Grand Emporium Collection

Guitarist Bar BQ Bob and washboard player Washboard Chaz crouch down on a boulder with their instruments and smile at the photographer. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Bar BQ Bob &...

Blues guitarist Bob Margolin sits looks directly at the camera while playing an electric guitar. He wears sunglasses. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Bob Margolin. Booking: Piedmont...

Blues musician Bruce Katz turns his head toward his right shoulder and winces as he plays an upright piano. An organ is behind him and to his left. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Bruce...

Bugs Henderson and the Shuffle Kings, a blues band comprised of three white men, are standing on a pile of dirt in front of a factory holding their instruments. Printed in the margin below the...

Blues guitarist Coco Montoya looks directly at the camera as he plays a left-handed electric guitar. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Coco Montoya. Photo: Pat Johnson Studios. Blind Pig...

Blues guitarist Coco Montoya looks directly at the camera with his hand resting on the neck of a guitar he holds in his lap. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Coco Montoya. Photo: Jim...

The Erick Hovey Band, a blues and roots rock band comprised of four white men, stand in a storefront holding their instruments. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "The Erick Hovey Band, High...

G. Love closes his eyes as he stands behind a microphone, blows into a harmonica on a neck harness and plays a resonator guitar. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Okeh [logo]. Epic 9403...

Chicago blues guitarist and vocalist Jake La Botz sits on a barstool playing an electric guitar, wearing a suit jacket and rolled-up jeans. A guitar case sits on the floor by the barstool. Printed in...

Jeremy Lyons and the Deltabilly Boys, a blues band comprised of three white men, stand out in the woods and smile as they look around. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Jeremy Lyons & the...

Blues guitarist and vocalist John Mooney stands under a canopy looking at the neck of a guitar he is playing as he wears sunglasses. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "John Mooney. Photo...

The Juke Jumpers, a band comprised of six white men, who play rhythm and blues, blues, and rockabilly music. They stand together more or less in a line and look directly at the camera. Printed in the...

King Brothers, a blues band comprised of four African American men and one white man, looks ahead at the camera; most wearing dark leather jackets. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Hard...

Blues harmonica player Lamont Cranston smiles off to the left as he holds a harmonica in both hands and wears a light-colored fedora hat with a dark headband. Printed on the upper right-hand corner of...

The Led Jaxson Band, a blues band comprised of five white men, stand on steps smiling at the camera. Most wears suit jackets. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "The Led Jaxson Band. Black...

Blues harmonica player Lee McBee looks directly into the camera as he holds a harmonica to his mouth with both hands in a close-up, head-shot photograph. Printed in the margin below the photograph,...

Lil' Slim and the Back-Alley Blues Band, comprised of one African American man and three white men, sit on a couch at the Zoo Bar in Lincoln, Nebraska and look straight ahead at the camera. Many...

Little Mike and the Tornadoes, a blues band comprised of four white men, look seriously at the camera. One on the left is sitting. The other three are standing. Printed in the margin below the...

Blues guitarist Lonnie Mack looks directly at the camera from under the brim of a ball cap as he holds an electric guitar. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Lonnie Mack. Epic 8807. c1988...

Blues guitarist Lonnie Mack closes his eyes as he stands and sings into a microphone and plays an electric guitar. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Alligator [logo]. Lonnie Mack. Photo...

Blues guitarist Monte Montgomery smiles and looks to the right as he leans on crossed arms. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Texas Music Group, 805 West Avenue, Suite 2, Austin, TX 78701...

Blues harmonica player R.J. Mischo looks up and to the right as he holds a vintage microphone in his right hand and a harmonica in his left hand. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "R.J...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Richard Johnston sits in front of a brick wall and closes his eyes as he sings into a microphone and plays a cigar box guitar. Printed in the margin below the photograph,...