Grand Emporium Collection

Cotton Candy and So Many Men, is a blues ensemble comprised of one African American woman, six white men, and one African American man. Vocalist Cotton Candy sits between a drummer and a guitarist on...

Reggae guitarist and vocalist Cryout looks to the right as he plays a guitar over a hand drawn city and night sky background.

Reggae guitarist and vocalist Cryout looks down and to the right as he plays a guitar over the colors of the Jamaican flag. Printed across the bottom of the photograph, "Cryout, Reggae."

Reggae musician and vocalist Cryout plays guitar and congas at a festival. A white woman keyboardist is behind his left shoulder. A white male drummer is behind his right shoulder. A banner...

Reggae guitarist and vocalist Cryout is photographed from below as he stands holding an electric guitar with his right hand and looks down wearing sunglasses. Printed in the margin below the...

Dave Thompson, blues guitarist and singer, sits on the back support of a couch with an electric guitar resting on his left knee as he looks off to the right. He wears a dark cowboy hat. The wall...

Diane Schuur, jazz singer and pianist, Bobby Watson, Jr., jazz saxophonist, Dr. John, jazz and blues singer, and Monty Alexander, jazz pianist, in four separate close-up, head-shot portrait...

Blues harmonica player and vocalist Dr. Feelgood Potts smiles in a head-shot photograph with a shiny vest thrown over his shoulder. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Dr. Feelgood Potts. For...

Eddie Shaw, blues saxophone player and singer, smiles at the camera as he stands and lifts his arms wide while holding a saxophone across his body with a neck strap. He wears a fedora hat with a...

Eddie Shaw, Chicago blues saxophone player and singer, performs on the Grand Emporium stage in Kansas City, Missouri with two unidentified African American men; one playing electric guitar and one...

Eddie Shaw, blues saxophone player, lifts his right knee and closes his eyes as he plays a tenor saxophone. He wears a vest over a button-down shirt. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Eddie...

Eddie Shaw, blues saxophone player and singer, smiles at the camera as he stands and holds two saxophones. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Eddie Shaw and "The Wolf Gang." Colt Recording...

Eddie Shaw, blues saxophonist, closes his eyes as he opens his mouth wide in a close-up photograph from his right side. He holds two saxophones; one under his right arm and one across his body from...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Eddy Clearwater smiles as he hugs his guitar to his chest. He wears a light colored cowboy hat with a metal band and a cowboy shirt with fringe on the yokes. Printed in...

Blues guitar player and vocalist Fenton Robinson stands center stage in front of the drum set as he and a band of three African American men play on the stage at the Grand Emporium in Kansas City...

Fernest Arceneaux, wearing sunglasses, plays the accordion and sings into a microphone. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Fernest Arcenaux."

Blues singer Frankie Lee in a split panel of two photographs. In the photograph on the left, he leans his face on his right fist. In the right photograph, he makes a fist with his right hand and bends...

Frankie Lee, a blues, R&B, and soul singer, stands down on the dance floor among the audience, with his mouth wide open as he sings into a microphone he is holding while performing at the Grand...

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.

R&B vocalist Hank Ballard smiles as he snaps his fingers at shoulder height and lifts his right knee on the right side of the photograph as Syd Nathan sits on a tall stool smiling to his left at Hank...

Hank Ballard and the Midnighters, a funk, blues, and rhythm and blues vocal group of four African American men, who stand and sing at microphones at the edge of the stage at the Grand Emporium in...

Blues guitarist and vocalist James Armstrong sits leaning his head on his right hand which elbow rests on his right thigh. An electric guitar is standing upright with the neck resting on his left...

Blues guitarist and vocalist James Armstrong stands with his guitar on the floor in front of him and hold the neck with his hands folded over the headstock. He wears a dark suit jacket over t-shirt...

Blues guitarist and vocalist James Armstrong sits with an electric guitar. The head of the guitar sits on the chair between his legs as James hugs the body with his left arm. He looks seriously at the...