Grand Emporium Collection

Lucky Peterson, blues guitarist, piano player, and organist, wears sunglasses as he looks at the camera with the neck of a Gibson guitar visible on the right side of his body. Printed in the margin...

Lucky Peterson, blues guitarist, piano player, and organist, stands between the keyboards of an organ and a piano as he hugs the neck of an electric jazz guitar. Printed in the margin below the...

Luther 'Houserocker' Johnson, blues guitarist and singer, sings into a microphone with his eyes closed and plays an electric guitar. Another band member is on the left side of the photograph and...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Luther 'Houserocker' Johnson closes his eyes as he sings into a microphone and plays an electric guitar. He wears a three-piece suit and a straw hat. Printed in the margin...

Blues guitarist Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson sits on a chair in front of a brick wall with peeling paint and looks down at the neck of an electric guitar that he is playing. A beam of light shines...

Blues guitarist Luther Allison grins as he plays a guitar. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Booking: the rosebud agency, P.O Box 170429, San Francisco, CA 64117, (415)386-3456, Fax: (415...

Blues guitarist Luther Allison winces as he plays a guitar. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Booking: the rosebud agency, P.O Box 170429, San Francisco, CA 64117, (415)386-3456, Fax: (415...

Blues guitarist Luther Allison hugs an electric guitar. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Thomas Ruf Production, Kirchstr. 24, 37318 Lindewerra, Fon (49)-(0) 5652-958600, Fax (49)-(0) 5652...

Blues guitarist Luther Allison winces as he plays a guitar. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Booking: The rosebud agency, P.O Box 170429, San Francisco, CA 64117, (415)386-3456, Fax: (415...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Luther Guitar Jr. Johnson closes his eyes as he plays a guitar on stage with an unidentified band of four white men at the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri. A sign...

Madcat and Kane, a blues duo comprised of harmonica player Peter 'Madcat' Ruth, and guitarist Shari Kane. Madcat is laughing as he stands with his hands in his pockets as Kane leans her back on his...

Magic Dick and Jay Geils stand together as Magic Dick (left) holds a harmonica in both hands, and Jay Geils (right) holds an electric guitar. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Magic Dick &...

Jay Geils and the Bluestime band, white male blues musicians hold their instruments and stand behind Magic Dick, blues singer and harmonica player. Their names printed below their photograph. Printed...

Magic Dick and Jay Geils with Bluestime, a blues group comprised of five white men, stand together while the man second from the left holds an electric guitar and a man farthest to the right holds a...

Blues guitarist and singer Magic Slim sings into a microphone as he plays a Fender Jazzmaster electric guitar. He wears a light colored straw hat with a feather hatband. Printed in the margin below...

Blues guitarist and singer Magic Slim plays an electric guitar as he stands wearing a dark fedora. A brim of a dark fedora hat is visible. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Photo: Stephen...

Blues guitarist and singer Magic Slim places his fingers on the neck of a guitar in a close-up, head-shot photograph. A brim of a dark fedora hat is visible. Printed in the margin below the photograph...

Magic Slim & the Teardrops, a blues band of four African American men, perform on a stage that has wood paneled walls behind them at the 1125 Club at 59th & May in Chicago, Illinois. One band member...

Magic Slim, blues guitarist and singer, looks down at the neck of an electric guitar he is playing. He wears a straw cowboy hat with a feather hat band and a denim vest over a printed t-shirt.

The Mannish Boys, a blues band comprised of four African American men and two white men, in individual photographs in two horizontal rows. Their names and instruments are printed below each photograph...

Marcia Ball, blues singer and pianist, smiles at the camera in a close-up, head-shot photograph.

Blues vocalist Marcia Ball leans on her right hand and rests on her right elbow with a tiny grand piano at her armpit in a close-up, head-shot photograph. Printed in the margin below the photograph...

Marcy Rae (Sweet Mama Cotton), blues singer and pianist, smiles at the camera as she wears a brimmed hat and a boa in a close-up, head-shot photograph. Printed in the margin below the photograph,...

Maria Muldaur, jazz, blues, and folk singer, closes her eyes as she holds a microphone in both hands close to her face. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Maria Muldaur. Piedmont Talent...

Blues harmonica player Mark Hummel looks seriously at the camera as he wears sunglasses, a fedora hat, and a dark business suit. With his arms crossed across his chest, he holds a harmonica in his...