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Anson Funderburgh and Lee McBee at the Grand Emporium

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Anson Funderburgh and Lee McBee, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, perform together. Anson looks to his left towards Lee...

Date Published
July-06-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Anson Funderburgh, Sam Myers, and Lee Oskar the Grand Emporium

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Sam Myers, wearing a harmonica belt filled with harmonicas and clutching a harmonica he is blowing into, stands in the middle of the stage between...

Date Published
July-06-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Arthur Williams at BB's Lawnside Bar-B-Q

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Arthur Williams, one of the national acts to perform during the Acoustic Blues Showcase at BB's Lawnside BBQ, wearing a fedora and sunglasses, blows...

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

Big George Brock at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS

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Big George Brock, wearing a fedora, looks to his right as he clasps his hands around an amplified harmonica at the Annual Blues Masters at the...

Date Published
October-20-2007
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Billy Boy Arnold and Roger Naber at the Grand Emporium

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Billy Boy Arnold, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, sits at the bar next to the owner, Roger Naber. Both smile at the...

Date Published
December-28-1999
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Bob Margolin and Charlie Musselwhite at the Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest

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Bob Margolin sits and sings into a microphone, mouth wide open, while he plays a microphoned slide dobro guitar. Charlie Musselwhite is seated to Bob...

Date Published
July-19-1998
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Bobby Bland and Lee Oskar at the Grand Emporium

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Bobby Bland, Lee Oskar, and others perform as one of the national acts at the Grand Emporium. Bobby Bland looks to his left shoulder towards Lee Oskar...

Date Published
July-03-2003
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Brody Buster and Rico McFarland at the Grand Emporium

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Brody Buster and Rico McFarland, members of the James Cotton Band, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, sit together as they...

Date Published
August-27-1998
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Brody Buster at the Grand Emporium

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Brody Buster smiles over his right shoulder has he holds a Lee Oskar 2nd G harmonica at the Grand Emporium. He is standing behind a microphone.

Date Published
December-26-1998
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Brody Buster at the Grand Emporium

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Brody Buster, wearing bracelets and an earring, closes his eyes and blows into an amplified harmonica at the Grand Emporium.

Date Published
March-30-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles 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

Bruce Katz and Carey Bell at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS

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Bruce Katz plays a grand piano with his head drawn back while Carey Bell blows into an amplified harmonica that he clutches in his hands at the 4th...

Date Published
October-13-2001
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Carey Bell at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS

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Carey Bell blows into an amplified harmonica he clutches with fingers spread on his left hand while looking down at the 6th Annual Blues Masters at...

Date Published
October-17-2003
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Carey Bell at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS

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Carey Bell looks sad as he blows into an amplified harmonica he is clutching at the 4th Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads at Blue Heaven Studios...

Date Published
October-12-2001
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Carey Bell at the Grand Emporium

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Carey Bell, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, looks up as he blows into an amplified harmonica.

Date Published
August-25-1998
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Charlie Musselwhite at the Grand Emporium

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Charlie Musselwhite, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, closes his eyes as he blows into an amplified harmonica he clutches...

Date Published
July-22-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Charlie Musselwhite at the Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest

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Charlie Musselwhite's eyes are visible above his clasped hands over an amplified harmonica during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.

Date Published
July-19-1998
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Chris Duarte and Little Hatch at the Grand Emporium

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Chris Duarte, smiling as he holds an electric guitar, faces Little Hatch to his left while Little Hatch faces Chris and talks into the microphone at...

Date Published
June-30-1998
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams, Little Hatch, Millage Gilbert, and Debbie Dennis at the Gem Theater

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams smiles while looking down as he stands to the right of a seated Little Hatch wearing a printed tuxedo, bowtie, and a fedora...

Date Published
January-22-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Clay Goldstein at the Grand Emporium

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Only Clay Goldstein's closed eyes, backwards ball cap and hands are visible as he blows into an amplified harmonica during the K.C. Blues & Jazz After...

Date Published
July-23-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Crowd at Club Paradox

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Some of the crowd dances while others sit with drinks in front of the stage at Club Paradox in Kansas City, Kansas. A guitarist and a harmonica player...

Date Published
April-08-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Curtis Salgado at the Grand Emporium

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Curtis Salgado, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, closes his eyes and turns his head way to the left as he blows into an...

Date Published
March-10-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Eric Sardinas and Brody Buster at the Grand Emporium

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Eric Sardinas with Brody Buster are one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium. Eric, wearing a cowboy hat and a neck scarf, closes his...

