Grand Emporium Collection

Chubby Carrier, zydeco accordion player, smiles at the camera as he plays a Gabbanelli accordion. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Chubby Carrier, Blind Pig Recording Artist, Blind Pig...

Zydeco accordionist Chubby Carrier smiles as he plays his personalized accordion in a photograph taken from above his head. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Photo: Jim Purdum. Chubby...

Zydeco accordionist Chubby Carrier opens his mouth to sing as he plays his personalized accordion. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Photo: James Fraher. Chubby Carrier, Blind Pig Recording...

Zydeco accordionist Chubby Carrier stands among palm trees holding his personalized accordion and wearing a re and white floral shirt. and the Bayou Swamp Band. Printed in the margin below the...

Zydeco accordionist Chubby Carrier grins at the photographer as he holds his personalized accordion. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Chubby Carrier & the bayou swamp band. P.O. Box 1008...

Zydeco accordionist Chubby Carrier grins at the photographer as he holds his personalized accordion. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Chubby Carrier & the bayou swamp band. P.O. Box 1008...

Zydeco accordionist Chubby Carrier grins at the photographer as he holds his personalized accordion. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Chubby Carrier & the bayou swamp band. P.O. Box 1008...

Zydeco accordionist Chubby Carrier grins at the photographer as he holds his personalized accordion. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Chubby Carrier & the bayou swamp band. P.O. Box 1008...

Zydeco accordionist Chubby Carrier opens his mouth wide as he holds his personalized accordion. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Chubby Carrier & the bayou swamp band. P.O. Box 1008...

Zydeco accordionist Chubby Carrier opens his mouth wide as he holds his personalized accordion. Printed in the margin below the photograph, Intrepid Artists, Inc., Midtown Plaza . 1300 Baxter St. Ste...

Four men from the City Light Orchestra sit outside on a patio and smile as Ahmad Alaadeen looks at a soprano saxophone. All are wearing suits. From left to right: Ahmad Alaadeen, Tim Whitmer, LaVerne...

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...

A photograph of Con Funk Shun featuring Michael Cooper and Felton Pilate, a soul funk disco band. Five African American men stand in the back and two sit in the front. Five of the members wear...

Rock vocalist Corey Glover covers his hair with both hands to display a ring on every finger of his left hand and on ring on his right. He looks seriously up at the photographer between his hands...

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...

Count Basie smiles as he looks down and raises his right hand as Dave Brubeck looks at Count Basie and laughs at the story. Other members of the crowd are visible all around them. Count Basie wears a...

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...

Crazy 8s, a rock band comprised of two African American men and five white men, stand in front of a wall of graffiti as if dancing. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Crazy 8s. Management...

Creole Junction, a Zydeco band of five African American men, stand, sit and lie down with serious faces. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Creole Junction. For Bookings: 713-991-5397."