Grand Emporium Collection

Blues guitarist Billy [Royce] squats on a stage to light his red electric guitar on fire. His hat covers his face. Printed over the photograph, "in the spirit of Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughn...

Billy Lee Riley, rockabilly singer, guitarist, and harmonica player, turns his head to the left and rests his chin on the curled fingers of his right hand in a close-up, head-shot photograph. Printed...

Billy Lee Riley, rockabilly singer, guitarist, and harmonica player, looks seriously into the camera as he holds a harmonica with both hands and wears a fedora hat cocked to the side in a close-up...

Rockabilly vocalist and guitarist Billy Lee Riley sits sideways on a chair that is outside, crosses his legs, and holds a drink in his right hand and the neck of an electric guitar in his left. The...

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...

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."...

Blues guitarist Brian "Taz" Grant sits holding a red and black electric guitar on his lap with both of his hand over the top of the body. He wears clothing to match his guitar; black hat, red and...

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...

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...

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 closes his eyes and looks to the left as he plays guitar.

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.

Butch Mudbone, a Native American male blues guitarist, singer, and harmonica player, leans back a bit as he lifts his hand from the strings of a resonator guitar and looks at his left hand holding the...