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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A crowd of fans dance during the last days of the Grand Emporium.
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...
Don, the bartender, pours a drink as he holds a cigarillo in his mouth at the Grand Emporium.
Herb Palmer shakes Roger Naber's hand during the 20th anniversary celebration of one of the juke joints in Kansas City called the Grand Emporium. Roger wears a suit jacket with animal print cuffs and...
John Albertson, weekend bartender, smiles at the photographer from behind the bar at the Grand Emporium.
Julia Naber sits at the bar as Roger Naber stands by her and they smile at the photographer during the last days of the Grand Emporium. An unidentified white male bartender is visible behind them.
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.
Mary Moore dancing with an unidentified white man on the dance floor at the Grand Emporium. Other patrons can be seen behind them.
