Grand Emporium Collection

Billy Lee Riley and the Original Little Green Men, a rockabilly band comprised of four white men, grin as they sit, stand or crouch in a corner. One band member sits on a bass drum case. Another rests...

Blues guitarist Bob Margolin sits looks directly at the camera while playing an electric guitar. He wears sunglasses. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Bob Margolin. Booking: Piedmont...

Rock guitarist Bob Mould in a close-up, head-shot photograph, seriously looks slightly to the left. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Bob Mould. Treat Artists, Inc., Literary & Talent...

A promotional sheet of four portrait photographs of African American blues musicians. From the top left, Bobby "Blue" Bland; top right, Denise LaSalle; bottom right, Buddy Guy; and bottom left, Robert...

Blues guitarist Bobby Carson closes his eyes as he plays an electric guitar behind a microphone. He wears a short-sleeved shirt to reveal guitar tattoos on each forearm.

Bobby Murray, a Japanese-Irish American male electric blues guitarist, looks directly at the camera as he hugs an electric guitar where the neck meets the body with both hands. The guitar is held...

Bobby Parker, blues guitarist and singer, stands with his hands resting on the headstock of an electric guitar of which he rests the other end of the guitar on the floor between his legs. Printed in...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Bonnie Raitt smiles over her right shoulder as she stands behind a microphone playing an acoustic guitar. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Bonnie Raitt...

Bottle Rockets, a rock-and-roll band comprised of four white men, lean against a brick wall. The second man holds an electric guitar. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Bottle Rockets. East...

Folk guitarist Brandon Jenkins crosses his tattooed arms across the body of an acoustic guitar he has on its side across his lap. A label attached to the body of the guitar reads, "Armed Okie."...

Brian Stoltz, singer, funk and soul guitarist from New Orleans, Louisiana, looks down with concentration as he plays an electric guitar; light coming from behind him. Printed in the margin below the...

Bridges and Smith, a duo comprised of a white woman and a white man, stand outside in front of a fence each holding a guitar. Printed across the bottom of the photocopy of a photograph, "Bridges and...

Brother Red, a trio of one African American man and two white men, lean over the keyboard of a Hammond B3 organ. Don Michael "Red" Young has his fingers on the keys, while Kenny Sara to the left...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Bryan Lee looks left in a close-up head-shot photograph. He wears a dark hat with a braided leather hatband with alligator teeth decoration and sunglasses. Printed in the...

Bryant-Giles Group, a jazz duo comprised of two white men. The man on the left holds a saxophone. The man on the right holds a guitar. They stand inside, possibly, a parking garage. Printed in the...

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...

Buddy Guy, blues guitarist and singer, stands at the microphone on stage at the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri and looks down and to the left. A sign at the back of the stage above their...

Blues guitarist Buddy Guy stands behind a microphone and turns to his right motion to the audience. A guitar is under his right arm. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Buddy Guy. Personal...

Blues guitarist Buddy Guy with Howard and the White Boys, a blues band comprised of three white men and one African American man, in a four-way split photograph of the group performing with Buddy Guy...

Blues guitarist Bugs Henderson stands as he plays an electric guitar.

Butch Mudbone, a Native American male blues guitarist, singer, and harmonica player, smiles as he raises the neck of an electric guitar straight up as he plays. A bass player is behind him.

Butch Mudbone, a Native American male blues guitarist, singer, and harmonica player, closes his eyes and leans his ear to the right over the neck of an electric guitar he is playing, as he stands...

Butch Mudbone, a Native American male blues guitarist, singer, and harmonica player, opens his mouth wide as he sings and plays a resonator guitar outdoors. A palm tree is partially out of the picture...

Butch Mudbone, a Native American male blues guitarist, singer, and harmonica player, looks and smiles to the right as he plays an electric guitar. He stands in front of a cowboy and desert backdrop.

Butch Mudbone, a Native American male blues guitarist, singer, and harmonica player, opens his mouth wide to sing into a microphone as he holds an electric guitar under his right arm.