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...

Baby Jason and the Spankers, a blues-rock band comprised of three white men, stand outside by three brick walls wearing suits. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "B.J.A.T.S., P.O. Box 81294...

Baby Jason and the Spankers, a blues-rock band comprised of four white men, stand outside in jeans and jackets. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "for correspondence: www.spankworld.com...

Baker-McClaren Band, a blues-rock band comprised of five white men, gather in a group with one man's arms around the shoulders of the two in front. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Baker...

Bel Airs, a blues-rock band from Columbia, Missouri comprised of the white men that includes Dick and Dave Pruitt, grin widely as they perform to a crowd dancing behind them. Dick Pruitt plays the...

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...

Big Wooden Radio, a blues-rock band comprised of five white men, stand and sit in the snow in front of a door holding their instruments in their cases. All of the men are bundled up in coast and hats...

The Dusters, a blues-rock band comprised of three white men, sit and lean on traveling cases. One farthest to the left allows an electric guitar to hang from a shoulder strap. Another electric guitar...

Forbidden Pigs, a blues-rock band comprised of three white men, stand holding their instruments of a snare drum, an accordion, and a string bass. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Swingin'...

Gravy, an blues-rock band comprised of three white men, stand together and smile. The member farthest to the right smokes a cigarette. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Gravy. Kudzu Records...

Henry Clay and the Benders, a blues-rock band from Missouri comprised of four white men, stand or sit as a group in a guitar store and smile at the camera. Henry Clay Ransburg is the band member...

Hoopsnakes, a blues-rock band comprised of four white men, sit and smile slightly at the camera as they all wear dark leather jackets. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Hoopsnakes...

Indigenous, a blues-rock band from South Dakota's Nakota's Nation, of two indigenous American men and one indigenous American woman, stand together and smile at the camera. The band member on the left...

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, a blues-rock band comprised of three white men, stand together and look seriously at the camera. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "the jon spencer blues...

King Johnson, a blues-rock band comprised of six white men, sit and stand, laughing or smiling, between two concrete block walls with an open structure above them. Printed in the margin below the...

Larry Raspberry and the Highsteppers, a blues-rock band from Memphis, Tennessee of four white men standing on a porch and one white woman, sitting. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Larry...

Laughing Hyenas, a blues rock band comprised of three white men and one white woman, sit around a round table playing cards, gambling, and drinking beers The woman holds her hand up as if to block the...

Laughing Hyenas, a blues rock band comprised of three white men and one white woman, stand looking serious. The three men stand in the back looking pouty. The woman stands in the front looking up at...

Lonesome Hounddogs, a blues-rock band from Lawrence, Kansas, perform on stage at the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri wearing blue or red cloth cases from head to toe with their cowboy hats...

Blues-rock guitarist Mike Reilly in a montage of color photographs with people he has appeared with. The upper left-hand photograph is Mike Reilly, Alan Blazek, and Elvin Bishop. The center-left...

The Nighthawks, a blues-rock band comprised of four white men, standing together as one in the back holds an electric guitar and one in the front holds an electric bass guitar. Printed in the right...

The Nighthawks, a blues-rock band comprised of four white men, mug for the camera as they stand together. Two wear Hawaiian print shirts. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "The Nighthawks...

The Nighthawks, a blues-rock band comprised of four white men, play their instruments as they stand together. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "The Nighthawks. Big Mo Records, R.R. #1, Box...

The Nighthawks, a blues-rock band comprised of four white men, talk to each other as they stand in front of a backdrop. Only one band member looks at the camera. Printed in the margin below the...

Omar and the Howlers, an American blues-rock group comprised of three white men, stand outside large wooden doors and by a brick wall with jackets on. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Omar...