Grand Emporium Collection

Big Twist and the Mellow Fellows is a Chicago blues, funk, and soul band. The band is made up of four African American men and four white men. Three of the men hold their instruments. Three men wear...

Big Wooden Radio, a blues-rock band comprised of five white men, stand and sit in the snow in front of a door holding their instruments in their cases. All of the men are bundled up in coast and hats...

Big Woody Blues Band featuring Frank Ace, a blues band comprised of three African American men and two white men. Two men stand behind three seated men. Printed in the margin below the photograph,...

The Big Woody Blues Revue is a blues band comprised of five African American men and one white man. The white man holds an electric guitar. Printed on the bottom right corner, " Location, Date, Time...

Blues harmonica player Bill Lupkin smiles as he leans to one side and holds a harmonica in his right hand. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Bill Lupkin. William L. Lupkin, Blues with a...

Blues guitarist, singer, and cook Bill Wharton leans to the side and plays a resonator guitar that he holds neck straight up, while a pot boils on a table full of vegetables in front of him. Printed...

Blues guitarist Billy [Royce] squats on a stage to light his red electric guitar on fire. His hat covers his face. Printed over the photograph, "in the spirit of Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughn...

Four members of the five member Blue City Band, a blues band comprised of three white men and two African American men, perform in a tent. Farthest to the left is David Tims playing the drums and...

Blue Louie, a blues band comprised of four white men, sit on a staircase with an ornate banister. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Breakaway records. Blue Louie. Breakaway Records, 1-800...

Blue Shoe Sole Revue, a blues band comprised of one African American man and six white men, stand in front of a jazz caricature. Printed in the bottom margin, "Blue Shoe Sole Revue. Photo by George...

Blue Sky, a Kansas City blues band comprised of one African American woman and four white men, stand in front of an industrial machine. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "www.kcbluesky.com...

The Bluerunners, a Cajun rock, blues, and funk band comprised of four white men, stand in front of a metal wall. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "L to R: Rob Savoy, Steven Le Blanc, John...

Blues Bar BQ, a blues band comprised of four white men, in a split photograph stand in the lobby of an exhibition hall holding out their drinks and an honorary plate. The bottom photograph is of the...

Blues Bar BQ, a blues band comprised of five white men, stand in a stage area with their instruments smiling at the photographer. Printed on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph, "Blue Bar...

The Blues Notions, a Kansas City jump blues band comprised of five white men, stand in front of a brick wall. The men on the farthest left and right hold their guitars. The man in the center sits on a...

Blues guitarist Bob Margolin sits looks directly at the camera while playing an electric guitar. He wears sunglasses. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Bob Margolin. Booking: Piedmont...

Blues guitarist Bobby Carson closes his eyes as he plays an electric guitar behind a microphone. He wears a short-sleeved shirt to reveal guitar tattoos on each forearm.

A photocopy of a head-shot photograph of Brody Buster holding a harmonica with both hand and looking directly at the photographer. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Brody Buster...

The Bruce Brothers Band, an Australian blues band comprised of seven white men and one Black man, stand on a hillside holding their instruments. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "The Bruce...

Blues musician Bruce Katz turns his head toward his right shoulder and winces as he plays an upright piano. An organ is behind him and to his left. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Bruce...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Bryan Lee looks left in a close-up head-shot photograph. He wears a dark hat with a braided leather hatband with alligator teeth decoration and sunglasses. Printed in the...

Blues guitarist Buddy Guy with Howard and the White Boys, a blues band comprised of three white men and one African American man, in a four-way split photograph of the group performing with Buddy Guy...

Blues guitarist Bugs Henderson stands as he plays an electric guitar.

Bugs Henderson and the Shuffle Kings, a blues band comprised of three white men, are standing on a pile of dirt in front of a factory holding their instruments. Printed in the margin below the...

Burton Gaar, bass guitarist and blues singer, sits unsmiling for a photograph wearing a sports jacket and sunglasses. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Burton Gaar."