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Bill Wharton

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Blues guitarist, singer, and cook Bill Wharton leans to the side and plays a resonator guitar that he holds neck straight up, while a pot boils on a...

Date Published
1989
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Charlie Musselwhite

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Charlie Musselwhite, blues guitarist, harmonica player, and singer, stands outside by railroad tracks crossing his arms over his chest as he wears a...

Date Published
1989
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Duke Tumatoe

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Blues guitarist and vocalist Duke Tumatoe stands on stage with his eyes closed as he play an electric guitar. Stage lighting and another musician are...

Date Published
1989
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Duke Tumatoe and the Power Trio

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Blues guitarist and vocalist Duke Tumatoe, of Duke Tumatoe and the Power Trio, stands on stage with his eyes closed as he play an electric guitar...

Date Published
1989
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Hans Theessink

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Hans Theessink, a blues guitarist from the Netherlands, looks off to the left as he holds a resonator guitar and wears a cowboy hat, in a close-up...

Date Published
1989
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Hubert Sumlin

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Hubert Sumlin, blues guitarist, hugs the neck of a guitar to the side of his face and smiles in a close-up, head-shot photograph. He wears a light...

Date Published
1989
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Hubert Sumlin

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Hubert Sumlin, blues guitarist, hugs the neck of a guitar to the side of his face and smiles in a close-up, head-shot photograph. He wears a fedora...

Date Published
1989
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Joanna Connor

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Blues guitarist and vocalist Joanna Connor places her knuckles by the part of the neck of a guitar that has her name printed on it as she slants her...

Date Published
1989
2002
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Joanna Connor

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Joanna Connor, blues guitarist and singer, with her face close to the neck of an electric guitar. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Photo...

Date Published
1989
2002
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

John Fogerty and Duke Tumatoe

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John Fogerty, blues and rock guitarist and singer, stands next to a sound board in a studio that Duke Tumatoe, blues guitarist and singer, sits at...

Date Published
1989
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Larry Davis

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Blues guitarist and vocalist Larry Davis laughs as he holds a guitar and stands behind a microphone He wears a three-piece pin-stripe suit. Printed in...

Date Published
1981
1989
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Led Jaxson Band

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The Led Jaxson Band, a blues band comprised of five white men, stand on steps smiling at the camera. Most wears suit jackets. Printed in the margin...

Date Published
1989
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials

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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...

Date Published
1989
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials

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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...

Date Published
1989
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Lonnie Ray and the All Stars

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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...

Date Published
1989
1995
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Lou Ann Barton

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Blues vocalist Lou Ann Barton sits with her hands overlapping just under her chin. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Lou Ann Barton...

Date Published
1986
1989
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Lucky Peterson

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Lucky Peterson, blues guitarist, piano player, and organist, stands between the keyboards of an organ and a piano as he hugs the neck of an electric...

Date Published
1989
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Nora Jean Wallace

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Nora Jean Wallace, blues singer, holds a microphone to her mouth and furrows her brow as she sings. There is a VIP / Press pass pinned to the lapel of...

Date Published
1989
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Professor Eddie Lusk and Karen Carroll

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Chicago blues keyboard player Professor Eddie Lusk props his keyboard on its side on the ground and rests his right hand on it as he leans his left...

Date Published
1989
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Sugar Ray and the Bluetones

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Sugar Ray and the Bluetones, a blues band comprised of five white men, stand and sit in a Rococo style room. The photograph is at an angle from the...

Date Published
1989
1991
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection
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  • 1989
  • Blues musicians

Member of

  • Grand Emporium Collection (20)

Types

  • photographs (20)

Genres

  • Publicity photographs (20)
  • Black & white photographs (19)
  • Gelatin silver prints (19)
  • Portrait photographs (13)
  • Group portraits (5)
  • Negatives (1)

Time Periods

  • 1981-1990 (20)
  • 1991-2000 (7)

Subjects

  • Guitarists (12)
  • Men, White (11)
  • Singers (10)
  • African American men (7)
  • Bands (Music) (5)
  • Women, White (4)
  • African American women (2)
  • Guitar (2)
  • Cooks (1)
  • Dutch (1)
  • Harmonica players (1)
  • Keyboard players (1)
  • Musicians (1)
  • Organists (1)
  • Pianists (1)
  • Rock musicians (1)
  • (-) Blues musicians (20)

Subjects, People

  • Tumatoe, Duke (3)
  • Lil' Ed (2)
  • Sumlin, Hubert, 1931-2011 (2)
  • Barton, Lou Ann (1)
  • Carroll, Karen (1)
  • Connor, Joanna (1)
  • Davis, Larry, 1936-1994 (1)
  • Fogerty, John, 1945- (1)
  • Fugett, Lonnie Ray (1)
  • Lusk, Professor Eddie, 1948-1992 (1)
  • Musselwhite, Charlie (1)
  • Peterson, Lucky (1)
  • Sauce Boss (1)
  • Sugar Ray (1)
  • Theessink, Hans (1)
  • Wallace, Nora Jean (1)
  • Wharton, Bill (1)

Events

  • King Biscuit Blues Festival (1)

Date Published

  • 1990 (2)
  • 2002 (2)
  • 2004 (2)
  • 1981 (1)
  • 1986 (1)
  • 1991 (1)
  • 1995 (1)
  • 2000 (1)
  • (-) 1989 (20)

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