Grand Emporium Collection

Blue Sky, a Kansas City blues band comprised of one African American woman and four white men, stand in front of an industrial machine. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "www.kcbluesky.com...

Cee Knowledge and the Cosmic Funk Orchestra, a hip-hop, funk, and soul band comprised of six African American men, one African American woman, two white men, and two possibly Latino men, stand tightly...

The Charmaine Neville Band with Reggie Houston, Amasa Miller, and Charmaine Neville, stand in a group with their arms around each other and smile at the camera. Printed in the margin below the...

Christfari, a Christian reggae band comprised of one African American woman, three African American men, and four white men, stand together in front of a backdrop and look seriously at the...

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...

Fuzz, a band comprised of four white men and one African American woman, stand around a vintage car. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Fuzz. Contact Fuzz, 918.231.2162, 818.745.0781."...

Ges Work, a jazz ensemble comprised of four African American men and two African American women, on a street standing and sitting on and around a Ford car. Printed in the margin below the photograph,...

Ges Work, a jazz ensemble comprised of four African American men and two African American women, outdoors by a rock wall. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "For booking information contact...

Honeypot, a band comprised of eight white men and one African American woman, lie all over a sedan out in the woods, as one man lets air out of a tire and looks around to make sure they don't get...

Infrared Rockers, an American reggae band comprised of four African American men and one African American woman all wearing traditional clothing, stand in front of batik wall hangings with their hands...

JGB is a blues band comprised of two African American women, two African American men, and four white men. The men stand in a parlor behind the two seated women. Printed in the margin below the...

Saxophonist John Firmin, of the Johnny Nocturne Band, squats behind vocalist Kim Nalley who sits in front of John holding his saxophone but looking back over her shoulder at John as he holds the...

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...

L'il Georgie and the Shuffling Hungarians, a blues band comprised of one African American man, three African American women, and seven white men, sit and stand in a group most in silly poses and...

Linda Shell, blues singer, stands center stage singing into a microphone, and Ron Thompson, guitarist, closes his eyes as he plays guitar to the right, with two other unidentified band members: a...

The Messengers, a Kansas City band comprised of four white men, one white woman and includes Monique Danielle, all standing in a recording studio. Printed on the bottom left-hand corner of the...

Mississippi Heat, a blues band comprised of three African American men, one African American woman, and two white men, sit and stand together with everyone holding their instruments. Printed in the...

The Other Woman, comprised of five African American women, stand in a group wearing different pieces of zoot suit style pinstripe, double-breasted business suits. Printed in the margin below the...

Professor's Blues Review featuring Gloria Hardiman, is a blues band comprised of four African American men who stand behind Gloria Hardiman, blues singer, who sits in an upholstered chair in front of...

Roots Rock Society, a reggae band comprised of one white man, three African American men, and one African American woman, stand together and smile or laugh. Printed in the margin below the photograph...

Rudy Love and the Love Family Band, a funk band from Wichita, Kansas comprised of eight African American men and one African American woman, sit on risers on a stage. The guitarists and percussionists...

Saffire -- The Uppity Blues Women, a blues band comprised of one African American woman and two white women, laugh as they hold their instruments; a guitar, a double bass, and a keyboard. Printed in...