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Bobby Carson at the Grand Emporium

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Bobby Carson on stage, speaks into a microphone looking left with a keyboard player, drummer, and guitarist behind him. A large crowd is in front of...

Date Published
May-30-2004
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Bobby Rush and Lo Lespes at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2005

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Bobby Rush, sings into a microphone as Lo Lespes dances during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival, The audience is visible behind Lo.

Date Published
June-24-2005
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Carl Weathersby at the Grand Emporium

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Carl Weathersby stands in the middle of the audience playing his guitar at the Grand Emporium.

Date Published
February-03-2001
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Crowd at Club Paradox

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The crowd sits with drinks at or near the bar as the waitress comes toward them with a tray at Club Paradox in Kansas City, Kansas.

Date Published
February-18-2001
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

DC Bellamy at the Club Paradox

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DC Bellamy, wearing a fedora and holding a drink, points a finger at a patron seated at a table as he regales them with a story at Club Paradox in...

Date Published
March-08-2004
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Honeyboy Edwards at BB's Lawnside Bar-B-Q

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David "Honeyboy" Edwards, one of the national acts to perform during the Acoustic Blues Showcase at BB's Lawnside BBQ, wearing a baseball cap, sits...

Date Published
September-13-2003
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Jay McShann at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2004

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Jay McShann, left side profile, wearing a ball cap as he sits at a baby grand piano playing for an audience visible behind him during the Kansas City...

Date Published
June-26-2004
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

John Mooney

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Blues guitarist and vocalist John Mooney bends forward as he plays guitar on stage wearing a headband and sunglasses. The crowd is visible and faded...

Date Published
1996
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Kansas City Blues Society 20th Anniversary Celebration at the Grand Emporium

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A photograph of the seated audience during the Kansas City Blues Society's 20th Anniversary at the Grand Emporium.

Date Published
December-17-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Marvine McKeithen at Club Paradox

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Marvine McKeithen speaks into a microphone with a band behind her at Club Paradox in Kansas City, Kansas. The crowd is seated at the bar or at tables...

Date Published
February-23-2004
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Midget Hulett at the Grand Emporium

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Midget Hulett dances in an animal print dress at the Grand Emporium. The crowd is visible seated behind her.

Date Published
October-01-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Rolling Stones performing at "El Mocombo"

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Publicity photo of The Rolling Stones' surprise performance at Toronto's El Mocombo [misspelled on print] in March 1977. All members are on stage...

Date Published
March-1977
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection
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  • Black & white photographs
  • Music audiences

Member of

  • Evie Quarles Collection (10)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (1)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (12)

Genres

  • Gelatin silver prints (12)
  • Group portraits (10)
  • Portrait photographs (2)
  • Publicity photographs (2)
  • (-) Black & white photographs (12)

Time Periods

  • 2001-2010 (9)
  • 1991-2000 (2)
  • 1971-1980 (1)

Subjects

  • Blues musicians (8)
  • African American men (7)
  • Men, White (7)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (6)
  • Guitarists (5)
  • Music fans (5)
  • African American women (4)
  • Singers (4)
  • Women, White (3)
  • Blues festivals (2)
  • Music festivals (2)
  • African American jazz musicians (1)
  • Audiences (1)
  • Crowds (1)
  • Dancers (1)
  • Jazz musicians (1)
  • Nightclubs (1)
  • Pianists (1)
  • Rock musicians (1)
  • Waitresses (1)
  • Women dancers (1)
  • (-) Music audiences (12)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Kan.) (5)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (5)
  • Toronto (Ont.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Bellamy, D. C., 1949- (1)
  • Carson, Bobby (Blues guitarist) (1)
  • Edwards, Honeyboy (1)
  • Hulett, Midget (1)
  • Lespes, Lo (1)
  • McKeithen, Marvine (1)
  • McShann, Jay (1)
  • Mooney, John, 1955- (1)
  • Rush, Bobby (1)
  • Weathersby, Carl (1)

Events

  • Acoustic Blues Showcase (10th : 2003 : Kansas City, Mo.) (1)
  • Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival (2004) (1)
  • Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival (2005) (1)

Date Published

  • 1977-03 (1)
  • 1996 (1)
  • 2000-12-17 (1)
  • 2001-02-03 (1)
  • 2001-02-18 (1)
  • 2002-10-01 (1)
  • 2003-09-13 (1)
  • 2004-02-23 (1)
  • 2004-03-08 (1)
  • 2004-05-30 (1)
  • 2004-06-26 (1)
  • 2005-06-24 (1)

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