Reverend Billy C. Wirtz, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, from his right side, holds out his left hand, palm up, fingers spread, as he holds a microphone to his mouth with...
Rich Berry, wearing a harmonica neck holder with a harmonica in it, smiles as he sits behind a microphone, resting a guitar on his right leg, opening a Price Chopper bottle of water at the City Market...
Rich Lataille, of the band Roomful of Blues, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, closes his eyes and blows into a tenor saxophone.
Richard Townsend, standing, wearing a double-breasted suit and holding a microphone near the right side of his head, looks down during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater.
Richard Townsend, left side profile, wearing a flat cap and sunglasses, holds a microphone with his right hand and has a guitar strap around his shoulder during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues...
Rick Hendricks looks straight at the photographer as he plays a guitar during the Hope House Benefit at the Grand Emporium.
Rick Hendricks, wearing a Hawaiian print shirt, smiles to his left as he holds the neck high of an electric guitar he is playing during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival:
Rick Holmstrom, a member of the band, Rod Piazza & the Mighty Flyers, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, leans over an electric guitar he's playing and looks intently at the...
Rick Yord, seated on an amplifier and holding an upright bass, with Tom Hall, seated on a bar stool and strumming a guitar while looking at Rick to his right, and Greg Camp, also seated on a bar stool...
Robert Cray looks down as he plays an electric guitar held up high on his chest. One of the national acts at the Uptown Theater.
Robert Lockwood, Jr. peacefully closes his eyes as he plays a guitar at the 5th Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS.
Robert Lockwood, Jr., wearing a flat cap, purses his lips during a close-up photo is taken of his face and guitar headstock during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Robert Lockwood, Jr., wearing a flatcap, looks seriously over a microphone as he holds an electric guitar on his lap during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Robert Lockwood, Jr., one of the national acts to appear at the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival, looks seriously out over a microphone as he strums a guitar sitting on his lap with only his right...
Robert Lockwood Jr., wearing a fedora, listens intently to an unidentified African American woman across the table from him. An unidentified African American man is to Robert's right, facing right, on...
Rod Piazza, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, wearing sunglasses, blows into an amplified harmonica that he clutches with his left hand and controls the sound with his right.
Rod Piazza, wearing sunglasses, sits to the right of Evie Quarles and Miss Honey Piazza sits to Evie's left. All three are smiling at the camera.
Brody Buster and Shannon Curfman, national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, stand next to Roger Naber and Mary Faith in front of the signature wall and all smile at the photographer.
Roland Allen closes his eyes and grimaces as he sings into a microphone and plays a guitar with Don Shipps behind him with his eyes closed as he plays a guitar also at the Grand Emporium for the...
Ron Edwards looks down at the neck of a guitar he is playing with a bottleneck during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Ron Teamer & Smokin' Guns stand outside of the Grand Emporium during the Blues Challenge 2003.
Ron Teamer, wearing a cowboy hat, looks seriously down in front of himself as he plays a guitar with beads on leather laces hanging from the neck of the guitar, at the Grand Emporium.
Ronnie Baker Brooks, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, closes his eyes as he plays an electric guitar.
Ronnie James Weber, one of the national acts to perform at the After Fest Jam at the Grand Emporium, looks down at the neck of a bass guitar he is playing. A pin up girl decorates his guitar.
Rory Block closes her eyes and lifts her chin high as she plays a slide guitar at the Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS.
