Grand Emporium Collection

The Letterpress Opry, an alternative country band comprised of three white men and one white woman are outside holding their instruments. The two men in front, a drummer and an upright bass player...

Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials is a blues band comprised of two African American men and two white men. Lil' Ed is on his knees and leaning back as he plays an electric guitar and wears a tall fez...

Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials, a blues band comprised of two African American men and two white men, stand together and smile as they hold their instruments. Printed in the margin below the...

Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials, a blues band comprised of two African American men and three white men, stand together and smile as they hold their instruments. The saxophonist positions his fingers...

Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials, a blues band comprised of two African American men and two white men, stand together and smile as they hold their instruments. Printed in the margin below the...

Lil' Slim and the Back-Alley Blues Band, comprised of one African American man and three white men, sit on a couch at the Zoo Bar in Lincoln, Nebraska and look straight ahead at the camera. Many...

Linda Shell, blues singer, stands center stage singing into a microphone, and Ron Thompson, guitarist, closes his eyes as he plays guitar to the right, with two other unidentified band members: a...

Little Charlie and the Nightcats, a blues band comprised of four white men, three of which sit to play their instruments while the upright bass player stands to play the bass. Printed in the margin...

Little Charlie and the Nightcats, a blues band comprised of three white men and one African American man, gather in a group and smile at the camera. The African American drummer and the bass player...

Little Charlie and the Nightcats, a blues band comprised of three white men and one African American man, stand on a staircase and smile up at the camera Little Charlie holds an electric guitar by the...

Little Charlie and the Nightcats, a blues band comprised of four white men, stand in a group and look up at the camera. All wear wide-lapel business suites and hold an instrument. Printed in the...

Little Hatch, an African American blues harmonica player and singer, smiles and claps behind Roger Naber, the owner who is speaking into the microphone at the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri...

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...

Little Sister, a rock band comprised of one white woman, one African American man, and two white men, sit or stand in front of a brick wall and look seriously at the photographer. Printed in the...

Loaded Dice, a collage photograph of each individual member of the band, comprised of five white men. Two play guitar. One plays bass, One plays drums. One sings. Printed in the center of the...

Loaded Dice, a band comprised of five white men, is performing on the stage at the Millhouse Grill and Brew Pub in Branson, Missouri. Printed in the margin above the photograph, "Loaded Dice at the...

Local Hero, a reggae band from Tulsa, Oklahoma, comprised of two white men and two African American men, stand outside at what is possibly a festival. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "For...

Lonesome Hounddogs, a blues-rock band from Lawrence, Kansas, perform on stage at the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri wearing blue or red cloth cases from head to toe with their cowboy hats...

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...

Los Lonely Boys, a rock band of three Mexican American males, pose in front of the open back doors of a van full of instruments. Two members lean on each open door and the third member sits on the...

Los Straitjackets, a rock band comprised of four white men, wear Mexican wrestling masks as they look forward at the camera. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Los Straitjackets. (c)Sears...

Los Straitjackets, a rock band comprised of four white men, wear Mexican wrestling masks as they look forward at the camera. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Los Straitjackets. Photograph...

Love Jones, a lounge music band comprised of five white men, sit and stand by a table with a woman standing on it. All that is visible are her legs in fishnet, seamed stockings. The men look up...

Love Nut, a rock band comprised of four white men, stand with their faces close together and smile at the camera. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Love Nut. photo: Sam Holden. Big Deal...

Love Squad, a rock band comprised of two white men, stand on stage playing electric guitars. A Mercy Records banner hangs behind them. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Love Squad. Ozark...