Date Published
August-31-2001
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Ernie Locke at the Grand Emporium

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Ernie Locke of the band, Parlay, looks up to his right as he blows into an amplified harmonica at the Grand Emporium.

Date Published
September-02-1999
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Evie Quarles and Carey Bell

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Evie Quarles and Carey Bell during the All Stars Blues Jam at Blue Heaven Studio in Salina, KS. Evie, glasses resting on her upper forehead, smiles at...

Date Published
December-15-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

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  • (-) Evie Quarles Collection (80)

Types

  • photographs (80)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (80)
  • Gelatin silver prints (80)
  • Portrait photographs (50)
  • Group portraits (29)
  • Snapshots (2)

Time Periods

  • 2001-2010 (41)
  • 1991-2000 (40)

Subjects

  • Blues musicians (79)
  • Men, White (51)
  • African American men (38)
  • Guitarists (26)
  • Blues festivals (13)
  • Music festivals (13)
  • Singers (9)
  • Women, White (9)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (6)
  • Male singers (6)
  • Jazz festivals (5)
  • African American women (3)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (3)
  • Bass guitarists (3)
  • Double bassists (3)
  • Harmonica music (Blues) (3)
  • Mandolinists (3)
  • Music fans (3)
  • Percussionists (3)
  • Photographers (3)
  • Pianists (3)
  • African American jazz musicians (2)
  • Fiddlers (2)
  • Jazz musicians (2)
  • Keyboard players (2)
  • Violinists (2)
  • Crowds (1)
  • Jazz singers (1)
  • Promoters (1)
  • Restaurateurs (1)
  • Rock musicians (1)
  • Teenage boys, White (1)
  • Trumpet players (1)
  • (-) Harmonica players (80)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (55)
  • Kansas City (Kan.) (8)
  • Salina (Kan.) (8)
  • 18th and Vine District (2)
  • Beale Street (Memphis, Tenn.) (1)
  • Johnson County (Kan.) (1)
  • Washington Park (Kansas City, Mo.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Little Hatch, 1921-2003 (7)
  • Buster, Brody, 1984- (6)
  • Bell, Carey, 1936-2007 (5)
  • Oskar, Lee (5)
  • Herbert, Jim (3)
  • Musselwhite, Charlie (3)
  • Peterie, Karla (3)
  • Roark, Mike (3)
  • Smith, Phil (Bassist) (3)
  • Bean, Terry (2)
  • Buford, Mojo, 1929-2011 (2)
  • Cotton, James, 1935-2017 (2)
  • Funderburgh, Anson (2)
  • Gilbert, Millage (2)
  • Lazy Lester (2)
  • Little Iron Jaw Oakley (2)
  • McBee, Lee (2)
  • McFarland, Rico (2)
  • Myers, Sam, 1936-2006 (2)
  • Naber, Roger (2)
  • Piazza, Rod (2)
  • Quarles, Evie (2)
  • Williams, Arthur (Harmonica player) (2)
  • Adegbalola, Gaye (1)
  • Arnold, Billy Boy (1)
  • Bellamy, D. C., 1949- (1)
  • Berry, Rich (1)
  • Bland, Bobby (1)
  • Brock, Big George (1)
  • Crandall, Kurt (1)
  • Curfman, Shannon (1)
  • Daniel, Scott (Musician) (1)
  • Dennis, Debbie (1)
  • DeVan, Everette, 1950- (1)
  • Drum, John Paul (1)
  • Duarte, Chris (1)
  • DuFresne, Mark (1)
  • Dye, Bill (1)
  • Faircloth, Jan (1)
  • Faith, Mary (Club patron) (1)
  • Faye, Andra (1)
  • Gant, L. C. (1)
  • Garoutte, Jacque (1)
  • Gilley, Dawayne (1)
  • Glover, Tony (1)
  • Goldstein, Clayton (1)
  • Griffin, Larry (Guitarist) (1)
  • Hammond, John, 1942- (1)
  • Hamza, Luqman (1)
  • Harman, James, 1946-2021 (1)
  • Harper (Musician) (1)
  • Hobbs, John (Drummer) (1)
  • Hudspeth, Brandon (1)
  • Hummel, Mark, 1955- (1)
  • Irvin, Mississippi Jed (1)
  • Katz, Bruce (Musician) (1)
  • Kenner, Sonny, 1933-2001 (1)
  • King Alex, 1934-2008 (1)
  • Leary, Washboard Chaz (1)
  • Little Mike, 1955- (1)
  • Locke, Ernie (1)
  • Lonesome Hank (1)
  • Margolin, Bob (1)
  • Mayall, John (1)
  • Meade, Jimmie (1)
  • Morlan, Bill (1)
  • Paul, John (Blues singer) (1)
  • Piazza, Honey, 1951- (1)
  • Portnoy, Jerry (1)
  • Pryor, Snooky, 1921-2006 (1)
  • Rabson, Ann (1)
  • Riccardi, Jerry (1)
  • Rollings, Mark (1)
  • Salgado, Curtis (1)
  • Sardinas, Eric, 1970- (1)
  • Searcy, Roy (1)
  • Shell, Linda (Singer) (1)
  • Studebaker John, 1952- (1)
  • Townsend, Richard (Singer) (1)
  • Tucker, Rusty, 1925-2006 (1)
  • Watermelon Slim (1)
  • Wenner, Mark (1)
  • White, Tony Joe (1)
  • Wiggins, Phil (1)
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (1)
  • Wilson, James Spoon (1)
  • Wilson, Kim, 1951- (1)
  • Wright, Lawrence (Blues singer) (1)
  • Young, Lionel (1)

