Grand Emporium Collection

Alvin Youngblood Hart, blues guitarist and singer, looks slightly off to his left as he sits and plays an acoustic guitar in a close-up photograph with a blue background.

Alvin Youngblood Hart, blues guitarist and singer, has a far-off look in his eyes as he sits and sings into a microphone and plays a resonator guitar in a close-up photograph.

Alvin Youngblood Hart, blues guitarist and singer, looks seriously to his left as he sits behind a microphone and plays a resonator guitar.

Serbian blues guitarist and singer Ana Popovic sits on the floor and leans an electric guitar against her left knee and leans her head toward the neck. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Ana...

Serbian blues guitarist and singer Ana Popovic sits by a wall with a wire pattern as she wears a black, sparkly top with spaghetti straps. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Ana Popovic...

Canadian blues guitarist Anthony Gomes looks down and bends his knees as he plays an electric guitar on his right hip. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "33rd Street Records [logo]. Anthony...

Canadian blues guitarist Anthony Gomes stands with his arms and hands opened wide out from his body as an electric guitar hangs from the strap around his neck. Printed below his feet on the photograph...

Baaba Maal, a Senegalese singer, guitar player, and percussionist, who sings mostly in the language of Pulaar, looks to his left and holds eyeglasses in his hands as he stands by the corner of a mud...

Baaba Maal, a Senegalese singer, guitar player, and percussionist, who sings mostly in the language of Pulaar, bends over looking down while playing a percussion instrument. Other members of the band...

Senegalese singer, guitarist, and percussionist Baaba Maal looks forward at the camera in a close-up portrait photograph. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Baaba Maal. Palm Pictures [logo]...

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 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 sits holding an electric guitar as he smiles up at the photographer. Printed below the photograph in the bottom margin, "Record Label: Tone-Cool Records, 6...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Bernard Allison sits holding an electric guitar as he smiles up at the photographer. Printed below the photograph in the bottom margin, "Record Label: Ruf Records, America...

Big Joe Turner, blues guitarist from Jackson, Tennessee, looks to the right as he plays an electric guitar. He wears a straw fedora hat, aviator glasses, and a t-shirt with an outline of himself...

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...

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...

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.

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...

Bridges and Smith, a duo comprised of a white woman and a white man, stand outside in front of a fence each holding a guitar. Printed across the bottom of the photocopy of a photograph, "Bridges and...

Bryant-Giles Group, a jazz duo comprised of two white men. The man on the left holds a saxophone. The man on the right holds a guitar. They stand inside, possibly, a parking garage. Printed in the...

Blues guitarist and vocalist C.A. Waller, from Lincoln, Nebraska, leans his elbows on a railing and rests his chin on his wrists in a close-up, head-shot photograph. A guitar case is leaning on a...

Blues guitarist and vocalist C.A. Waller, from Lincoln, Nebraska, stands on a step looking down in a dark and narrow stairwell. He is able to rest his left hand on the ceiling above his head. He...