Lee Oskar, a member of the Same Ole Band, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, closes his eyes and furrows his brow as he blows into a harmonica he holds with his right hand.
Lee Oskar plays a harmonica into a microphone during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Lem Sheppard, wearing sunglasses, looks down at the electric guitar he is playing during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.
Lem Shepphard, wearing a crocheted skull cap, closes his eyes and sings into a microphone as he plays the guitar at Club Paradox during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.
Leon Russell, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, from his left, wearing a cowboy hat and sunglasses, looks down at the keyboard as he plays.
Leon Sam, wearing a cowboy hat, sings into a microphone as he plays an accordion at the Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS.
Leonard Ladd of the Roland Allen Band, wearing an Otis Spann t-shirt, sticks his tongue out and looks at the keys as he concentrates on playing a keyboard at the Grand Emporium during the KCBS April...
Lester "Duck" Warner sit and plays a trumpet in a fedora hat in front of a drum set at Mississippi Graces in Kansas City, KS.
Lester "Duck" Warner, from the right, wearing a straw flat cap, blows into a valve trombone during Rhythm & Ribs Jazz Festival at 18th & Vine.
Lester "Duck" Warner, wearing a fedora and a bead necklace, blows into a trumpet at a microphone at the Grand Emporium. The photograph includes Lester from the chest up.
Lester "Wizard" King, wearing a suit jacket over a sweater that says, "Crossroads of the Blues," closes his eyes as he plays a flying-X guitar at the Grand Emporium.
Groups Levee Town and Simplexity (Jeff Jones; GoGo Ray; Dave Wilkerson; Wes Blackman; Blaze; George Robinson; Tyson Leslie; Mark Gilmore) sit outside on steps and smile at the photographer.
The Levee Town Band stand together for a photo at the Grand Emporium. Jimmie Meade holds a harmonica. Brandon Hudspeth smiles and holds an electric guitar. Jan Faircloth smiles right at the...
Lightnin' Malcolm, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, perspiring heavily, sticks his tongue out as he plays an electric guitar up near his chest.
Lil Brother's face with a pipe in his mouth and wearing a jacket is seated at the drum set at the Grand Emporium.
Lil' Bob (Camille Bob), wearing a sailor hat, sings into a microphone at the 5th Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS.
Lil' Ed, singing and playing the guitar, leads a conga line of the audience through the seated audience at the Grand Emporium.
Lil' Ed of the band The Imperials, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, wearing a cheetah-skin print fez hat and vest, leans back and forms his mouth into an "O" as he stands and...
Linda Shell wears a tiara as she sings into a microphone during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater. She is facing to the photographer's right.
Linda Shell closes her eyes and splays the fingers of her left hand toward the sky as she sings into a microphone at the Grand Emporium.
Line of people waiting at night to enter one of the music venues in Kansas City called the Grand Emporium.
Link Wray, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, wearing sunglasses, smiles at the playing of a bassist, possibly Pat Hays, as Link plays an electric guitar.
Lionel Young, one of the national acts to perform at the KC Blues & Jazz Festival After Fest Jam, wears a straw hat as he looks to the right and plays an electric violin.
Lionel Young, wearing a straw cowboy hat, sunglasses, and beads in his hair, sings into a microphone and plucks a fiddle during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Lisa Henry licks her lips and looks up left as she holds the microphone in her left hand and touches thumb to ring finger on her right hand as she stands before the stage lights on stage at 2005...
