Grand Emporium Collection

Reggae musician AZ One smiles at the photographer as he holds an electric bass guitar and sits behind a microphone.

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...

Buckwheat Zydeco, zydeco accordion player and singer, plays an accordion and sings into a microphone on a stage with five other African American zydeco instrumentalists or an electric bass guitar, a...

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...

Jamaican bass player Fully Fullwood looks forward as he plays the bass. He wears a cap. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Fully Fullwood. Artist Representation: Paradise Productions, phn...

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...

Kansas City blues guitarist King Alex smiles at the camera as he plays an electric bass guitar. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "King Alex. Dawayne Gilley Productions, 3904 E 47th Terr...

The Kinsey Report, a blues band comprised of three African American men, in a photograph taken from an angle from the floor up to where they are standing, holding their instruments. Printed in the...

The Kinsey Report, a blues band comprised of three African American men, sit outside in front of a concrete wall with the number 42 painted on the support. Each member holds an instrument. Printed in...

Rhythm and blues bass player Marcus Miller sits on the floor with his left leg flat on the floor and his right leg bent at the knee behind an electric bass that Marcus holds straight up. Printed in...

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...

Mem Shannon, blues singer, guitarist, harmonica, and bass guitar player, smiles out the window of the drivers side of a taxicab as he plays a guitar. The door of the cab says, "New Breed Cab Co."...

Mem Shannon, blues singer, guitarist, harmonica and bass guitar player, looks seriously to the left while playing an electric guitar. He wears a dark leather vest and flat cap. There is a framed baby...

Mem Shannon, blues singer, guitarist, harmonica and bass guitar player, looks seriously to the left while playing an electric guitar. He wears a dark leather vest and flat cap. There is a framed baby...

Mem Shannon, blues singer, guitarist, harmonica and bass guitar player, looks seriously to the left while playing an electric guitar. He wears a dark leather vest and flat cap. There is a framed baby...

Mem Shannon, blues singer, guitarist, harmonica and bass guitar player, smiles as he looks at the camera while playing an electric guitar. He wears a business suit. Printed in the margin below the...

Mem Shannon, blues singer, guitarist, harmonica and bass guitar player, smiles as he looks at the camera while playing an electric guitar. He wears a business suit. Printed in the margin below the...

Meshell Ndegéocello, a funk and soul musician who sings and plays bass, sits on the floor in dark clothing and smiles to the right as she leans back on a wall. Printed in the margin below the...

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...