Koko Taylor at the 2001 Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest
Koko Taylor, neck and chest wet with perspiration, closes her eyes and lifts her head to her right, as she smiles and sings into a microphone she is holding in her right hand during the Kansas City...
Koko Taylor at the Grand Emporium
KoKo Taylor, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, closes her eyes and sings, wide-mouthed, into a microphone held in her right hand.
Levee Town and Simplexity sit outside on the steps
Groups Levee Town and Simplexity (Jeff Jones; GoGo Ray; Dave Wilkerson; Wes Blackman; Blaze; George Robinson; Tyson Leslie; Mark Gilmore) sit outside on steps and smile at the photographer.
Lou Dare, Saint Charles, and Myra Taylor at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2008
Lou Dare and Saint Charles, dressed in medieval clothing, stand behind Myra Taylor, also wearing medieval clothing and a crown, in a wheelchair during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.
Marvine McKeithen, Otis Clay, Roger Naber, Dawayne Gilley at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2002
Marvine McKeithen, Otis Clay, Roger Naber, Dawayne Gilley stand on the street for a photograph during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.
Mary Moore dancing at the Grand Emporium
Mary Moore dancing with an unidentified white man on the dance floor at the Grand Emporium. Other patrons can be seen behind them.
Mike Kovacs, Marvine McKeithen, Lou Dare, Tom Baker, Otis Clay, DC Bellamy, Groovie Grant, and Aaron Hodge at the Street Blues Festival 2002
Mike Kovacs, Marvine McKeithen, Lou Dare, Tom Baker, Otis Clay, DC Bellamy, Groovy Grant, and Aaron Hodge stand on the street laughing and looking at the photographer during the Kansas City, Kansas...
Myra Taylor
Myra Taylor in a publicity photograph. She's wearing a beanie cap, smiling up to her left, and holding her hands up and open by her face. Below the photo are the words, "Jump, Blues, Jazz, and Swing...
Myra Taylor at the Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest
Myra Taylor sings into a microphone she holds in her left hand during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Myra Taylor at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2000
Myra Taylor sings into a microphone she holds in her right hand during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.
Myra Taylor, Lydia, Chad and Jasmin Kassem at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2008
Lydia Kassem stands behind as Chad Kassem kneels beside, holding Jasmin Kassem, Myra Taylor all dressed up and sitting in a wheelchair during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival. All are...
Peggy Scott Adams at the Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest
Peggy Scott Adams, wearing an Asian inspired blouse, stands facing the photographer, mouth wide open, with the microphone held low by her right side during Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival. A...
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...
Raindogs and Saffire the Uppity Blues Women
Raindogs & Saffire the Uppity Blues Women, national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, stand in a group grinning at the photographer are Jim Herbert, Gaye Adegbalola, Phil Smith, Mike Roark...
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...
Sandra Hall at the Grand Emporium
Sandra Hall, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, looks pensively at her praying hands as her hands hold a glittery shawl.
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...
Shemekia Copeland at the Grand Emporium
Shemekia Copeland, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, pouts her lips with smiling eyes as she looks over her left shoulder and holds a microphone chest high in her right hand.
Sista Monica at the Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest
Sista Monica's lips are puckered as she points to herself with her left hand and holds a microphone in her right hand during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival. She's wearing sunglasses.
Sweet Betty Echols at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS
Sweet Betty Echols, looking serious, sings into a microphone she hold in her right hand at the 6th Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS.
Thornetta Davis at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS
Thornetta Davis stands and looks to her right as she sings, wide mouthed, into a microphone at the Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS.