Grand Emporium Collection

The Barnacles, a St. Louis based Americana band comprised of three white men, stand outside unsmiling for the photograph.

Big Smith, a country, Americana, and bluegrass band comprised of four white men from Springfield, Missouri, stand on the porch of the Ponce General Store holding their instruments and wearing overalls...

Billy Bacon, singer with the Americana band Billy Bacon and the Forbidden Pigs. He stands wearing a cowboy hat, a suit and a tie with a cowboy on it.

Billy Bacon and the Forbidden Pigs, an Americana band comprised of three white men, surround a large hog in front of a trailer. Two men squat down behind the pig as Billy Bacon bends toward the pig on...

Billy Bacon and the Forbidden Pigs band, an Americana band comprised of three white men, surround a large hog in front of a trailer. Two squat down behind the pig as Billy Bacon bends toward the pig...

Billy Bacon stands between the two Forbidden Pigs, holding them apart with his hands while they have mouths open as if yelling. They all wear suits. Printed below the photograph in the margin, "Billy...

Billy Bacon and the Forbidden Pigs, a three piece Americana band comprised of two white men and an Asian American man (possibly), stand holding their instruments. Billy Bacon stands on his upright...

Americana guitarist and vocalist Dave Alvin threads his fingers at his chin and stares directly at the photographer. Printed below the photograph in the margin, "Hightone Records, 220 4th St., #101...

Americana guitarist and vocalist Dave Alvin sits with an electric guitar standing up on his left thigh held by both his hands as he peeks at the photographer from the right side of the neck. He wears...

The Forbidden Pigs, an Americana band comprised of three white men, stand on cement steps holding their instruments and smiling up at the photographer. The man on the left holds a guitar. Billy Bacon...

Pig Farmer, an American band comprised of three white men from Savannah, Missouri and St. Joseph, Missouri, area perform country, classic rock and Americana music. They stand and sit below a tree in a...

Americana roots guitarist Spencer Bohren looks up and to his left as he holds a resonator guitar. He stands in front of an open wooden gate by a brick wall. Printed in the margin below the photograph...

Spencer Bohren, Americana roots guitarist, looks down at the hand on the body of his resonator guitar as he sits in front of a concrete wall with graffiti on it. Printed in the margin below the...

Roots guitarist Spencer Bohren smiles at the photographer as he rests his right arm on the side of the body of the guitar. He holds the neck with his left hand and has a finger slide on. Printed in...

Spencer Bohren, a roots guitarist, focuses on the neck of his resonator guitar as he plays with a finger slide. Printed below the photograph, "For Bookings Contact: New Blues, 7301 W. Judge Perez #358...

Spencer Bohren, Americana roots guitarist, from his right side, smiles as he looks up wearing a fedora and holding a cigarette in his left hand. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Spencer...

Spencer Bohren Trio stand outside holding their instruments: a bass on the left, Spencer Bohren with a guitar in a case in the center, And a man holding a drum head on the right. "Virgin [logo]...

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...

The Wilders, a roots band from Kansas City, Missouri of three white men and one white woman, who stand together outdoors in front of trees and holds their instruments. The men wear light-colored...