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."

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...

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 &...

Big Bad Smitty, blues guitarist and singer, sits holding an electric guitar by the neck and between his legs. He looks seriously at the camera. An amplifier is behind him on the left. Printed in the...

Bill Hawks, Darryl Hawkins, Clifton Major, and Tommy Crab stand outside an unkempt building with glass block windows and look at the camera while wearing sunglasses. The man farthest to the left holds...

Blues guitarist, singer, and cook Bill Wharton leans to the side and plays a resonator guitar that he holds neck straight up, while a pot boils on a table full of vegetables in front of him. Printed...

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...

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...

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...

The Cate Brothers, twins Earl and Ernie, play on the Grand Emporium stage in Kansas City, Missouri. An electric bass guitar player, possibly Ron Eoff, and Earl Cate, who plays an electric guitar...

Charlie Musselwhite, blues guitarist, harmonica player, and singer, wears sunglasses as he blows into harmonica he holds with both hands. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Charlie...

Charlie Musselwhite, blues guitarist, harmonica player, and vocalist, looks at the camera as the holds a harmonica with both hands. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Charlie Musselwhite...

Charlie Musselwhite, blues guitarist, harmonica player, and singer, stands outside by railroad tracks crossing his arms over his chest as he wears a plaid shirt. Buildings are on either side of the...

Chick Willis, an African American male blues guitarist and singer, leans forward and to the right with his legs spread wide as he plays an electric jazz guitar and smiles at the camera. He wears a...

Chris Duarte, guitarist for the Chris Duarte Group, holds an electric guitar over his left shoulder as he wears a dark beret, dark leather jacket, and a keyboard tie.

Darrell Nulisch, blues harmonica player and singer, stands center stage at the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri and lifts his left hand toward the ceiling and holds a microphone to his mouth...

Don Leady, guitarist of the LeRoi Brothers rock band, stands behind a microphone and plays an electric guitar while performing.