Grand Emporium Collection

Bayou Rhythm, a zydeco and blues band comprised of one African American man and four white men, stand holding their instruments.

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...

Creole Junction, a Zydeco band of five African American men, stand, sit and lie down with serious faces. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Creole Junction. For Bookings: 713-991-5397."

Creole Zydeco Farmers, a zydeco band comprised of five African American men, stand in front of a brick wall holding their instruments. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "JS Records Recording...

The Creole Zydeco Farmers Band, a zydeco band comprised of five African American men, stand in a group with the accordion player sitting in the center front. Printed in the margin below the photograph...

Fernest Arceneaux and the Thunders, a zydeco, Cajun music band of five African American men and one white man, perform on the stage of the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri. Fernest plays an...

L'il Brian and the Zydeco Travelers, a zydeco band comprised of five African American men, stand outside on a sidewalk at a bus stop, looking seriously at the camera. Printed in the margin below the...

Rockin' Dopsie and the Zydeco Twisters, a zydeco band comprised of five African American men, stand on stage under a tent and play their instruments of a saxophone accordion, drums, washboard, and...

The Subdudes, a Cajun, folk rock, Southern rock, swamp rock, and zydeco band comprised of four white men, stand in two groups. Three men stand on the right and look straight at the camera. One band...