Grand Emporium Collection

The Ark Band, a glam rock band comprised of six African American men and one white man, sit and stand around a small round table in a bar wearing uniforms from approximately during the Mexican...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Bernard Allison sits with an electric guitar flat across his lap and smiles at the photographer as he wears a cowboy hat with a wide hatband, a paisley vest over a light...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Bernard Allison stands in a doorway with his arms crossed over the body of an electric guitar. He wears a cowboy hat, a vest over a light-colored shirt. Printed below the...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Bernard Allison grinning and playing guitar in the street outside the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri. He wears a double-breasted suit and a dark cowboy hat with...

Blues guitarist Big G, [Garrett Jacobson] closes his eyes as he plays an electric guitar as he stands next to an amplifier. He wears a cowboy hat.

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 Bacon, singer with the Americana band Billy Bacon and the Forbidden Pigs. He stands wearing a cowboy hat, a suit and a tie with a cowboy on it.

Billy Bacon stands between the two Forbidden Pigs, holding them apart with his hands while they have mouths open as if yelling. They all wear suits. Printed below the photograph in the margin, "Billy...

Billy Branch and the Sons of Blues, a band comprised of four African American men. Two wear cowboy hats. One at the top of the photo wears a backwards ball cap. Printed in the margin below the...

Billy Branch and the Sons of Blues. Two band members wear cowboy hats. One member at the top of the photo wears a backwards ball cap. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "PolyGram Records...

Blues singer Cotton Candy sits in the center of four unidentified white men, all wearing fedora hats. The men sit on the chair's arm rests and on the floor in front of the chair.

Zydeco accordionist and vocalist Geno Delafose smiles and looks up as he rests his hands on an accordion that is only partially in the close-up photograph. Printed in the margin below the photograph,...

Blues vocalist and guitarist Guy Davis in a right side profile close-up, head-shot photograph. He wears a fedora hat with a black headband with red and white stitching.

The Hackberry Ramblers, a Cajun music band comprised of seven white men, stand on a porch with each of their right hands resting on the porch railing and each wearing a light colored cowboy hat...

Indigo Swing, a jazz swing band, here with a photograph of three of its members. The three white men stand in a doorway all wearing business suits and fedora hats. The man on the left holds a...

Indigo Swing, a swing jazz band comprised of six white men, stand and sit on the sidewalk outside of a brick building with arched windows. Johnny Boyd, far to the left, looks down directly at the...

Johnny Boyd, vocalist for Indigo Swing, rearranges a curl on the top of his head with his left hand as he sits at a shiny table and holds up his fedora hat his right hand. Printed on the bottom right...

Saxophonist Michael Brown hugs a saxophone to his body as he wears a light-colored fedora and a checked double-breasted suit. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Michael Brown. Management and...

Blues guitarist R.L. Burnside wears a conical masonic [possibly?] hat and holds his hands up shoulder height with his fingers spread.. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Fat Possum Records...

Blues guitarist Steve Ferguson sits on the ground beside a tree and in front of a metal fence and plays a guitar. He wears a unique hat. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Schoolkids'...