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Ann Peebles

Image

Ann Peebles, funk, soul, and blues singer from East St. Louis, Missouri, looks directly at the camera in a close-up, head-shot photograph. Printed in...

Date Published
1992
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Craig Erickson

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Blues guitarist and vocalist Craig Erickson sits on a bar stool with an electric guitar on his, a Rivera amplifier on the floor to his left and bongos...

Date Published
1992
1996
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Deanna Bogart

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Deanna Bogart, a blues saxophonist, looks at the camera in a close-up, head-shot photograph. She wears a black cowboy hat with a bead headband.

Date Published
1992
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Eddie Shaw

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Eddie Shaw, blues saxophone player, lifts his right knee and closes his eyes as he plays a tenor saxophone. He wears a vest over a button-down shirt...

Date Published
1985
1992
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Honeyboy Edwards Blues Band

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The Honeyboy Edwards Blues Band, a blues band comprised of one white man and three African American men, stand on stage in the dark, performing...

Date Published
1992
1997
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

John Mooney

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Blues guitarist and vocalist John Mooney stands under a canopy looking at the neck of a guitar he is playing as he wears sunglasses. Printed in the...

Date Published
1992
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

John Mooney

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Blues guitarist and vocalist John Mooney stands under a canopy, looking at the neck of a guitar he is playing as he wears sunglasses. Printed in the...

Date Published
1992
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Kenny Brown

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Blues guitarist Kenny Brown looks down at the neck of a guitar he is playing. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Kenny Brown. P.O. Box 270...

Date Published
1992
2003
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 three white men, stand together and smile as they hold their...

Date Published
1992
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Little Willie Littlefield

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Blues singer and pianist Little Willie Littlefield presses keys down on a toy piano and he grins and holds a microphone to his mouth. He wears a light...

Date Published
1992
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Lonnie Shields

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Lonnie Shields, blues guitarist and singer, smiles at the camera as he wears a tuxedo with a bow tie and a boutonniere. The neck of a guitar he is...

Date Published
1992
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Otis Grand

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Otis Grand, blues guitarist, leans toward the neck of an electric guitar he holds upright in his lap with his right hand. He wears sunglasses. Printed...

Date Published
1992
1996
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Popa Chubby

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Blues musician Popa Chubby in a laminated out of focus photograph of him holding a guitar and possibly a woman on each side of him.. Printed on the...

Date Published
1992
1993
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

R.J. and Kid Morgan Blues Band (featuring Percy Strother!)

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The R.J. and Kid Morgan Blues Band featuring Percy Strother stand together performing. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "the R.J. & Kid...

Date Published
1992
1994
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Rod Piazza & the Mighty Flyers

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Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers, a blues band comprised of four white men and one white woman, crowd in a corner with their instruments and smile at...

Date Published
1991
1992
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Sam Lay

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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...

Date Published
1992
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Shadows

Image

The Shadows, a blues-rock band comprised of four white men, stand together in front of a printed backdrop and give small smiles to the camera. Two...

Date Published
1992
1993
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Shirley Johnson

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Blues vocalist Shirley Johnson sits sideways to a piano and smiles as she leans her head on her left hand. Her elbow rests on the music stand of the...

Date Published
1992
2002
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Sue Foley

Image

Canadian blues guitarist Sue Foley crouches down on one knee and holds a guitar across her lap on a flatbed. A railyard is behind her. Printed in the...

Date Published
1992
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Tab Benoit

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Blues guitarist and singer Tab Benoit sits in a ladderback chair playing an electric guitar. He wears sunglasses. Printed in the margin below the...

Date Published
1992
1997
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Tab Benoit

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Tab Benoit, a blues guitarist and singer, sits in a ladderback chair playing an electric guitar. He wears sunglasses. Printed in the margin below the...

Date Published
1992
1997
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Tab Benoit

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Tab Benoit, a blues guitarist and singer, in a head-shot profile photograph of the right side of his face. He wears sunglasses. Printed in the margin...

Date Published
1992
1997
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection
  • Clear selected
  • 1992
  • Blues musicians

Member of

  • Grand Emporium Collection (22)

Types

  • photographs (22)

Genres

  • Publicity photographs (22)
  • Black & white photographs (21)
  • Gelatin silver prints (21)
  • Portrait photographs (16)
  • Group portraits (6)
  • Color photographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (22)
  • 2001-2010 (2)
  • 1981-1990 (1)

Subjects

  • Men, White (14)
  • Guitarists (11)
  • Singers (11)
  • African American men (7)
  • Guitar (7)
  • Bands (Music) (5)
  • Women, White (3)
  • African American women (2)
  • Saxophonists (2)
  • Blues-rock music (1)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (1)
  • Funk musicians (1)
  • Harmonica players (1)
  • Male singers (1)
  • Musicians (1)
  • Pianists (1)
  • Rock musicians (1)
  • Soul musicians (1)
  • (-) Blues musicians (22)

Subjects, People

  • Benoit, Tab (3)
  • Mooney, John, 1955- (2)
  • Bogart, Deanna (1)
  • Bott, Jimi (1)
  • Brown, Kenny (1)
  • Edwards, Honeyboy (1)
  • Foley, Sue, 1968- (1)
  • Frank, Michael (Harmonica player) (1)
  • Grand, Otis (1)
  • Johnson, Shirley (Vocalist) (1)
  • Jones, Floyd, 1917-1989 (1)
  • Kansas City Red (1)
  • Lay, Sam (1)
  • Lil' Ed (1)
  • Littlefield, Little Willie (1)
  • Mischo, R. J. (1)
  • Morgan, Teddy (1)
  • Peebles, Ann (1)
  • Piazza, Honey, 1951- (1)
  • Piazza, Rod (1)
  • Popa Chubby (1)
  • Schultz, Alex, 1955- (1)
  • Shaw, Eddie, 1937-2018 (1)
  • Shields, Lonnie, 1956- (1)
  • Strother, Percy (1)
  • Stuve, Bill (1)

Date Published

  • 1997 (4)
  • 1993 (2)
  • 1996 (2)
  • 1985 (1)
  • 1991 (1)
  • 1994 (1)
  • 2000 (1)
  • 2002 (1)
  • 2003 (1)
  • (-) 1992 (22)

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