Grand Emporium Collection

Reggae musician AZ One smiles at the photographer as he holds an electric bass guitar and sits behind a microphone.

Buckwheat Zydeco, zydeco accordion player and singer, plays an accordion and sings into a microphone on a stage with five other African American zydeco instrumentalists or an electric bass guitar, a...

Burton Gaar, bass guitarist and blues singer, sits unsmiling for a photograph wearing a sports jacket and sunglasses. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Burton Gaar."

Cate Brothers [band], twins Earl and Ernie, play rock and roll on the Grand Emporium stage in Kansas City, Missouri. Ernie sings into a microphone and plays the keyboards, a bass player, possibly Ron...

The Cate Brothers, twins Earl and Ernie, play on the Grand Emporium stage in Kansas City, Missouri. An electric bass guitar player, possibly Ron Eoff, and Earl Cate, who plays an electric guitar...

Darrell Nulisch, blues harmonica player and singer, stands center stage at the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri and lifts his left hand toward the ceiling and holds a microphone to his mouth...

Jamaican bass player Fully Fullwood looks forward as he plays the bass. He wears a cap. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Fully Fullwood. Artist Representation: Paradise Productions, phn...

British rock bassist and vocalist Gordon Haskell looks down with a smile and scratches his forehead with his left hand. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "voiceprint, P.O. Box 5, Derwentside...

Kansas City blues guitarist King Alex smiles at the camera as he plays an electric bass guitar. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "King Alex. Dawayne Gilley Productions, 3904 E 47th Terr...

The Kinsey Report, a blues band comprised of three African American men, in a photograph taken from an angle from the floor up to where they are standing, holding their instruments. Printed in the...

The Kinsey Report, a blues band comprised of three African American men, sit outside in front of a concrete wall with the number 42 painted on the support. Each member holds an instrument. Printed in...

Rhythm and blues bass player Marcus Miller sits on the floor with his left leg flat on the floor and his right leg bent at the knee behind an electric bass that Marcus holds straight up. Printed in...

Mem Shannon, blues singer, guitarist, harmonica, and bass guitar player, smiles out the window of the drivers side of a taxicab as he plays a guitar. The door of the cab says, "New Breed Cab Co."...

Mem Shannon, blues singer, guitarist, harmonica and bass guitar player, looks seriously to the left while playing an electric guitar. He wears a dark leather vest and flat cap. There is a framed baby...

Mem Shannon, blues singer, guitarist, harmonica and bass guitar player, looks seriously to the left while playing an electric guitar. He wears a dark leather vest and flat cap. There is a framed baby...

Mem Shannon, blues singer, guitarist, harmonica and bass guitar player, looks seriously to the left while playing an electric guitar. He wears a dark leather vest and flat cap. There is a framed baby...

Mem Shannon, blues singer, guitarist, harmonica and bass guitar player, smiles as he looks at the camera while playing an electric guitar. He wears a business suit. Printed in the margin below the...

Mem Shannon, blues singer, guitarist, harmonica and bass guitar player, smiles as he looks at the camera while playing an electric guitar. He wears a business suit. Printed in the margin below the...

Meshell Ndegéocello, a funk and soul musician who sings and plays bass, sits on the floor in dark clothing and smiles to the right as she leans back on a wall. Printed in the margin below the...

Nate Turner, blues guitarist, bass player, and singer, looks toward his right shoulder at the camera with his mouth open in a circle. He wears a guitar pin on his lapel, a felt fedora hat, a bow tie...

No Trend, a punk rock band comprised of four white men, perform on stage and in front of the stage. They wear matching clothes and hats. The guitarist and percussionist walk on the floor in front of...

Ron Thompson and the Resistors, a blues band comprised of two white men who stand with their instruments and one African American man who sits on a barstool holding drum sticks. He wears a straw...

Scarlet Runner, a blues-rock band comprised of Jason Christensen, Jack Christensen, and Jeremy Ackley, stand outside in front of a house laughing. The band member in the center is smoking. The one on...

Tim Reynolds Electric Trio, a band comprised of one white man and two African American men (Johnny Gilmore and Houston Ross), stand in front of a wood paneled wall and smile at the camera.

Two Hoots and a Holler, is a roots rock band from Austin, Texas. Eddie Edmonson on the left plays an electric bass guitar. Pat Kelly in the center plays a drum set. Ricky Broussard on the right jumps...