Sherman Holmes, Evie Quarles, Wendell Holmes, and Dixon stand side by side with their arms around each other smiling at the photographer in front of the stage at the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, MO.
Sherman Holmes, Iris DeMent, Wendell Holmes, and Dixon, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, stand arm in arm, side by side, in front of the bar and smile at the photographer.
Sista Monica's lips are puckered as she points to herself with her left hand and holds a microphone in her right hand during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival. She's wearing sunglasses.
Smokin' Joe Kubek and Bnois King, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, stand side by side looking at the necks of the guitars they are playing. Smokin' Joe looks serious. Bnois...
Smokin' Joe Kubek, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, looks seriously out as he plays an electric guitar.
Snooky Pryor, one of the national acts at the 1st Annual Acoustic Showcase of the Kansas City Blues Society, from his left, wearing a bowler hat, smiles into a microphone he's holding with his left...
Son Seals, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, wearing a cowboy hat, frowns as he plays an electric guitar.
Son Seals looks out as he plays the guitar during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Sonny Kenner, wearing a Fair Isle sweater, sings into a microphone as he plays an electric guitar at Mill Creek Brewery.
Sonny Kenner, looks down at the neck of the guitar he's playing during the Living Blues Party Gem, Theater. The guitar is scratched and worn. Sonny wears a suit with an open-collar shirt.
Sonny Kenner closes his eyes and smiles as he plays a guitar during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.
Blues and jazz musicians Sonny Kenner, Luqman Hamza, Richard Townsend, Rusty Tucker, Everette DeVan, Roy Searcy, King Alex, Lawrence Wright, and Linda Shell gather together at noon on the steps of the...
Spoon Wilson, wearing a fedora and a sleeveless tank undershirt, grimaces as he plays a set of drums during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.
Stan Hugeman closes his eyes as he blows into a saxophone by a microphone at the Grand Emporium.
Steve "Mr. Microphone" Cox of the blues band, Four Fried Chickens & a Coke, sings into a microphone wearing a fedora and a shiny lame shirt. Sherry "The Chick" Oswald is visible behind Steve blowing...
Steve Mugalian, a member of the band Rod Piazza & Mighty Flyers, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, intently looks to his left towards the photographer as he plays a drum set...
Steve Pryor, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, sings into a microphone as he plays an electric guitar. The guitar has the name "Steve" on it with a lizard forming the "S".
Studebaker John, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, wearing a beret, closes his eyes and blows into a harmonica he clutches in both hands.
Sue Corbet's hair swirls about her head as she looks over her left shoulder and plays a guitar at the Grand Emporium. She's wearing a Sun Records shirt.
Sue Stubbs looks down over a guitar she is playing at the Grand Emporium.
James "Super Chikan" Johnson, one of the national acts to perform at BB's Lawnside BBQ, wearing a cowboy hat, looks down at the neck of the electric guitar he is playing.
James "Super Chikan" Johnson, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, wearing a bowler hat, looks seriously at the neck of the electric guitar he is playing.
Susan Tedeschi, one of the national acts to perform at Roadhouse Ruby's North in Kansas City, MO, grimaces over her left shoulder as she plays a guitar.
Sweet Betty Echols, looking serious, sings into a microphone she hold in her right hand at the 6th Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS.
Syl Johnson smiles to his right as he stands behind a microphone and plays an electric guitar at the Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS.
