Betty Crow Collection

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...

Jazz musicians performing at a Parks & Recreation Event at Southmoreland Park in Kansas City. From left to right: Joe Cartwright standing in front of a piano, an unidentified woman pointing, Duck...

Jazz musicians performing at a Parks & Recreation Event at Southmoreland Park in Kansas City. From left to right: Ricky Anderson playing bass, Mama Ray holding a microphone and looking up, and Ray...

Jazz musicians performing at a Parks & Recreation Event at Southmoreland Park in Kansas City. From left to right: Joe Cartwright playing piano, Mama Ray singing into a microphone in a stand, and Ricky...

Jazz musicians performing at an event at the Blue Note Café in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Bill Caldwell playing saxophone, Diane "Mama" Ray singing into a microphone in both hands, and...

Jazz musicians performing at an event at the Blue Note Café in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Marc Caplan playing drums in the back, Diane "Mama" Ray holding up her arms while singing into...

Jazz musicians performing at an event at the Blue Note Café in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Bill Caldwell playing saxophone, Marc Caplan looking to the side while playing drums, Diane...

Jazz musicians performing at an event at the Blue Note Café in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Bill Caldwell playing saxophone, Diane "Mama" Ray looking up while singing into a microphone...

Jazz musicians performing at an event at the Blue Note Café in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Marc Caplan playing drums, Diane "Mama" Ray holding up her arms while singing into a...

Jazz musicians performing at an event at the Blue Note Café in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Bill Caldwell playing saxophone, Diane "Mama" Ray holding a microphone, and Marc Caplan...

Jazz musicians performing at an event at the Blue Note Café in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Richard Van Sant playing a piano, Bill Caldwell holding a saxophone and looking down, Marc...

Rick Hendricks and Diane "Mama" Ray performing at an event. Hendricks is looking down and smiling while playing guitar. Ray is bending down in the bottom right corner. They are in a room with white...

Rick Hendricks and Diane "Mama" Ray performing at an event. Hendricks is looking down while playing guitar. Ray is closing her eyes while singing into a microphone in her hand. They are in a room with...

Rick Hendricks, Diane "Mama" Ray, and an unidentified musician performing at an event. Hendricks is playing guitar while looking down. Ray is singing into a microphone while closing her eyes. The...