Grand Emporium Collection

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...

Jazz pianist Luqman Hamza smiles into a microphone as he plays a piano. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Luqman Hamza. A.K.A. Larry Cummings. Smooth Tenor Voice. Fluid Piano Style. Vast...

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...

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 Majestics Rhythm Revue, a dance party band from Lawrence, Kansas comprised of one African American man, four white men, and one white woman, standing in front of a rock wall. Printed in the margin...

Zydeco accordionist and guitarist Major Handy leans against a brick wall playing an accordion. Printed in the right margin of the photograph, "Major Handy & the Wolf Couchons."

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...

Mark Whitfield, jazz guitarist, looks up as he plays a guitar in front of a microphone dropped from the ceiling. There is a brick wall behind him. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Mark...

Blues guitarist Maykiss smiles as he plays an electric guitar. He has a Minnie Mouse t-shirt on under a business suit jacket, sunglasses, and a African Kufi-style hat.

Blues guitarist Markiss rests his crossed arms on an electric guitar. He is under an arched bridge. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Markiss & the Shades of Color. MidAmerica Talent, 1128...

Blues guitarist Markiss rests his crossed arms on an electric guitar that hangs from a guitar strap around his neck. He stands outside by streets that run under an arched bridge. Printed in the margin...

Matt 'Guitar' Murphy, blues guitarist, smiles at the camera. He wears a ball cap that reads, "Labatt's BlueLive" and has musical notes on the brim.

Matt 'Guitar' Murphy, blues guitarist, turns his head to the left to smile at the camera as he hugs an electric guitar to his body. He wears a dark leather jacket and a ball cap. The ball cap reads,...

The Matthew Skoller Band, a blues band comprised of three white men and one African American man, stand with their heads in a diamond shape in front of a brick wall in a close-up photograph. Printed...