Grand Emporium Collection

Blue Meanies, a ska band comprised of eight white men, take dramatic poses with their instruments on stage. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Blue Meanies. Thumb Tack Booking 312-296-2014...

Café Accordion Orchestra, a band comprised of five white men, all wearing dark shirts or turtleneck sweaters as they play their instruments.

Café Accordion Orchestra, a band comprised of five white men, appear on stage behind big band stands with the orchestra's logo printed on them. Each is playing his instrument.

The Clumsy Lovers, a Canadian Celtic band comprised of four men and one woman, standing under an overpass with a chain-link fence behind them. The woman plays the fiddle and one man plays a banjo and...

The Codetalkers, a band comprised of four white men, each play their instrument in four separate photos spliced together. The band features Col. Bruce Hampton. Printed in the margin below the...

The Forbidden Pigs, an Americana band comprised of three white men, stand on cement steps holding their instruments and smiling up at the photographer. The man on the left holds a guitar. Billy Bacon...

Henry Clay and Rhythm Method, a band comprised of four white men, stand in a music store and smile.

The Reverend, a member of the psychobilly band Reverend Horton Heat, plays an electric guitar as he stands on a double bass, in his cowboy boots, that has been laid on its side on stage as the bass...