Grand Emporium Collection

Guitarist Bob Bordy stands with three types of guitars. An electric guitar hangs around his neck. A resonator rests on his left foot held at the neck with B.'s left hand. Another small electric guitar...

Guitarist Bob Bordy sits on a tall stool holding a resonator guitar. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "'B.' Bordy."

Houserocker' Johnson and the Shadows in a bar. Guitarist Houserocker sits on a piano with his feet on the keys holding an electric blues guitar across his lap. He is smiling as he wears a light...

British guitarist Adrian Legg closes his eyes as he sits behind a microphone and play an acoustic guitar. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Red House Records [logo]. Red House Records, P.O...

Alejandro Escovedo, guitarist and singer, sits in front of a window with an acoustic guitar on his lap and looks off to the left. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Alejandro Escovedo."...

Blues guitarist Alvin Youngblood Hart looks seriously to his left as he leans left and plays an electric guitar. He wears a wide headband and a plaid shirt. Printed in the margin below the photograph...

Serbian blues guitarist and singer Ana Popovic sits on the floor and leans an electric guitar against her left knee and leans her head toward the neck. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Ana...

Blues guitarist Andrew "Jr. Boy" Jones stands by a curved wall and smiles at the camera as he holds an electric guitar. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Andrew "Jr. Boy" Jones. Bullseye...

Blues guitarist Andrew "Jr. Boy" Jones stands by a curved wall and smiles at the camera as he holds an electric guitar. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Andrew "Jr. Boy" Jones. Booking...

Anson Funderburgh, blues guitarist, stands farthest to the right holding a guitar. Sam Myers, harmonica player and blues singer, stands in the center holding a harmonica to his mouth with both hands...

Canadian blues guitarist Anthony Gomes looks down and bends his knees as he plays an electric guitar on his right hip. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "33rd Street Records [logo]. Anthony...

Canadian blues guitarist Anthony Gomes stands with his arms and hands opened wide out from his body as an electric guitar hangs from the strap around his neck. Printed below his feet on the photograph...

B.O.M.B. [Bruce Humphries], the one man rockabilly band, bends over a bass drum with his name printed on the drum head and stares at the photographer while he holds a guitar. He is in a room of many...

Badwater, a country band comprised of three Cherokee men and one white man, in a montage photograph of each member playing their instruments. Printed across the top of the montage, "Badwater," in a...

Guitarist Bar BQ Bob and washboard player Washboard Chaz crouch down on a boulder with their instruments and smile at the photographer. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Bar BQ Bob &...

Bayou Rhythm, a zydeco and blues band comprised of one African American man and four white men, stand holding their instruments.

Blues guitarist Becky Barksdale looks seriously at the photographer as she hugs the neck of a guitar. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Becky Barksdale. spinout [logo], Spinout[at]earthlink...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Bernard Allison sits with an electric guitar flat across his lap and smiles at the photographer as he wears a cowboy hat with a wide hatband, a paisley vest over a light...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Bernard Allison sits with an electric guitar flat across his lap and smiles at the photographer as he wears a cowboy hat with a wide hatband, a paisley vest over a light...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Bernard Allison stands in a doorway with his arms crossed over the body of an electric guitar. He wears a cowboy hat, a vest over a light-colored shirt. Printed below the...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Bernard Allison stands in a doorway with his arms crossed over the body of an electric guitar. He wears a cowboy hat, a vest over a light-colored shirt. Printed below the...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Bernard Allison sits holding an electric guitar as he smiles up at the photographer. Printed below the photograph in the bottom margin, "Record Label: Tone-Cool Records, 6...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Bernard Allison sits holding an electric guitar as he smiles up at the photographer. Printed below the photograph in the bottom margin, "Record Label: Ruf Records, America...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Bernard Allison grinning and playing guitar in the street outside the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri. He wears a double-breasted suit and a dark cowboy hat with...

Big Dave and the Ultrasonics, a blues band comprised of six white men, stand or sit in front of a wall with graffiti painted on it. One holds a guitar. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Big...