to sing into a microphone and plays a tambourine at the Grand Saloon.
