Karla Peterie, of the band Rain Dogs, wearing a sundress and a straw hat, smiles over the microphone as she plays a mandolin during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.
Karrin Allyson sings into a microphone held with her left hand during the Rhythm & Ribs Jazz Festival at 18th & Vine.
Keb Mo, wearing a fedora, scrunches his face as he sings into a microphone and plays a guitar during the Rhythm & Ribs Jazz Festival at 18th & Vine.
Kermit Ruffins, wearing a fedora, from his right side, blows into a trumpet lifted high during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
King Alex, wearing an Irish cap, looks down at the guitar neck as he sits and plays during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival. Parts of two other band musicians are visible behind him.
King Clarentz, wearing a headband, Dashiki, knee-high laced boots with jeans tucked into the boots, smiles from his seat on stage as he plays an electric guitar during Kansas City Blues and Jazz...
Spoon Wilson and D.C. Bellamy, standing wearing beefeater costumes, and an unidentified African American woman, have crowned Little Hatch the king during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival...
Kirby Kelley looks intensely to his left as he plays slide guitar during the Box Car Blues Festival at Knuckleheads Saloon.
Koko Taylor, from her right side, scrunches her face as she sings into a microphone she holds in her right hand during Rhythm & Ribs Jazz Festival at 18th & Vine.
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...
Lavay Smith, wearing a tropical sundress and a flower in her hair, smiles as she sings into a microphone she holds in her left hand during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Lawrence Wright stands behind a keyboard, looking straight at the photographer, and lays his left hand over his heart as he holds a plaque high with his right hand at the Kansas City Blues and Jazz...
Lazy Lester's face is barely visible behind his hands which are clasping an amplified harmonica. His eyes are closed and he's wearing a straw fedora during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Lazy Lester, wearing a straw hat, closes his eyes as he blows into an amplified harmonica during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival. He stands in front of the festival banner and hugs the...
LC Gant, wearing a flat cap, smiles and looks above his glasses over his right shoulder as he plays a drum set at the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.
Lee Oskar plays a harmonica into a microphone during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Lem Sheppard, wearing sunglasses, looks down at the electric guitar he is playing during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.
Lem Shepphard, wearing a crocheted skull cap, closes his eyes and sings into a microphone as he plays the guitar at Club Paradox during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.
Lester "Duck" Warner, from the right, wearing a straw flat cap, blows into a valve trombone during Rhythm & Ribs Jazz Festival at 18th & Vine.
Lionel Young, wearing a straw cowboy hat, sunglasses, and beads in his hair, sings into a microphone and plucks a fiddle during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Provine "Little" Hatch close-up photograph as the king of the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival. Little Hatch wears a crown and cape as he smiles for the photographer.
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 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.
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.
