Grand Emporium Collection

Blues harmonica player Little Mike looks straight at the camera as he blows into a harmonica he has cupped in both hands. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Little Mike. Photo by Tom...

Little Mike and the Tornadoes, a blues band comprised of four white men, look seriously at the camera. One on the left is sitting. The other three are standing. Printed in the margin below the...

Blues and Country guitarist and vocalist Liz Barnez sits on a tall stool in the center of an unidentified group of four white men and one white woman standing around her. The man on the farthest left...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Lloyd Jones stands looking at the camera with an electric guitar hoisted over to rest on his right shoulder. He wears a suit jacket with wide herringbone print. Printed in...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Lonnie Brooks and blues and rock vocalist and guitarist Lonnie Mack perform on the stage of the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri. A keyboardists sits between them...

Blues guitarist Lonnie Mack closes his eyes as he stands and sings into a microphone and plays an electric guitar. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Alligator [logo]. Lonnie Mack. Photo...

Blues guitarist Lonnie Mack looks directly at the camera from underneath the brim of a fedora hat with a contrasting wide hatband as he plays a Gibson Flying V electric guitar and wears an argyle...

Blues guitarist Lonnie Mack looks directly at the camera from under the brim of a ball cap as he holds an electric guitar. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Lonnie Mack. Epic 8807. c1988...

Lonnie Ray and the All Stars, a blues band from Lawrence, Kansas comprised of four white men and one white woman, stand by a concrete block wall and laugh with each other. The band member in the...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Luther Guitar Jr. Johnson closes his eyes as he plays a guitar on stage with an unidentified band of four white men at the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri. A sign...

Madcat and Kane, a blues duo comprised of harmonica player Peter 'Madcat' Ruth, and guitarist Shari Kane. Madcat is laughing as he stands with his hands in his pockets as Kane leans her back on his...

Magic Dick and Jay Geils stand together as Magic Dick (left) holds a harmonica in both hands, and Jay Geils (right) holds an electric guitar. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Magic Dick &...

Jay Geils and the Bluestime band, white male blues musicians hold their instruments and stand behind Magic Dick, blues singer and harmonica player. Their names printed below their photograph. Printed...

Magic Dick and Jay Geils with Bluestime, a blues group comprised of five white men, stand together while the man second from the left holds an electric guitar and a man farthest to the right holds a...

The Mannish Boys, a blues band comprised of four African American men and two white men, in individual photographs in two horizontal rows. Their names and instruments are printed below each photograph...

Blues harmonica player Mark Hummel looks seriously at the camera as he wears sunglasses, a fedora hat, and a dark business suit. With his arms crossed across his chest, he holds a harmonica in his...

Blues harmonica player and saxophonist Mark Sallings, of the band Mark Sallings & the Famous Unknowns smiles directly at the camera as he wears sunglasses in a close-up, head-shot photograph. Printed...

Blues and rock guitarist and vocalist Mark Selby laughs as he looks down at the ground holding an electric guitar under his right arm. A blurred gas station is in the background. Printed in the margin...

Blues-rock guitarist and vocalist Mason Ruffner looks out as he plays an electric guitar on stage. He stands behind a microphone. He wears a print jacket over a t-shirt with a portrait of Marilyn...

Blues guitarist Matt 'Guitar' Murphy turns his head away from the camera as he speaks into the microphone and speaks to dancer Speedy Huggins who stands behind and beside Guitar Murphy. An...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Matthew D [Ward] sits and leans against a concrete wall with graffiti on it, as he holds an electric guitar, neck up. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Matthew...

Matthew Skoller, blues harmonica player, in a close-up, head-shot photograph, leans his left elbow shoulder high and holds a harmonica in his hand as he looks seriously at the camera. Printed in the...

The Matthew Skoller Band, a blues band comprised of three white men and one African American man, stand with their heads in a diamond shape in front of a brick wall in a close-up photograph. Printed...

Mick Taylor, blues-rock guitarist, holds a cigarette in his right hand as he looks intently at the camera. He wears a business suit jacket. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Mick Taylor...

Mighty Blues Kings, a jump Chicago blues band comprised of seven white men, stand and look surprised or delighted as they hold their instruments. The drummer, playing a snare and smiling at the camera...