Grand Emporium Collection

Four members of the five member Blue City Band, a blues band comprised of three white men and two African American men, perform in a tent. Farthest to the left is David Tims playing the drums and...

Burton Gaar, bass guitarist and blues singer, sits unsmiling for a photograph wearing a sports jacket and sunglasses. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Burton Gaar."

Cate Brothers [band], twins Earl and Ernie, play rock and roll on the Grand Emporium stage in Kansas City, Missouri. Ernie sings into a microphone and plays the keyboards, a bass player, possibly Ron...

The Cate Brothers, twins Earl and Ernie, play on the Grand Emporium stage in Kansas City, Missouri. An electric bass guitar player, possibly Ron Eoff, and Earl Cate, who plays an electric guitar...

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...

Darrell Nulisch, blues harmonica player and singer, stands center stage at the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri and lifts his left hand toward the ceiling and holds a microphone to his mouth...

Dave Pegg playing the bass and singing into a microphone. Richard Thompson, sitting and playing an amplified tambourine in his right hand and a snare drum with his left hand. An unidentified white...

British rock bassist and vocalist Gordon Haskell looks down with a smile and scratches his forehead with his left hand. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "voiceprint, P.O. Box 5, Derwentside...

Rock pianist and vocalist Jason D. Williams stands on stage behind a microphone with his eyes closed and his mouth wide open. He wears a beige sweater and a fedora hat. Behind him is an unidentified...

Blues guitarist Matt 'Guitar' Murphy turns his head away from the camera as he speaks into the microphone and speaks to dancer Speedy Huggins who stands behind and beside Guitar Murphy. An...

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...

No Trend, a punk rock band comprised of four white men, perform on stage and in front of the stage. They wear matching clothes and hats. The guitarist and percussionist walk on the floor in front of...

Ron Thompson and the Resistors, a blues band comprised of two white men who stand with their instruments and one African American man who sits on a barstool holding drum sticks. He wears a straw...

Scarlet Runner, a blues-rock band comprised of Jason Christensen, Jack Christensen, and Jeremy Ackley, stand outside in front of a house laughing. The band member in the center is smoking. The one on...

Tim Reynolds Electric Trio, a band comprised of one white man and two African American men (Johnny Gilmore and Houston Ross), stand in front of a wood paneled wall and smile at the camera.

Two Hoots and a Holler, is a roots rock band from Austin, Texas. Eddie Edmonson on the left plays an electric bass guitar. Pat Kelly in the center plays a drum set. Ricky Broussard on the right jumps...

An unidentified group play their instruments in an empty room with a tongue-in-groove wooden floor. Two white men stand in the back facing each other and leaning back to play a saxophone on the left...