Ruby Crush
The Ruby Crush, a band comprised of three white men and one white woman, stand among the people in the George Segal bronze sculpture called "Rush Hour" at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas...
Rude Beat League
Rude Beat League, a reggae band comprised of five Jamaican men, stand outside in an urban setting, spread out between a brick wall and a graffiti filled fence and either look at each other or smile at...
Rude Beat League
Rude Beat League, a reggae band comprised of five Jamaican men, stand beside a graffiti filled fence and smile at the camera. Printed in the right margin, "rude beat league. Management: Jahmrock...
Rudy Love and the Love Family Band
Rudy Love and the Love Family Band, a funk band from Wichita, Kansas comprised of eight African American men and one African American woman, sit on risers on a stage. The guitarists and percussionists...
Rufas Harley
Jazz bagpiper Rufas Harley closes his eyes as he blows into the bagpipes. He wears full Scottish costume. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Rufus Harley, The World's First Jazz Bag Pipe...
Rumba Club
Rumba Club, a Latin jazz and fusion band comprised of several white men and several Latino men, stand together by drums and look up at the camera and smile or laugh. Printed in the margin below the...
Russell Jackson
Double bassist Russell Jackson closes his eyes and smiles as he plays a stand up bass in the center of the railroad tracks. A train is behind him. He wears a fedora hat, pants with suspenders over a...
Rusty Zinn
Rock guitarist and vocalist Rusty Zinn pulls up on an electric jazz guitar he is playing and smiles. He wears a light-colored business suit jacket with wide lapels over a dark shirt. Printed in the...
Rusty Zinn
Rock guitarist and vocalist Rusty Zinn holds his left hand over a vintage microphone and curls his fingers over the top as he smiles and holds the neck of an electric jazz guitar with his right hand...
Ruth Brown
Ruth Brown, an R&B, soul, jazz, and blues singer, in a split photograph. In the top she looks up and to the left. In the bottom she looks to the right. Printed in the right margin the photograph,...
Ruthie and the Wranglers
Ruthie and the Wranglers, a country music band comprised of three white men and one white woman, stand apart and look seriously at the camera. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Ruthie and...
Ruthie Foster and Cyd Cassone
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...
Ryan Cohan
Ryan Cohan, jazz pianist, in a head-shot photograph rests his left hand across his chin.
S.D.I.
S.D.I. (Strategic Dance Initiative), (formerly the Blue Riddim Band), a reggae band from Kansas City, Missouri comprised of five white men, all laughing in a group photograph with four members...
Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women
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
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...
Sally Taylor
Rock vocalist and guitarist Sally Taylor crouches by a dirt road with desert hills on the other side. She holds a piece of straw in her mouth. She wears a cowboy hat, cowboy boots, and a light colored...
Sally Taylor
Rock vocalist and guitarist Sally Taylor, photographed from her left side, leans back on a rock ledge and smile with golden sunlight on her. She crosses her hands and rests them on her knees. Printed...
Sam Cockrell
R&B guitarist Sam Cockrell sways as he plays an electric guitar. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Sam Cockrell. Chicago's Premier Rhythm and Blues Artist. Boom Boom Records (773) 543-0468...
Sam Hill
Sam Hill is a rock band (likely) comprised of three white men. Two stand with their backs to the center. The man in the center squats on a pedestal of a column and looks down and to the left. Printed...
Sam Lay
Blues drummer Sam Lay sits and rests his right cheek on his right hand and slightly smiles toward the camera. He wears a business suit with a chest-length necktie with a cowboy boot tie tack, and a...
Sam Lay
Blues drummer Sam Lay glares at the drum set he sits behind. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Sam Lay. Blues Management Group, Thomas J. Radai Jr., Phone (414) 321-0188."
Sam Myers and Anson Funderburgh
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...
Sam Myers and Anson Funderburgh
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...
Sam Myers and Anson Funderburgh
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...