Betty Crow Collection

Chloe Abel sitting in the shoulders of Milt Abel during a Mutual Musicians House Band rehearsal in Kansas City. Two unidentified men are leaning against the back wall. Milt Abel is wearing a tan...

Claude "Fiddler" Williams, Blanche Williams, and Bryan Hicks sitting left to right at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. All three are smiling and looking forward. Claude...

Claude Williams and David Daahoud Williams performing at a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Claude is standing on the left, wearing a blue suit. David is...

Claude Williams and David Daahoud Williams performing at a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Claude is sitting in a chair facing away from the camera while...

Claude Williams performing at the City Light Jazz Club in Kansas City, Missouri. He is closing his eyes while playing the fiddle. George Spaits is playing bass partially off camera on the left. They...

Claude Williams playing fiddle for an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Williams is wearing a brown leather jacket and pants and is smiling while playing. An...

Claude Williams playing fiddle during a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Williams is looking down while playing. He is wearing a blue suit. Other people are...

Claude Williams playing fiddle during a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Williams is facing away from the camera while playing. He is wearing a blue suit.

Claude Williams with unidentified musicians at an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Williams is wearing a brown leather jacket and pants and is turning to the side...

Claude Williams with unidentified musicians at an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Williams is wearing a brown leather jacket and pants and is turning to the side...

David Basse and Ricky Anderson performing at Plaza III on Pennsylvania Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. Basse is singing into a microphone he is holding in one hand. Anderson is playing bass in the...

David Basse performing with his band at the 12th Street Room at the Downtown Marriott in Kansas City, Missouri. Basse is singing into a microphone while clapping his hands. Unidentified musicians are...

David Basse performing with his band at the 12th Street Room at the Downtown Marriott in Kansas City, Missouri. Basse is singing into a microphone while clapping his hands. Unidentified musicians are...

David Basse performing with his band at the 12th Street Room at the Downtown Marriott in Kansas City, Missouri. Basse is holding a microphone and looking forward. Unidentified musicians are playing...

David Basse performing at the 12th Street Room at the Downtown Marriott in Kansas City, Missouri. Basse is holding a microphone and looking to the side. An unidentified man is playing bass behind...

David Daahoud Williams playing bass at the 90th Birthday Jam at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Williams is wearing a light blue suit and is looking to the side while playing...

David Daahoud Williams playing bass at a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Williams is wearing a white sweater and looking forward while playing. The back wall...

Diane "Mama" Ray and Big John Amaro performing at an event. Ray is looking to the side while singing into a microphone in her hand. Amaro is playing a keyboard and smiling at Ray. They are in a room...

Diane "Mama" Ray and Big John Amaro performing at an event. Ray is singing into a microphone while closing her eyes. Amaro is playing a keyboard in the back. Rick Hendricks is playing guitar on the...

Diane "Mama" Ray and Big John Amaro performing at an event. Ray is looking to the side and smiling while holding a cigarette in her hand. Amaro is sitting at a keyboard with a microphone on top. Two...

Diane "Mama" Ray and Tom DeMasters performing at the Blue Note Café in Kansas City, Missouri. Ray is singing into a microphone in one hand. DeMasters is playing guitar and looking up at Ray. They are...

Diane "Mama" Ray singing at an event at the Blue Note Café in Kansas City, Missouri. Ray is looking up and singing into a microphone in her hands. She is in front of a wall covered with a mural of...

Diane "Mama" Ray performing at an event. She is closing her eyes while singing into a microphone in her hand. Billie G. Moore, Jr. is dancing in front of her. With an unidentified woman. They are in a...

Diane "Mama" Ray, Big John Amaro, and an unidentified man performing at an event. Ray is looking to the side and smiling while holding a microphone in her hand. Amaro is sitting at a keyboard in back...

Doug Auwarter and Kevin Mahogany performing at the Blue Note Café in Kansas City, Missouri. Auwarter is looking to the side while playing drums. Mahogany is wearing a blue suit and singing into a...