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Bargain Music

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Bargain Music, an alternative rock band comprised of four white men sit and stand at a bar having beers with three African American men. Printed in...

Date Published
1995
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bernard Allison

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Blues guitarist and vocalist Bernard Allison sits with an electric guitar flat across his lap and smiles at the photographer as he wears a cowboy hat...

Date Published
1990
1995
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bernard Allison

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Blues guitarist and vocalist Bernard Allison sits with an electric guitar flat across his lap and smiles at the photographer as he wears a cowboy hat...

Date Published
1990
1995
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bernard Allison

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Blues guitarist and vocalist Bernard Allison stands in a doorway with his arms crossed over the body of an electric guitar. He wears a cowboy hat, a...

Date Published
1995
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bernard Allison

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Blues guitarist and vocalist Bernard Allison sits holding an electric guitar as he smiles up at the photographer. Printed below the photograph in the...

Date Published
1995
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Big Walter Smith

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Big Walter Smith, blues singers, smiles at the camera as he rests both hands on possibly a cane or walking stick, in a close-up, head-shot photograph...

Date Published
1995
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Big Walter Smith

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Big Walter Smith, blues singer, grins at the camera as he sits and holds the lapels of a tuxedo he wears. He also wears a fedora hat in a close-up...

Date Published
1995
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Big Woody Blues Revue

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The Big Woody Blues Revue is a blues band comprised of five African American men and one white man. The white man holds an electric guitar. Printed on...

Date Published
1995
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Billie G. Moore, Jr., and Tommy Ruskin at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Billie G. Moore, Jr., and Tommy Ruskin at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Moore is sitting on the edge of the stage...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Billy Branch and the Sons of Blues

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Billy Branch and the Sons of Blues, a band comprised of four African American men. Two wear cowboy hats. One at the top of the photo wears a backwards...

Date Published
1995
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Billy Branch and the Sons the Blues

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Billy Branch and the Sons of Blues. Two band members wear cowboy hats. One member at the top of the photo wears a backwards ball cap. Printed in the...

Date Published
1995
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bobby Watson

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Bobby Watson, jazz saxophonist, grins at the camera and rests his chin on his right hand as an alto saxophone lies on a table in front of him. Printed...

Date Published
1995
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Brian Terry

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Brian Terry, [Li'l Brian] zydeco accordion player with the band Li'l Brian and the Zydeco Travelers, stands at a corner of a brick wall and grins as...

Date Published
1995
1997
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Brody Buster Band

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The Brody Buster Band, a blues band, pose in front of a brick wall.

Date Published
1995
2005
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

C.J. Chenier

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Zydeco accordionist C.J. Chenier grins as he plays a Baldoni accordion. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Booking: Concerted Efforts, Phone...

Date Published
1995
2001
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Carey Bell

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Blues harmonica player Carey Bell looks directly at the photographer as he plays a harmonica with the fingers of his left hand raised straight up. The...

Date Published
1995
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Carey Bell

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Blues harmonica player Carey Bell holds his head up and the four fingers of his left hand straight up as he holds the harmonica to his mouth with his...

Date Published
1995
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Cate Brothers

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The Cate Brothers, a rock band comprised of one African American man and four white men, stand outdoors in a gateway. Printed in the margin below the...

Date Published
1995
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

CeDell Davis

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CeDell Davis, blues harmonica player, guitar player, and singer, smiles at the camera as he sits holding a guitar and wearing a ball cap. Printed in...

Date Published
1995
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Chubby Carrier

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Zydeco accordionist Chubby Carrier stands among palm trees holding his personalized accordion and wearing a re and white floral shirt. and the Bayou...

Date Published
1995
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams in a publicity photograph

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams from his right side, smiles as he draws the bow across the strings of his fiddle. He wears a tuxedo and bow tie. Printed in...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams takes a moment to smile at the camera

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams, from behind a seated audience member, stands sideways to the stage to smile at the camera; his fiddle tucked under his...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Cobras

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The Cobras, a blues band out of Austin, Texas, comprised of five white men, stand with Junior Williams as all smile at the camera. Printed in the...

Date Published
1985
1995
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Corey Harris

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Blues guitarist and vocalist Corey Harris looks to the camera from one side of the neck of a guitar. He holds the neck with both hands on which he...

Date Published
1995
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Cotton Candy and So Many Men

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Cotton Candy & So Many Men, a blues band from Kansas City comprised of one African American woman, one African American man, and four white men, sit...

