Grand Emporium Collection

Tyrin Benoit and the Shuckers, a swamp rhythm and blues band comprised of three white men, sit on wooden steps holding their instruments. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Tyrin Benoit &...

An unidentified black male guitarist closes his eyes and tilts his head back as he is performing in a close-up photograph (top). An unidentified black female singer wearing a red dress and a wide...

An unidentified white male singer and guitarist from his right side, sings into a microphone as he plays a guitar in a close-up photograph. Written in blue marker in the bottom margin, "M Maxwell [at]...

An unidentified white male singer and guitarist looks down at his right hand as he plugs in his guitar and stands behind a microphone in a close-up photograph. Written in blue marker in the bottom...

Two separate negative photographs of blues singer Valerie Wellington and blues guitarist and vocalist Eddy Clearwater. Valerie's photograph is a close-up, head-shot photograph of her singing into a...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Vince Converse leans against a wall as he holds an electric guitar. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Vince Converse. Absolute Artists, 333 Valencia Street...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Vince Converse leans against a wall as he holds an electric guitar. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Thunderbird Management Group, NY 212-876-5011, New Orleans...

Guitarist and vocalist Wayne Kramer leans against a door jamb with his forearms crossed and looks seriously at the camera. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Wayne Kramer. Epitaph [logo]...

Rock guitarist and vocalist Wayne Kramer looks up at the camera as he leans back on brick stairs in a close-up, head-shot photograph. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Wayne Kramer. Epitaph...

William Topley, rock guitarist and singer, looks intently at the camera in a close-up, head-shot photograph with a black background. He wears a dark, button-down shirt. Printed in the margin below the...

Texan country and folk guitarist and vocalist Willis Alan Ramsey smiles back over his right shoulder as he holds an acoustic guitar by the neck that is slung behind his shoulder by the guitar strap...

Folk-rock guitarist and singer Willy Porter looks directly at the camera as he leans on a window sill to his right. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Willy Porter. Six degrees [logo]."...

Zora Young, blues singer, closes her eyes, lifts her right hand toward the ceiling and holds a handkerchief in her left hand as she sings into a microphone. An African American male band member...