Grand Emporium Collection

Ron Thompson and the Resistors, a blues band comprised of two white men who stand with their instruments and one African American man who sits on a barstool holding drum sticks. He wears a straw...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Ruthie Foster (left), in a split photograph, sits on a suitcase on railroad tracks and plays an acoustic guitar. In the photograph on the left, Ruthie is joined by hand...

Blues drummer Sam Lay sits and rests his right cheek on his right hand and slightly smiles toward the camera. He wears a business suit with a chest-length necktie with a cowboy boot tie tack, and a...

Blues drummer Sam Lay glares at the drum set he sits behind. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Sam Lay. Blues Management Group, Thomas J. Radai Jr., Phone (414) 321-0188."

Scarlet Runner, a blues-rock band comprised of Jason Christensen, Jack Christensen, and Jeremy Ackley, stand outside in front of a house laughing. The band member in the center is smoking. The one on...

Sean Costello and the Counts of Rhythm is a blues ensemble comprised of three white men and one African American man. Standing in the back is a harmonica player, a drummer, and a stand-up bass player...

Jazz drummer and dancer Speedy Huggins sits at a bar and leans his head on his left hand that holds a cigarette. A glass with a drink in it sits on the bar in front of him. He wears a striped suit...

Jazz drummer and dancer Speedy Huggins sits and looks to his left at the photographer. He wears a graphic print short-sleeved shirt.

Spencer Bohren Trio stand outside holding their instruments: a bass on the left, Spencer Bohren with a guitar in a case in the center, And a man holding a drum head on the right. "Virgin [logo]...

Steve Reid, jazz percussionist, leans back on a wall of rocks and smiles directly at the camera with his hands crossed in his lap. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Steve Reid. Telarc jazz...

Style Scott, a Jamaican drummer for the band, Dub Syndicate, stands on the left side of the photograph and holds up a few braids of hair from the top of his head. Printed in the margin below the...

Tim Reynolds Electric Trio, a band comprised of one white man and two African American men (Johnny Gilmore and Houston Ross), stand in front of a wood paneled wall and smile at the camera.

The Twisters, a rock and roll band comprised of three white men, in four individual photographs in a collage. The top is the drummer. In the bottom left is the bass player. In the top right is the...

The Twistin' Tarantulas, a rockabilly band from Detroit, Michigan comprised of three white men, stand holding their instruments with a completely dark background. They all look seriously at the camera...

The Twistin' Tarantulas, a rockabilly band from Detroit, Michigan comprised of three white men, stand in a cinderblock room with head-height windows holding their instruments. To the left is a guitar...

Two Hoots and a Holler, is a roots rock band from Austin, Texas. Eddie Edmonson on the left plays an electric bass guitar. Pat Kelly in the center plays a drum set. Ricky Broussard on the right jumps...

An unidentified group play their instruments in an empty room with a tongue-in-groove wooden floor. Two white men stand in the back facing each other and leaning back to play a saxophone on the left...

Blues drummer and vocalist Willie "The Touch" Hayes purses his lips and looks over his left shoulder as he plays a drum set while wearing a dark fedora hat. Printed in the margin below the photograph...