Date Published
1995
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

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  • 1995
  • African American men

Member of

  • Grand Emporium Collection (61)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (7)
  • Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection (2)
  • Betty Crow Collection (1)
  • Evie Quarles Collection (1)
  • Jay McShann Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (73)

Genres

  • Publicity photographs (60)
  • Black & white photographs (58)
  • Gelatin silver prints (58)
  • Portrait photographs (45)
  • Group portraits (27)
  • Color photographs (15)
  • Snapshots (8)
  • Architectural photographs (6)
  • Photocopies (2)
  • Slides (2)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (70)
  • 2001-2010 (8)
  • 1981-1990 (2)

Subjects

  • Blues musicians (44)
  • Guitarists (26)
  • Singers (20)
  • Bands (Music) (19)
  • Jazz musicians (18)
  • Men, White (18)
  • African American jazz musicians (14)
  • Harmonica players (13)
  • African American women (9)
  • Guitar (9)
  • Trombonists (9)
  • Pianists (8)
  • Saxophonists (8)
  • Buildings (6)
  • Jazz singers (6)
  • Hats (5)
  • Buddhist temples (4)
  • Harmonica (4)
  • Japanese (4)
  • Men (4)
  • Shinto shrines (4)
  • Zydeco musicians (4)
  • Accordion (3)
  • Accordionists (3)
  • Bass guitarists (3)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (3)
  • Jazz musicians, White (3)
  • Reggae musicians (3)
  • Fiddlers (2)
  • Rock musicians (2)
  • Stairs (2)
  • Women, White (2)
  • Alternative rock musicians (1)
  • Asian American men (1)
  • Automobiles (1)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (1)
  • East Indian Americans (1)
  • Organists (1)
  • Post-punk music (1)
  • Railroad tracks (1)
  • Saxophone (1)
  • Trumpet players (1)
  • (-) African American men (73)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Japan (7)
  • Columbia (Mo.) (1)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Cheatham, Jimmy (7)
  • Cheatham, Jeannie (6)
  • Allison, Bernard (4)
  • Bell, Carey, 1936-2007 (2)
  • Branch, Billy (2)
  • Burks, Eddie, 1931-2005 (2)
  • L'il Brian (2)
  • Louisiana Red (2)
  • McClain, Mighty Sam (2)
  • Redman, Joshua (2)
  • Smith, Big Walter, 1930-2012 (2)
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (2)
  • Big Bo (1)
  • Buster, Brody, 1984- (1)
  • Carrier, Chubby (1)
  • Chenier, C. J. (Clayton Joseph), 1957- (1)
  • Cotton, James, 1935-2017 (1)
  • Cray, Robert (1)
  • Davis, CeDell (1)
  • Davis, Guy, 1952- (1)
  • Dawkins, Jimmy (1)
  • Dyer, Johnny, 1938- (1)
  • Felder, Wilton (1)
  • Forehand, Edward (1)
  • Gilmore, Johnny (1)
  • Harmonica Fats, 1927-2000 (1)
  • Harris, Corey (1)
  • Henderson, Wayne, 1939-2014 (1)
  • Little Whitt (1)
  • McShann, Jay (1)
  • Moore, Billie G. (1)
  • Pearl, Bernie (1)
  • Peterson, James, 1937- (1)
  • Peterson, Lucky (1)
  • Primer, John (1)
  • Reynolds, Tim, 1957- (1)
  • Robertson, Sherman (1)
  • Ross, Houston (Bass guitarist) (1)
  • Ruskin, Tommy (1)
  • Seals, Son (1)
  • Shannon, Mem (1)
  • Strother, Percy (1)
  • Thompson, Lil' Dave, 1969- (1)
  • Turney, Norris, 1921-2001 (1)
  • Walker, Phillip, 1937-2010 (1)
  • Washington, Cotton Candy, 1931-2007 (1)
  • Washington, Grover, Jr., 1943-1999 (1)
  • Watson, Bobby, 1953- (1)
  • Williams, Larry Jr., 1953-1997 (1)
  • Wilson, Smokey (1)

Date Published

  • 2000 (15)
  • 1991 (5)
  • 2004 (5)
  • 1990 (4)
  • 1994 (3)
  • 1996 (3)
  • 1997 (3)
  • 1985 (2)
  • 1999 (2)
  • 2001 (1)
  • 2005 (1)
  • (-) 1995 (73)

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