Grand Emporium Collection

Chicago blues gutiarist and vocalist Ronnie Baker Brooks looks directly at the photographer as he wears a dark cowboy hat, a shiny shirt, and holds an electric guitar. Printed in the margin below the...

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, with Curtis Salgado, a singer and harmonica player, and Ronnie Earl, a guitarist, stand on stage performing. A baritone saxophone player is on the left side of the...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Rory Block, in a three-way split photograph, wears a black suit and fedora hat. In the bottom photograph she is playing an acoustic guitar. Printed in the margin below the...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Rory Block, in a split photograph, wears a white shirt as she leans against a brick wall. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Booking/Management: Piedmont Talent...

Ross William Perry, a blues singer and guitarist, sings and plays an electric guitar in the dark. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Ross William Perry. Website www.rosswilliamperry.com...

Blues guitarist Roy Gaines holds up an electric guitar as he smiles at the camera. A brick wall is behind him. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Roy Gaines. Severn Records, Tel: (410) 923...

Blues guitarist Roy Gaines sits on a stage at the foot of the drum set and looks sad as he plays an electric guitar. The hem of his pants legs are around his knees. Printed in the margin below the...

Blues guitarist Roy Gaines smiles as he plays an electric guitar. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Roy Gaines. 2000. "Lucille Works for Me", "Bluesman for Life", "I Got the T-Bone Walker...

Electric blues slide guitarist Roy Rogers stands and hugs a guitar to his body as he smiles at the camera. He wears a fedora-style hat. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Roy Rogers...

Roy Rogers, electric blues slide guitarist, holds the lapels of his coat with both hands and tucks his chin toward the coat collar. He looks up from under the brim of a dark fedora hat he is wearing...

Electric blues slide guitarist Roy Rogers stands on a porch with a weathered wood wall behind him and smiles down to his left. He rests his hands on the body of a resonator guitar that hangs by a...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Ruthie Foster (left), in a split photograph, sits on a suitcase on railroad tracks and plays an acoustic guitar. In the photograph on the left, Ruthie is joined by hand...

Saffire -- The Uppity Blues Women, a blues band comprised of one African American woman and two white women, laugh as they hold their instruments; a guitar, a double bass, and a keyboard. Printed in...

Saffire -- The Uppity Blues Women is a blues band comprised of two white women and one African American woman. Two of the women are seated; one holding a mandolin; one holding a guitar; and the third...

Blues harmonica player and vocalist Sam Myers stands on the edge of the stage wearing a business suit and singing into a microphone as he holds a harmonica with both hands, and blues guitarist Anson...

Blues vocalist Sam Myers sits in front of guitarist Anson Funderburgh. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Anson Funderburgh & Sam Myers. Booking: Piedmont Talent, Steve Hecht, 311 Oakdale...

Blues vocalist Sam Myers sits in front of guitarist Anson Funderburgh. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Anson Funderburgh & the Rockets Featuring Sam Myers. Booking: Piedmont Talent, Steve...

Blues guitarist, vocalist, and chef Sauce Boss, laughs as he hands a bowl of food into a man's hand. He wears a chef's hat and stands by a large pot. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Sauce...

Scarlet Runner, a blues-rock band comprised of Jason Christensen, Jack Christensen, and Jeremy Ackley, stand outside in front of a house laughing. The band member in the center is smoking. The one on...

Scott Holt, blues guitarist, smiles at the camera in a close-up, head-shot photograph. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Blue Storm Music. Scott Holt." Printed in the right margin, "Photo...

Blues guitarist Sean Costello sits on concrete steps by a brick wall and looks up as he plays an electric guitar. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Landslide [logo], www.landsliderecords...

Sean Costello and the Counts of Rhythm is a blues ensemble comprised of three white men and one African American man. Standing in the back is a harmonica player, a drummer, and a stand-up bass player...

Seth Walker, blues guitarist, bends slightly forward over a blues guitar and smiles at the camera. He wears a business suit. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Seth Walker."