Grand Emporium Collection

Anders Osborne, Swedish-American blues-rock singer and guitarist, laughs as he sits among fellow musicians, three white men, one African American man, and one white woman, in a living room. Printed in...

Baaba Maal, a Senegalese singer, guitar player, and percussionist, who sings mostly in the language of Pulaar, bends over looking down while playing a percussion instrument. Other members of the band...

Bel Airs, a blues-rock band from Columbia, Missouri comprised of three white men, perform on the stage of the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri with Mark Wenner, harmonica player and singer...

Blues singer Big John Dickerson sitting on a stool among the standing members of the band Blue Chamber, comprised of five white men and one African American man. Printed in the margin below the...

Billy Lee Riley and the Original Little Green Men, a rockabilly band comprised of four white men, grin as they sit, stand or crouch in a corner. One band member sits on a bass drum case. Another rests...

Blind Boys of Alabama, along with Sam Butler, stand in a group in front of the pipes of an organ. The Blind Boys wear light colored suits while Sam Butler wears a dark suit. Signatures in ink over...

Blind Mississippi Morris, blues harmonica player and singer, sits on a tall stool with one foot resting on an amplifier and the other touching the ground as he holds a harmonica up to his chin. He...

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...

Blues singer Cotton Candy sits in the center of four unidentified white men, all wearing fedora hats. The men sit on the chair's arm rests and on the floor in front of the chair.

Cotton Candy & So Many Men, a blues band from Kansas City comprised of one African American woman, one African American man, and four white men, sit on or in front of a tile wall in front of a...

Cotton Candy and So Many Men, is a blues ensemble comprised of one African American woman, six white men, and one African American man. Vocalist Cotton Candy sits between a drummer and a guitarist on...

Cotton Candy and So Many Men, is a blues ensemble comprised of one African American woman, six white men, and one African American man. Vocalist Cotton Candy sits between a drummer and a guitarist on...

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...

Dynatones (Acapella), a blues vocal group comprised of five white men, perform on stage at the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri. A sign at the back of the stage above their heads reads, "Grand...

Eddie Shaw, Chicago blues saxophone player and singer, performs on the Grand Emporium stage in Kansas City, Missouri with two unidentified African American men; one playing electric guitar and one...

El Vez, an Mexican American Elvis Presley impersonator, stands on stage singing into a microphone wearing a version of the 1970s blue and white jumpsuit with fringe. There are female backup singers on...

Blues guitar player and vocalist Fenton Robinson stands center stage in front of the drum set as he and a band of three African American men play on the stage at the Grand Emporium in Kansas City...

Frankie Lee, a blues, R&B, and soul singer, stands down on the dance floor among the audience, with his mouth wide open as he sings into a microphone he is holding while performing at the Grand...

George Myers, part owner of the Grand Emporium, leans his hand on the back of a chair as he looks down at a seated Tiny Tim from his right side at the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri. An...

Hank Ballard and the Midnighters, a funk, blues, and rhythm and blues vocal group of four African American men, who stand and sing at microphones at the edge of the stage at the Grand Emporium in...

Bukka Allen, Chris White, Ian Moore, and Michael Villegas sit together and look seriously at the camera. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Ian Moore. Capricorn, 2205 State Street, Nashville...

James Monque Digby, blues harmonica player for the J. Monque'D Blues Band, grins as he stands in front of a stage behind three girls wearing J. Monque'D t-shirts. The girl in the center holds a...

Jo Shannon smokes a cigarette as she stands outside next to blues musician Muddy Waters, as he steps out of the passenger side of a Chevrolet Custom Deluxe 10 Suburban SUV backstage at an unidentified...

The Johnny Nocturne Band, a blues band comprised of seven white men and one African American man, with blues vocalist Brenda Boykin, stand in front of a rock wall with a projection screen in the...

Kim Lenz and the Jaguars, a rockabilly band comprised of one white woman and three white men, stand on stage playing their instruments and Kim also sings into a microphone. Printed in the margin below...