Phillip Walker and Myra Taylor at Knuckleheads Saloon
Phillip Walker, one of the national acts to perform at Knuckleheads Saloon, wearing a flat cap, hugs his electric guitar on his lap and leans toward Myra Taylor who is also seated and is singing into...
Ray Charles and Myra Taylor at the Kansas City Music Hall
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 at the Kansas City Music Hall
Ray Charles, wearing sunglasses, faces a microphone in front of him. One of the national acts at the Kansas City Music Hall.
Rosco Gordon and Duke Robillard at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS
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...
Shemekia Copeland and Ronnie Baker Brooks at the Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise
Shemekia Copeland and Ronnie Baker Brooks, one of the national acts at the Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise. Ronnie Baker Brooks, wearing a baseball cap with Jimi Hendrix Experience embroidered on the...
Sherman Holmes, Evie Quarles, Wendell Holmes, and Dixon at the Grand Emporium
Sherman Holmes, Evie Quarles, Wendell Holmes, and Dixon stand side by side with their arms around each other smiling at the photographer in front of the stage at the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, MO.
Sherman Holmes, Iris DeMent, Wendell Holmes, and Dixon at the Grand Emporium.
Sherman Holmes, Iris DeMent, Wendell Holmes, and Dixon, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, stand arm in arm, side by side, in front of the bar and smile at the photographer.
Taj Mahal and Evie Quarles at the Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise
Taj Mahal, wearing a straw hat, sunglasses, and holding a cigar in his right hand, sits and smiles at the photographer as Evie Quarles leans down, hands on knees, to also smile at the photographer...
Terry Evans at the Grand Emporium
Terry Evans, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, smiles as he sings into a microphone.
Tommy Soul Williams at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2002
Tommy Soul Williams, wearing a straw fedora, sings into a microphone during Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.
Willie "Popsy" Dixon at the 2001 Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest
Willie "Popsy" Dixon, of the band The Holmes Brothers, sings into a microphone during Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Willie Cobbs at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS
Willie Cobbs closes his eyes and scrunches his face and forms his left hand into a fist as he sings into a microphone at the Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS.
Willie King at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2002
Willie King, wearing a Michael Johnathon WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour ball cap, sits in a lawn chair, leaning his chin on his right hand, and smiles directly at the photographer during the Kansas...
Wilson Pickett at the Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest
Wilson Pickett, one of the national acts at the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival, closes his eyes, makes a fist with his right hand and sings into a microphone held in his left hand.
Wilson Pickett at the Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest
Wilson Pickett crouches with his eyes closed while holding the microphone in his left hand as he performs during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.