Alan Mercer, wearing a fedora, smokes a cigarette as he leans his back against the outside wall of Club Paradox in Kansas City, Kansas.
Amazing Grace walks towards Roger Naber, wearing a suit jacket with animal print cuffs and collar, with open arms during the 20th anniversary celebration of one of the Kansas City juke joints called...
Becky Wilson and Christopher Hearne, Jr. present Roger Naber, wearing a suit jacket with animal print cuffs and collar, a certificate during the 20th anniversary celebration of one of the music venues...
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.
Bobby Carson on stage, speaks into a microphone looking left with a keyboard player, drummer, and guitarist behind him. A large crowd is in front of the stage at the Grand Emporium.
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.
Recording executive Bruce Iglauer, with Tom Baker, Connie Humiston, and Brenda Haskins, smile at the photographer as they gather at the bar at the Grand Emporium during it's last days.
Carl Weathersby stands in the middle of the audience playing his guitar at the Grand Emporium.
The blues band, Cobalt Project Band, which includes: Branden Hudspeth, Sue Stubbs, Jan Faircloth, Paul Greenlease. Standing inside the Grand Emporium. Brandon Hudspeth looking down. Jan Faircloth...
The blues band, Cobalt Project, including Brandon Hudspeth, closing his eyes and playing the guitar, Jan Faircloth, playing the drums, Sue Stubbs, closing her eyes and singing into a microphone, and...
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.
Frank Hicks, owner of Knuckleheads Saloon, looks to his left at Lou Dare who is speaking into a microphone from the stage. Frank is holding up a t-shirt that says, "Frank Honorary Male Hussy." Connie...
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.
LaDonna Jones and J. Allen, wearing summer attire, dance at the Grand Emporium. Other bar patrons can be seen behind them.
Ben Pruett dips an unidentified white woman while dancing at the Grand Emporium. There are other dancing couples visible behind them.
Ben Pruett dancing with an unidentified white woman, spinning her around, skirt twirling, at the Grand Emporium.
