Betty Crow Collection

Cowboy Raymond Jones and Bill Cox laying new tiles on the floor of the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Jones is kneeling on the left while hammering tiles. Cox is sitting on the...

Cowboy Raymond Jones and Bill Cox laying new tiles on the floor of the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Jones is kneeling on the left while hammering tiles. Cox is sitting on the...

Cowboy Raymond Jones working at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Jones is placing painter's tape around a bathroom wall. He is wearing blue overalls and blue sweater. He is...

Cowboy Raymond Jones working at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Jones is placing tape on a bathroom door. He is wearing blue overalls and blue sweater.

Cowboy Raymond Jones working at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Jones is holding a sanding machine and is covered in paint. He is standing on an unfinished floor.

A crowd of unidentified people sitting on bar stools and chairs at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Everyone is watching the stage or talking to each other. Various...

A crowd of unidentified people sitting at tables during an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. The tables have pink and purple coverings. Purple and white balloons are...

A crowd of unidentified people attending an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Everyone is talking and milling about. A table with refreshments is in the back against a...

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...

Dorothy Donegan and Al "Delightful De" Bartee signing autographs at the Allis Plaza Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. Donegan is wearing a Chanel hat. Bartee is wearing a black suit jacket and vest...

Dorothy Donegan and Elsa Hart at the Allis Plaza Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. Hart is standing next to Donegan, looking forward and smiling.

Dorothy Donegan signing an autograph for an unidentified woman at the Allis Plaza Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. Elsa Hart and Al "Delightful De" Bartee are standing nearby. Donegan is wearing a...