Grand Emporium Collection

Reggae musician AZ One smiles at the photographer as he holds an electric bass guitar and sits behind a microphone.

Four members of the five member Blue City Band, a blues band comprised of three white men and two African American men, perform in a tent. Farthest to the left is David Tims playing the drums and...

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...

Cotton Candy & So Many Men, a blues band from Kansas City comprised of one African American woman, one African American man, and four white men, sit on or in front of a tile wall in front of a...

Rock pianist and vocalist Jason D. Williams stands on stage behind a microphone with his eyes closed and his mouth wide open. He wears a beige sweater and a fedora hat. Behind him is an unidentified...

Kansas City blues guitarist King Alex smiles at the camera as he plays an electric bass guitar. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "King Alex. Dawayne Gilley Productions, 3904 E 47th Terr...

The Kinsey Report, a blues band comprised of three African American men, in a photograph taken from an angle from the floor up to where they are standing, holding their instruments. Printed in the...

The Kinsey Report, a blues band comprised of three African American men, sit outside in front of a concrete wall with the number 42 painted on the support. Each member holds an instrument. Printed in...

Rhythm and blues bass player Marcus Miller sits on the floor with his left leg flat on the floor and his right leg bent at the knee behind an electric bass that Marcus holds straight up. Printed in...

Blues guitarist Matt 'Guitar' Murphy turns his head away from the camera as he speaks into the microphone and speaks to dancer Speedy Huggins who stands behind and beside Guitar Murphy. An...

Mem Shannon, blues singer, guitarist, harmonica and bass guitar player, looks seriously to the left while playing an electric guitar. He wears a dark leather vest and flat cap. There is a framed baby...

Mem Shannon, blues singer, guitarist, harmonica and bass guitar player, looks seriously to the left while playing an electric guitar. He wears a dark leather vest and flat cap. There is a framed baby...

Mem Shannon, blues singer, guitarist, harmonica and bass guitar player, looks seriously to the left while playing an electric guitar. He wears a dark leather vest and flat cap. There is a framed baby...

Mem Shannon, blues singer, guitarist, harmonica and bass guitar player, smiles as he looks at the camera while playing an electric guitar. He wears a business suit. Printed in the margin below the...

Mem Shannon, blues singer, guitarist, harmonica and bass guitar player, smiles as he looks at the camera while playing an electric guitar. He wears a business suit. Printed in the margin below the...

Mem Shannon, blues singer, guitarist, harmonica, and bass guitar player, smiles out the window of the drivers side of a taxicab as he plays a guitar. The door of the cab says, "New Breed Cab Co."...

Blues-rock guitarist Mike Reilly in a montage of color photographs with people he has appeared with. The upper left-hand photograph is Mike Reilly, Alan Blazek, and Elvin Bishop. The center-left...

Nate Turner, blues guitarist, bass player, and singer, looks toward his right shoulder at the camera with his mouth open in a circle. He wears a guitar pin on his lapel, a felt fedora hat, a bow tie...

Ron Thompson and the Resistors, a blues band comprised of two white men who stand with their instruments and one African American man who sits on a barstool holding drum sticks. He wears a straw...

Tim Reynolds Electric Trio, a band comprised of one white man and two African American men (Johnny Gilmore and Houston Ross), stand in front of a wood paneled wall and smile at the camera.

An unidentified group of three African American men performing on stage. The drummer wears a fedora hat. The electric bass player and electric guitarist wear flat caps. A banner hangs on the back of...

Wayman Tisdale, jazz bass guitarist, looks directly at the camera as he holds an electric guitar flat across his lap. His dark clothing, dark background, and the light guitar make his face, hands, and...