Grand Emporium Collection

The Ark Band, a glam rock band comprised of six African American men and one white man, sit and stand around a small round table in a bar wearing uniforms from approximately during the Mexican...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Bernard Allison sits with an electric guitar flat across his lap and smiles at the photographer as he wears a cowboy hat with a wide hatband, a paisley vest over a light...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Bernard Allison sits with an electric guitar flat across his lap and smiles at the photographer as he wears a cowboy hat with a wide hatband, a paisley vest over a light...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Bernard Allison stands in a doorway with his arms crossed over the body of an electric guitar. He wears a cowboy hat, a vest over a light-colored shirt. Printed below the...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Bernard Allison stands in a doorway with his arms crossed over the body of an electric guitar. He wears a cowboy hat, a vest over a light-colored shirt. Printed below the...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Bernard Allison grinning and playing guitar in the street outside the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri. He wears a double-breasted suit and a dark cowboy hat with...

Billy Branch and the Sons of Blues, a band comprised of four African American men. Two wear cowboy hats. One at the top of the photo wears a backwards ball cap. Printed in the margin below the...

Billy Branch and the Sons of Blues. Two band members wear cowboy hats. One member at the top of the photo wears a backwards ball cap. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "PolyGram Records...

Blues musician Clarence Gatemouth Brown wears a cowboy hat and a western-style shirt as he holds a fiddle in his right hand, a bow over his left shoulder and a cigarette between the fingers in his...

Zydeco accordionist and vocalist Geno Delafose smiles and looks up as he rests his hands on an accordion that is only partially in the close-up photograph. Printed in the margin below the photograph,...

Blues vocalist and guitarist Guy Davis in a right side profile close-up, head-shot photograph. He wears a fedora hat with a black headband with red and white stitching.

Saxophonist Michael Brown hugs a saxophone to his body as he wears a light-colored fedora and a checked double-breasted suit. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Michael Brown. Management and...

Blues guitarist R.L. Burnside wears a conical masonic [possibly?] hat and holds his hands up shoulder height with his fingers spread.. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Fat Possum Records...

ReBirth Brass Band, a bayou funk band from New Orleans comprised of eight African American men who stand in a group together with their arms crossed all wearing matching ReBirth hoodies. Most wear...

Reggae musician Tony Brown peeks out from under a rock formation wearing a cowboy hat. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Tony Brown."