Events

  • Acoustic Blues Showcase (10th : 2003 : Kansas City, Mo.) (3)
  • Blues Masters at the Crossroads (4th : 2001 : Salina, Kan.) (3)
  • Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival (2002) (3)
  • Blues Masters at the Crossroads (6th : 2003 : Salina, Kan.) (2)
  • Blues Masters at the Crossroads (10th : 2007 : Salina, Kan.) (2)
  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (1998) (2)
  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (1999) (2)
  • Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival (2004) (2)
  • Acoustic Blues Showcase (5th : 1998 : Kansas City, Mo.) (1)
  • Box Car Blues Festival (2005 : Kansas City, Mo.) (1)
  • K.C. Blues & Jazz After Fest Jam (1999) (1)
  • K.C. Blues & Jazz After Fest Jam (2000) (1)
  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (2001) (1)
  • Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival (2003) (1)
  • Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival (2006) (1)
  • Living Blues Party (2000) (1)

Date Published

  • 1998-08-27 (3)
  • 2001-10-27 (3)
  • 2002-06-29 (3)
  • 2003-09-13 (3)
  • 1998-06-30 (2)
  • 1998-07-19 (2)
  • 1999-07-18 (2)
  • 2001-10-12 (2)
  • 2002-07-06 (2)
  • 2003-10-17 (2)
  • 1995 (1)
  • 1998-08-25 (1)
  • 1998-09-26 (1)
  • 1998-10-09 (1)
  • 1998-10-30 (1)
  • 1998-11-14 (1)
  • 1998-12-26 (1)
  • 1998-12-31 (1)
  • 1999-04-03 (1)
  • 1999-04-08 (1)
  • 1999-05-28 (1)
  • 1999-07-16 (1)
  • 1999-08-19 (1)
  • 1999-09-02 (1)
  • 1999-09-18 (1)
  • 1999-10-28 (1)
  • 1999-11-04 (1)
  • 1999-11-15 (1)
  • 1999-12-09 (1)
  • 1999-12-28 (1)
  • 2000-01-11 (1)
  • 2000-01-22 (1)
  • 2000-02-10 (1)
  • 2000-03-10 (1)
  • 2000-03-30 (1)
  • 2000-07-07 (1)
  • 2000-07-21 (1)
  • 2000-07-22 (1)
  • 2000-07-23 (1)
  • 2000-09-30 (1)
  • 2000-12-14 (1)
  • 2001 (1)
  • 2001-05-06 (1)
  • 2001-07-06 (1)
  • 2001-07-20 (1)
  • 2001-07-29 (1)
  • 2001-08-31 (1)
  • 2001-10-13 (1)
  • 2001-10-20 (1)
  • 2002-04-08 (1)
  • 2002-07-05 (1)
  • 2002-07-26 (1)
  • 2002-11-20 (1)
  • 2002-12-15 (1)
  • 2003-01-09 (1)
  • 2003-06-28 (1)
  • 2003-07-03 (1)
  • 2003-08-03 (1)
  • 2003-08-04 (1)
  • 2003-10-18 (1)
  • 2004-05-18 (1)
  • 2004-06-26 (1)
  • 2005 (1)
  • 2005-08-14 (1)
  • 2005-08-20 (1)
  • 2006-06-24 (1)
  • 2007-10-19 (1)
  • 2007-10-20 (1)
  • 2010 (1)

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