Grand Emporium Collection

This collection features publicity photos of live performances by the many performers who played at this iconic Kansas City venue. Led by Roger Naber, George Myers and Herb Palmer, the reputed nightclub hosted some 7,400 shows and consistently earned top honors nationally, including "Best Blues Club In America" in 1989 and 1991 from the Blues Foundation in Memphis. The Grand Emporium was sold in 2004 amid much fanfare, culminating with a Memorial Day blowout.

Items in Collection: 2341

Topics

Advertising & Media

Asian American History & Representation

Indigenous History & Representation

Latinx History & Representation

Jazz, Big Band, & Music Industry

Kansas City History

Jo Shannon smokes a cigarette as she stands outside next to blues musician Muddy Waters, as he steps out of the passenger side of a Chevrolet Custom Deluxe 10 Suburban SUV backstage at an unidentified...

Date Published

1975

1980

Larry Raspberry and the Highsteppers, a blues-rock band from Memphis, Tennessee of four white men standing on a porch and one white woman, sitting. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Larry...

Date Published

1979

Digital Collections

Jo Shannon and Muddy Waters

Larry Raspberry and the Highsteppers

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Digital Projects

LaBudde Special Collections

Marr Sound Archives

University Archives