Grand Emporium Collection

The Chicago Rhythm and Blues Kings, an R&B and blues band comprised of three African American men and three white men, pose in a group with three seated in the front, two behind them, and one standing...

Chicago Rhythm and Blues Kings, a blues band comprised of four white men and two African American men, stand together. All are wearing dark suits. Two wear flat caps. Two wear fedoras. Printed in the...

Chick Willis, an African American male blues guitarist and singer, laughs as he plays an electric guitar. He wears a light-colored flat-cap backwards and a tuxedo jacket with a wide, light-colored...

Chick Willis, an African American male blues guitarist and singer, leans forward and to the right with his legs spread wide as he plays an electric jazz guitar and smiles at the camera. He wears a...

Blues electric guitarist and vocalist Chris Beard points at the photographer as he holds the neck of a guitar he holds upright. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Price of Blues, W.C. Handy...

Blues vocalist and guitarist Chris Thomas King wears sunglasses in a close-up, head-shot photograph. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Chris Thomas King. 21CB records [logo]. Scotti Bros...

Blues vocalist and guitarist Chris Thomas King stands on a palm tree-lined sidewalk, holding a guitar case and looking to the right. The windows of the building he stands beside are barred. Printed in...

Blues musician Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, in a head-shot, leans forward and smiles to his left while wearing a cowboy hat and a leather jacket. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Clarence...

Blues musician Clarence Carter sits on a high stool among his many awards wearing a tuxedo with lamé lapels and sunglasses. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Clarence Carter. Rodgers...

Blues musician Clarence Gatemouth Brown wears a cowboy hat and a western-style shirt as he holds a fiddle in his right hand, a bow over his left shoulder and a cigarette between the fingers in his...

The Cobras, a blues band out of Austin, Texas, comprised of five white men, stand with Junior Williams as all smile at the camera. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "The Cobras, Red Hot...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Corey Harris looks to the camera from one side of the neck of a guitar. He holds the neck with both hands on which he wears a steel slide and rhythm rings. Printed in the...

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...

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...

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...

Blues guitarist Craig Horton closes his eyes and looks down as he plays an electric guitar and sits behind a microphone on a tall stool. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Bad Daddy Records...

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...

Dave Weld and the Imperial Flames, a blues band comprised of three African American men and one white man, who all wear different types of fedora hats and smile at the camera. Dave Weld holds an...

The Derek Trucks Band, a rock and blues band comprised of three white men and one African American man, stand together and smile at the camera. Derek Truck stands second from the right. Printed in the...

Blues guitarist Diamond Jim Greene stands outside in front of a wall of vines playing a resonator guitar with a steel finger slide. He holds possibly a glass finger slide between his teeth. He wears a...

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...

Blues harmonica player Eddie Burks, in a head-shot photograph from his right side, holds his mouth wide open. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Rising Son Records [logo]. Eddie Burks...

Blues harmonica player Eddie Burks, in a head-shot photograph from his right side, holds his mouth wide open. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "rising son blues [logo], Phone/Fax (219) 939...