Gaye Adegbalola at the Grand Emporium
Gaye Adegbalola from "Saffire the Uppity Blues Women". One of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, closes her eyes and shrugs her shoulder as she mutes an acoustic guitar.
Grand Marquis at B.B.'s Lawnside Bar-B-Q
Grand Marquis during the Big Joe Turner Birthday Bash at BB's Lawnside BBQ: Bryan Redmond, wearing a zoot suit and holding a tenor saxophone stands next to Ben Ruth who is smiling and holding his...
Grayson Capps at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS
Grayson Capps closes his eyes and lifts his chin as he plays an electric guitar at the Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS.
Group playing at 18th and Vine
Myra Taylor is seated in a wheelchair and singing into a microphone with her eyes closed. Sonny Kenner is standing to her left and also singing into a microphone. Ben Kynard and an unidentified...
Guitar Shorty at the Grand Emporium
Guitar Shorty, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, closes his eyes and grimaces as he plays an electric guitar.
Guy Forsyth at the Grand Emporium
Guy Forsyth, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, looks intensely forward as he sings into a microphone and plays a dobro.
Hamilton Loomis at the Grand Emporium
Hamilton Loomis, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, from below, grimaces as he plays an electric guitar.
Harry Hypolite at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS
Harry Hypolite, wearing a Kufi hat and Dashiki shirt, smiles and plays an electric guitar at the 5th Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS.
Harry Hypolite at the 2001 Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest
Harry Hypolite, wearing a Kufi hat, leans back as he plays guitar during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival. A profile shadow is visible behind him.
Harry Hypolite at the Blue Room
Harry Hypolite, one of the national acts to perform at the Blue Room, 18th & Vine, wearing a French beret, closes his eyes as he sings into a microphone and plays an electric guitar.
Hawkeye Herman at Or Hadash
Hawkeye Herman, one of the national acts to perform at Or Hadash in Overland Park, KS, closes his eyes and grimaces as he plays an acoustic guitar.
Henry Townsend at the 2000 Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest
Henry Townsend, face just visible above a piano, wears a ball cap and sings intensely into a microphone during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Henry Townsend at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2006
Henry Townsend, wearing a bowler hat, suit and striped shoes, sits and looks down at a keyboard he is playing during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival. Marquise Knox stands on stage behind...
Honeyboy Edwards at BB's Lawnside Bar-B-Q
David "Honeyboy" Edwards, one of the national acts to perform during the Acoustic Blues Showcase at BB's Lawnside BBQ, wearing a baseball cap, sits among the audience of mostly white men as he sings...
Howard Scott at the Grand Emporium
Howard Scott, of the Same Ole Band, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, wearing a "War" baseball cap backwards and a necklace in the shape of the state of Texas, leans over his...
Hubert Sumlin at the 2000 Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest
Hubert Sumlin, wearing a fedora with a striped hatband and sunglasses, looks down at the neck of an electric guitar as he performs during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Ike Turner at the Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest
Ike Turner grins as he plays an electric guitar during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
James Armstrong at the Grand Emporium
James Armstrong, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, closes his eyes and puckers his mouth as he plays an electric guitar.
James Solberg at the Grand Emporium
James Solberg from below, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, wearing a tiger-print hat, leopard print ascot, and sunglasses, opens his mouth wide as he plays an electric guitar...
James Wheeler at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS
James Wheeler, wearing a cowboy hat and leather vest, looks down at the neck of an electric guitar he plays during the 4th Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS.
Jason Willming at the Grand Emporium
Jason Willming, wearing a suit, tie, and flat cap, closes his eye as he plays an electric guitar at the Grand Emporium.
Jay McShann taking a bow at the KC Spirit Fest
Jay McShann is standing between the piano bench and the piano, smiling and taking a bow outdoors at the Kansas City Spirit Festival. Gerald Spaits, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Will Matthews stand to Jay's...
Jerry Ricks during the Living Blues weekend
Jerry Ricks, seated, looking forward, wearing a banded hat, holding his sunglasses forward in his left hand, resting a guitar on his right leg with his right arm over his guitar and right hand resting...
Jessie Mae Hemphill at Kansas City Blues Society 3rd Annual Acoustic Showcase
Jessie Mae Hemphill, wearing an elaborate cutwork jacket and a bejeweled cap, smiles over her left shoulder at B. B.'s Lawnside Bar-B-Q during the Kansas City Blue Society 3rd Annual Acoustic Showcase...
Jim Herbert playing a guitar
Jim Herbert of the blues bands, Rain Dogs, wears a fedora and suspenders as he concentrates on the neck of a guitar as he plays.