Grand Emporium Collection

Psycho Joe and the Hipnotics, a local Kansas City blues band comprised of four white men, stand, bend, or mug for the camera as they wear zoot-suit style clothing. Their neckties are in color. Printed...

Psycho Joe and the Hipnotics, a local Kansas City blues band comprised of five white men, stand together and look seriously at the camera. The man in the center has his arms crossed. Printed in the...

The R.J. and Kid Morgan Blues Band featuring Percy Strother stand together performing. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "the R.J. & Kid Morgan Blues Band (featuring Percy Strother!). Blue...

R.J. and Kid Morgan Blues Band featuring Percy Strother, is a Chicago blues group comprised of one African American man and four white men. Band members stand around Strother holding their instruments...

Blues harmonica player R.J. Mischo looks up and to the right as he holds a vintage microphone in his right hand and a harmonica in his left hand. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "R.J...

Harmonica player Jon Beckley Morris [i.e. Nermberg] faces away from R.L. Burnside as he plays a harmonica. They are standing on railroad tracks, and facing scaffolding up to an antenna while playing...

The R&B Express, a blues band of five white Norwegian males, stand outside a barn wall as the man on the left holds drumsticks, the next man holds a harmonica, the man in the center and the man on the...

The Radio King is a blues band comprised of four white men. Three band members stand behind one band member who is seated. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Radio King. Made in the USA."

The Radio Kings, a blues band comprised of one African American man and three white men, who stand outside and look seriously at the camera. The band member on the right has his arms crossed. Printed...

Blues musician Ray Bonneville smiles in a close-up photograph. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Ray Bonneville. For booking information in the U.S." Zassafras Management/Booking. Telephone...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Richard Johnston sits in front of a brick wall and closes his eyes as he sings into a microphone and plays a cigar box guitar. Printed in the margin below the photograph,...

The Rick Holmstrom Band, a blues band comprised of four white men, stand in front of the windows of a brick building and look out. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "THERICKHOLMSTROMBAND. "...

Blues harmonica player Rob Stone leans back and lifts a foot in a dance move in front of a contemporary city building. He holds an amplified harmonica in his left hand. An instrument case with many...

Blues harmonica player Rob Stone leans back and to the right as he blows into an amplified harmonica he holds in his left hand in a close-up, head-shot photograph. A city building with large windows...

Blues harmonica player Rock Bottom blows into a harmonica held in his left hand. He wears a flat cap, sunglasses, and a sport jacket. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Rock Bottom. Double...

Blues harmonica player Rockin' Jake closes his eyes as he blows into a harmonica held with both of his hands in a close-up, head-shot photograph. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Rockin'...

Blues harmonica player Rod Piazza, with the band Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers, leans his head back as he plays a harmonica he is holding to his mouth with both hands. He wears sunglasses. Printed...

Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers, a blues band comprised of four white men and one white woman, stand outside. Three of the men wear light-colored suits, one dark-colored suit and the woman wears an...

Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers, a blues band comprised of four white men and one white woman, crowd in a corner with their instruments and smile at the camera. A pennant on the wall says, "Black Top...

Country-blues guitarist and vocalist Roger Wallace, from his left profile, looks seriously straight ahead in a close-up, head-shot photograph. He wears a straw cowboy hat. Printed in the margin below...

Blues guitarist Ron Thompson stands and looks at the camera as he rests his hands on the head stock of an electric guitar which body rests on the floor between his feet. Ron Thompson is embedded on...

Ron Thompson and the Resistors, a blues band comprised of two white men who stand with their instruments and one African American man who sits on a barstool holding drum sticks. He wears a straw...

Blues guitarist Ronnie Earl of Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters, closes his eyes as he embraces the neck of a guitar with both hands. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Ronnie Earl and the...

Blues guitarist Ronnie Earl leans against a painted brick wall and holds an electric guitar as he looks seriously at the camera. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Black Top Records [logo]...

Roomful of Blues, a blues band comprised of eight white men and one African American man, sit with their luggage on the sidewalk in front of a mansion with a "sold" real estate sign in front of it...