Grand Emporium Collection

Chicago blues gutiarist and vocalist Ronnie Baker Brooks looks directly at the photographer as he wears a dark cowboy hat, a shiny shirt, and holds an electric guitar. Printed in the margin below the...

Roomful of Blues, a blues band comprised of eight white men and one African American man, sit with their luggage on the sidewalk in front of a mansion with a "sold" real estate sign in front of it...

Roomful of Blues, a blues band comprised of eight white men and one African American man, gather in a group holding their instruments and smiling at the camera. Printed in the margin below the...

Roomful of Blues, a blues band comprised of eight white men and one African American man, three of which sit on a train platform with a roof extension over them, three stand on the platform, and three...

Roomful of Blues, a blues band comprised of seven white men and one African American man, stand on a stage holding their instruments in a room with an ornate wallpaper border. Printed in the margin...

Roomful of Blues, a blues band comprised of seven white men and one African American man, sit on cement stairs outside a gothic style building. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Roomful of...

Roomful of Blues, a blues band comprised of seven white men and one African American man, stand in a line. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Roomful of Blues, (l-r) Rich Lataille, Mike...

Roomful of Blues, a blues band comprised of eight white men and one African American man, sit and stand as a group in front of a wood paneled wall and look at the camera. Several microphones are in...

Blues guitarist Roy Gaines holds up an electric guitar as he smiles at the camera. A brick wall is behind him. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Roy Gaines. Severn Records, Tel: (410) 923...

Blues guitarist Roy Gaines sits on a stage at the foot of the drum set and looks sad as he plays an electric guitar. The hem of his pants legs are around his knees. Printed in the margin below the...

Blues guitarist Roy Gaines smiles as he plays an electric guitar. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Roy Gaines. 2000. "Lucille Works for Me", "Bluesman for Life", "I Got the T-Bone Walker...

Double bassist Russell Jackson closes his eyes and smiles as he plays a stand up bass in the center of the railroad tracks. A train is behind him. He wears a fedora hat, pants with suspenders over a...

Blues drummer Sam Lay sits and rests his right cheek on his right hand and slightly smiles toward the camera. He wears a business suit with a chest-length necktie with a cowboy boot tie tack, and a...

Blues drummer Sam Lay glares at the drum set he sits behind. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Sam Lay. Blues Management Group, Thomas J. Radai Jr., Phone (414) 321-0188."

Blues harmonica player and vocalist Sam Myers stands on the edge of the stage wearing a business suit and singing into a microphone as he holds a harmonica with both hands, and blues guitarist Anson...

Blues vocalist Sam Myers sits in front of guitarist Anson Funderburgh. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Anson Funderburgh & Sam Myers. Booking: Piedmont Talent, Steve Hecht, 311 Oakdale...

Blues vocalist Sam Myers sits in front of guitarist Anson Funderburgh. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Anson Funderburgh & the Rockets Featuring Sam Myers. Booking: Piedmont Talent, Steve...

Blues guitarist Sherman Robertson rests his chin in his right hand in a close-up, head-shot photograph. He wears a light colored cowboy hat. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Sherman...

Siegel-Schwall, a blues band comprised of two African American men and two white men, who stand in a group holding their instruments and smiling at the camera. The band member farthest on the left...

Blues duo Silent Partners stand together wearing sport jackets and smiling at the camera. The man on the left points to the neck of the double bass the man on the right is playing in a close-up...

The SlackJaw Blues Band, a blues band comprised of two African American men and two white men, stand together looking down into the camera. The man in the front center rests his left hand across his...

Smokey Wilson, a Mississippi blues singer and guitarist, smiles at the camera in a close-up, head-shot photograph. He wears an embroidered shirt and a bolo tie. Printed in the margin below the...

Blues guitarist Smokin' Joe Kubek and blues guitarist and singer B'nois King are on a sidewalk outside a record store. Smokin' Joe stands behind a seated B'nois King, both holding their guitars...

Smokin' Joe Kubek and B'nois King, Texas blues musicians, stand back to back and move their faces look at the camera. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Booking: Piedmont Talent, Steve Hecht...

Son Seals, electric blues guitarist, closes his eyes and grimaces with his mouth open as he looks down as he plays an electric guitar. He wears a printed vest over a light-colored, long-sleeved shirt...