Grand Emporium Collection

Blues singer Rondo, looks seriously at the camera in a close-up, head-shot photograph. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Rondo. Booking - (314) (849-7443). Recording Artist (U.S.A.) Blue...

Chicago blues gutiarist and vocalist Ronnie Baker Brooks looks directly at the photographer as he wears a dark cowboy hat, a shiny shirt, and holds an electric guitar. Printed in the margin below the...

Blues guitarist Ronnie Earl of Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters, closes his eyes as he embraces the neck of a guitar with both hands. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Ronnie Earl and the...

Blues guitarist Ronnie Earl leans against a painted brick wall and holds an electric guitar as he looks seriously at the camera. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Black Top Records [logo]...

Roomful of Blues, a blues band comprised of eight white men and one African American man, sit with their luggage on the sidewalk in front of a mansion with a "sold" real estate sign in front of it...

Roomful of Blues, a blues band comprised of ten white men, in a collage of portrait photographs of the men playing their instruments overlapping each other. Printed in the margin below the photograph...

Roomful of Blues, a blues band comprised of eight white men and one African American man, gather in a group holding their instruments and smiling at the camera. Printed in the margin below the...

Roomful of Blues, a blues band comprised of eight white men and one African American man, three of which sit on a train platform with a roof extension over them, three stand on the platform, and three...

Roomful of Blues, a blues band comprised of seven white men and one African American man, stand on a stage holding their instruments in a room with an ornate wallpaper border. Printed in the margin...

Roomful of Blues, a blues band comprised of seven white men and one African American man, sit on cement stairs outside a gothic style building. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Roomful of...

Roomful of Blues, a blues band comprised of seven white men and one African American man, stand in a line. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Roomful of Blues, (l-r) Rich Lataille, Mike...

Roomful of Blues, a blues band comprised of ten white men, standing on possibly risers in front of a brick wall, a rather dark room, and looking at the camera. Printed in the margin below the...

Roomful of Blues, a blues band comprised of eight white men and one African American man, sit and stand as a group in front of a wood paneled wall and look at the camera. Several microphones are in...

Roomful of Blues, a blues band comprised of eight white men, stand on the stage in front of the instruments and smile at the camera. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Roomful of Blues...

Roomful of Blues, a blues band, with Curtis Salgado, a singer and harmonica player, and Ronnie Earl, a guitarist, stand on stage performing. A baritone saxophone player is on the left side of the...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Rory Block, in a three-way split photograph, wears a black suit and fedora hat. In the bottom photograph she is playing an acoustic guitar. Printed in the margin below the...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Rory Block, in a split photograph, wears a white shirt as she leans against a brick wall. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Booking/Management: Piedmont Talent...

Ross William Perry, a blues singer and guitarist, sings and plays an electric guitar in the dark. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Ross William Perry. Website www.rosswilliamperry.com...

Blues guitarist Roy Gaines holds up an electric guitar as he smiles at the camera. A brick wall is behind him. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Roy Gaines. Severn Records, Tel: (410) 923...

Blues guitarist Roy Gaines sits on a stage at the foot of the drum set and looks sad as he plays an electric guitar. The hem of his pants legs are around his knees. Printed in the margin below the...

Blues guitarist Roy Gaines smiles as he plays an electric guitar. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Roy Gaines. 2000. "Lucille Works for Me", "Bluesman for Life", "I Got the T-Bone Walker...

Electric blues slide guitarist Roy Rogers stands on a porch with a weathered wood wall behind him and smiles down to his left. He rests his hands on the body of a resonator guitar that hangs by a...

Electric blues slide guitarist Roy Rogers stands and hugs a guitar to his body as he smiles at the camera. He wears a fedora-style hat. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Roy Rogers...

Roy Rogers, electric blues slide guitarist, holds the lapels of his coat with both hands and tucks his chin toward the coat collar. He looks up from under the brim of a dark fedora hat he is wearing...

Roy Rogers and the Delta Rhythm Kings, an electric blues band comprised of three white men, who are standing outside on a wooden bridge and smiling at the camera. Printed in the margin below the...