Grand Emporium Collection

The 9's, a funk band comprised of five white men and one white woman, stand together wearing dark suits against a white background except for the band members on the outsides. Printed in the lower...

The Automatics, a Kansas City funk band comprised of four white men and two African American men, sit on a deck railing with trees behind them. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "The...

The Automatics, a Kansas City funk band comprised of seven white men, stand in the corner of two brick walls. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "The Automatics. For Bookings: Johnny "C",...

Baghdad Jones, a funk-rock band comprised of five white men, one Asian American man, and one white woman, sit and stand on fire escape steps outside a brick building. Printed in the margin below the...

Billy Goat is a funk-rock band from Kansas City comprised of one African American man, four white men, and one white woman. The men stand and the woman bends to rest her hands on her knees. Printed in...

Billy Tipton Memorial Sax Quartet, comprised of four white women and one white man, play jazz, soul, and funk music, stand together laughing. One band member holds a baritone sax and lets it rest on...

The Bluerunners, a Cajun rock, blues, and funk band comprised of four white men, stand in front of a metal wall. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "L to R: Rob Savoy, Steven Le Blanc, John...

BokoMaru, a Kansas City jazz and funk band comprised of five white men, stand outside all wearing dark colors. The photo is shot from the ground up. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Boko...

Cee Knowledge and the Cosmic Funk Orchestra, a hip-hop, funk, and soul band comprised of six African American men, one African American woman, two white men, and two possibly Latino men, stand tightly...

Deep Banana Blackout, a jazz-funk band comprised of one white woman and seven white men, sit and stand outside on rock boulders. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Deep Banana Blackout. P.O...

Global Funk Council, a funk band comprised of Anthony Smith, Eric Bolivar, Dan Lebowitz, and Steve Adams, stand looking up at the camera. All wear a white, open-collar shirt, and dark suit jackets...

Gran Torino, a funk band comprised of three African American men, four white men, and one Mexican American man (possibly), stand in front of a police line-up board and look seriously at the...

The Groove Hogs, a funk, jazz, soul and blues band comprised of ten white men, lie on a floor of alternating black and white square tiles, with their heads in a circle and a pair of a woman's legs and...

The Groove Hogs, a funk, jazz, soul, and blues band comprised of ten white men, stand on or in front of a porch of a slat wood building. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "The Groove Hogs...

Grupo Fantasma, a Latin funk group comprised of ten mostly Mexican American men and a few white men, stand and sit in front of Leal's Tire Shop which has a mural of a Mayan Indian across the wall...

Hairy Apes BMX, a band comprised of one African American man and three white man, stand in a line in front of a wall. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Artist Workshop [logo]. HAIRYAPESBMX...

Hank Ballard and the Midnighters, a funk, blues, and rhythm and blues vocal group of four African American men, who stand and sing at microphones at the edge of the stage at the Grand Emporium in...

Henry Turner Jr. and Flavor, a reggae and funk band comprised of two African American men, and one white man. Henry Turner, Jr. sits in the middle. He and the other African American man wear...

Hot Buttered Rhythm, a jazz-funk fusion band comprised of six African American men, stand and sit in front of an open garage. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Hot Buttered Rhythm. Contact...

Michael Ray and the Cosmic Krewe, a funk, soul, and jazz band comprised of three African American men, and five white men, stand on stairs in colorful costumes. Printed in the margin below the...

Monkey Meet, a funk band comprised of three African American men and two white men, stand sideways to the camera except for the band member in the middle. Printed in the margin below the photograph,...

New Orleans Juice, a funk and soul band comprised of five white men, stand outside laughing while leaning on French doors as the member in the middle squats down. The shot taken from the ground up...

Pele Juju, a band playing jazz, reggae, folk, world, and country music and comprised of all white women, laugh as they stand or crouch together outside together in front of palms. Printed in the...

Pharaohs with Sir Charles L. "Ki" Handy, in a montage of photographs on top of hand drawn logos of African American (likely) musicians and one white male percussionist. Handwritten in the margin below...

Phat Phunktion, a funk and soul band comprised of six white men, one African American man, and one white woman, stand together mostly dressed in dark suits, and give the "gunpoint" to the photographer...