Bill Carter's Blues Revue, a blues band, sit or stand in front of a wall of signatures and smile or look solemnly at the photographer at the Grand Emporium.
Billy Boy Arnold, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, sits at the bar next to the owner, Roger Naber. Both smile at the photographer.
Marvine McKeithen holds up Bobby Rush's hand and arm as she smiles and speaks into a microphone on the stage at Club Paradox in Kansas City, Kansas. There are two unidentified women, only partially...
Bobby Rush is seated to the far right among the crowd at Club Paradox in Kansas City, Kansas.
Carl Weathersby stands in the middle of the audience playing his guitar at the Grand Emporium.
Connie Humiston, Bobby Rush and a group of six unidentified people stand behind a seated DC Bellamy. Marvine McKeithen stands beside DC Bellamy at Club Paradox in Kansas City, Kansas.
A crowd stands in Club Paradox in Kansas City, Kansas.
The crowd sits with drinks at or near the bar as the waitress comes toward them with a tray at Club Paradox in Kansas City, Kansas.
Some of the crowd dances while others sit with drinks in front of the stage at Club Paradox in Kansas City, Kansas. A guitarist and a harmonica player are visible behind the dancers.
The seated audience smiles from tables decorated with balloons and confetti at Club Paradox in Kansas City, Kansas.
A large audience is seated and standing at Club Paradox in Kansas CIty, Kansas.
An unidentified African American man smiles down to his left as he dances at the Grand Emporium. The crowd is visible behind him.
Four people dancing at Club Paradox in Kansas City, Kansas. The band is visible playing on the stage behind the dancers.
Three people dancing in front of the stage with a band on it at Club Paradox in Kansas City, Kansas.
DC Bellamy, wearing a fedora and holding a drink, points a finger at a patron seated at a table as he regales them with a story at Club Paradox in Kansas City, Kansas. The audience and seated and...
Larry Garner, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Saloon during the Mardi Gras Club Crawl, wears a fedora, leather vest and leather pants, as he closes his eyes and plays an electric...
Marvine McKeithen speaks into a microphone with a band behind her at Club Paradox in Kansas City, Kansas. The crowd is seated at the bar or at tables in the foreground.
Marvine McKeithen stands behind the bar and looks doubtful at an unidentified African American woman seated at the bar telling a story at Club Paradox in Kansas City, Kansas. An unidentified African...
Mary Faith and Mike smile at the photographer as they stand in front of the bar during the last days of 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.
