Grand Emporium Collection

Guitarist Bob Bordy stands with three types of guitars. An electric guitar hangs around his neck. A resonator rests on his left foot held at the neck with B.'s left hand. Another small electric guitar...

Guitarist Bob Bordy sits on a tall stool holding a resonator guitar. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "'B.' Bordy."

Houserocker' Johnson and the Shadows in a bar. Guitarist Houserocker sits on a piano with his feet on the keys holding an electric blues guitar across his lap. He is smiling as he wears a light...

Progressive rock musician Adrian Belew smiles at the photographer in a head-shot photograph. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Adrian Belew. Caroline [logo], 114 West 26th Street, New York...

Albert Griffith's Gladiators, a Jamaican reggae band comprised of seven Jamaican men, sit outdoors on a set of stairs. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Albert Griffith's Gladiators. In...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Albert King stands with his arms crossed and both thumbs up. He wears a pinstripe business suit, a fedora hat, and smokes a pipe. Printed in the margin below the...

In the photograph on the left blues guitarist and vocalist Albert King grins as he crosses his arms over his chest and gives a thumbs up from each hand. He wears a business suit, a fedora hat, and...

Blues vocalist Alberta Adams holds a microphone to her mouth with her right hand. She wears a sweater with bead and crystal appliques, rings on all fingers except the smallest, a watch and dangle...

Cajun fiddle player Allen Fontenot smiles as he lifts his elbow high to stroke the violin with the bow. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Allen Fontenot. Cajun - Country - Zadico music. 504...

Andrew Tosh, a Jamaican singer, stands and sings into a microphone as he wears a light colored cap slanted to one side, a light colored jacket with two horizontal stripes across the chest, and driving...

Andrew Tosh, a Jamaican singer, sings into a microphone as he wears a hat. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Andrew Tosh. Artist Representation: Paradise Productions, phn: 734-572-4441...

Guitarist Anson Funderburgh folds his hands on the right shoulder of blues vocalist Sam Myers who is wearing sunglasses. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Black Top Records Paving the way...

Artie White, blues singer, places the thumb of his left hand into his throat as he smiles at the camera in a close-up, head-shot photograph. He wears a bowtie and a diamond ring. Printed in the margin...

Artie White, blues singer, places the thumb of his left hand into his skin behind his chin as he smiles at the camera in a close-up, head-shot negative photograph. He wears a bowtie and a diamond ring...

Band from Hell, a rock band comprised of four white men, sitting and standing on a brick wall in front of a building mural of a knuckle-head motorcycle motor. Printed in the margin below the...

Bluegrass musician Banjer Dan sits and smiles to his right as he holds a banjo upright on his left thigh. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "BanjerDan."

Guitarist Bar BQ Bob and washboard player Washboard Chaz crouch down on a boulder with their instruments and smile at the photographer. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Bar BQ Bob &...

Bayou Rhythm, a zydeco and blues band comprised of one African American man and four white men, stand holding their instruments.

BCR [Black Crack Revue], a Missouri based groove band comprised of four white men wearing nightgowns, nightcaps, with Rev. Dwight Frizzell playing a baritone saxophone and Thomas Aber playing an...

Bel Airs, a rockabilly band comprised of three white men, stand outdoors on possibly a gravel drive and smile at the camera with trees on the back right and buildings and telephone poles on their back...

Bel Airs, a rockabilly band from Columbia, Missouri, comprised of three white men, stand with the two on the edges facing each other and the one in the middle smiling at the photographer. Printed in...

Bel Airs, a blues-rock band from Columbia, Missouri comprised of three white men, including Dick and Dave Pruitt, smile as they bend slightly to play their instruments in a slightly blurred and...

Bel Airs, a blues-rock band from Columbia, Missouri comprised of the white men that includes Dick and Dave Pruitt, grin widely as they perform to a crowd dancing behind them. Dick Pruitt plays the...

Bel Airs, a blues-rock band from Columbia, Missouri comprised of three white men, perform on the stage of the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri with Mark Wenner, harmonica player and singer...

Ben Vaughn, multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, and founder of the Ben Vaughn Combo, sits on the hood of a Rambler car holding an electric guitar on his lap. A bumper sticker on the car reads,...