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"Wild Child" Butler

Image

Blues harmonica player "Wild Child" Butler holds a harmonica to his mouth with both hands and looks slightly to the right. Printed in the margin below...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

"Wild Child" Butler

Image

Blues harmonica player "Wild Child" Butler closes his eyes, grips his left hand in a fist, and opens his mouth to sing into a microphone. He has a cap...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bel Airs with Mark Wenner

Image

Bel Airs, a blues-rock band from Columbia, Missouri comprised of three white men, perform on the stage of the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri...

Date Published
May-1987
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Big Daddy Kinsey

Image

Big Daddy Kinsey, blues singer, guitarist, and harmonica player, holds a guitar that is across his chest, in a close-up, head-shot photograph. He...

Date Published
1993
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Big Daddy Kinsey

Image

Big Daddy Kinsey, blues singer, guitarist, and harmonica player, holds the neck of a guitar in a close-up, head-shot photograph. Printed in the margin...

Date Published
1999
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Big Wheeler

Image

Big Wheeler, blues harmonica player, looks directly at the camera as he holds an amplified harmonica to his mouth with both hands in a close-up, head...

Date Published
1996
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bill Lupkin

Image

Blues harmonica player Bill Lupkin smiles as he leans to one side and holds a harmonica in his right hand. Printed in the margin below the photograph...

Date Published
2001
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Billy C. Farlow

Image

Billy C. Farlow, rockabilly harmonica player, leans on the counter of a ticket window and looks to his left as he wears a dark shiny leather jacket...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Billy C. Farlow

Image

Billy C. Farlow, rockabilly harmonica player of the band the Ozone Review, leans on the counter of a ticket window and looks to his left as he wears a...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Billy C. Farlow

Image

Billy C. Farlow, rockabilly harmonica player of the Billy C. Farlow Blues Band, sits outdoors on a log by a river, holding a harmonica. Printed in the...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Billy Lee Riley

Image

Billy Lee Riley, rockabilly singer, guitarist, and harmonica player, turns his head to the left and rests his chin on the curled fingers of his right...

Date Published
1956
1960
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Billy Lee Riley

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Billy Lee Riley, rockabilly singer, guitarist, and harmonica player, looks seriously into the camera as he holds a harmonica with both hands and wears...

Date Published
2002
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Billy Lee Riley

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Rockabilly vocalist and guitarist Billy Lee Riley sits sideways on a chair that is outside, crosses his legs, and holds a drink in his right hand and...

Date Published
1997
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Billy Lee Riley and the Original Little Green Men

Image

Billy Lee Riley and the Original Little Green Men, a rockabilly band comprised of four white men, grin as they sit, stand or crouch in a corner. One...

Date Published
1956
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Blind Mississippi Morris

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Blind Mississippi Morris, blues harmonica player and singer, sits on a tall stool with one foot resting on an amplifier and the other touching the...

Date Published
1996
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Blue City Band performing

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Four members of the five member Blue City Band, a blues band comprised of three white men and two African American men, perform in a tent. Farthest to...

Date Published
1997
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Brody Buster

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A photocopy of a head-shot photograph of Brody Buster holding a harmonica with both hand and looking directly at the photographer. Printed in the...

Date Published
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Brody Buster

Image

Brody Buster holds a harmonica to his mouth and looks seriously to the right at the photographer as he stands outside under trees. Printed in the...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Carey Bell

Image

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

Date Published
1991
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

Carey Bell

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Blues harmonica player Carey Bell, in a split photograph. The photograph on the left has Carey looking straight at the photographer in a head-shot...

Date Published
1991
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Carlos Del Junco

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Canadian blues harmonica player Carlos Del Junco in a head-shot photograph from his left side as he closes his eyes and blows into a harmonica held by...

Date Published
1993
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

CeDell Davis

Image

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

Charlie Musselwhite

Image

Charlie Musselwhite, a blues harmonica player, guitarist, and singer looks to his left in a close-up, head-shot photograph.

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

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  • (-) Grand Emporium Collection (141)

Types

  • photographs (141)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (125)
  • Publicity photographs (125)
  • Gelatin silver prints (124)
  • Portrait photographs (117)
  • Group portraits (16)
  • Color photographs (13)
  • Photocopies (2)
  • Slides (2)
  • Negatives (1)
  • Pastels (Visual works) (1)
  • Portrait drawings (1)
  • Snapshots (1)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (105)
  • 2001-2010 (22)
  • 1981-1990 (21)
  • 1951-1960 (2)
  • 1971-1980 (1)

Subjects

  • Blues musicians (132)
  • Men, White (93)
  • Singers (69)
  • African American men (52)
  • Guitarists (50)
  • Harmonica (28)
  • Bands (Music) (10)
  • Bass guitarists (8)
  • Rockabilly musicians (7)
  • Guitar (5)
  • Men (4)
  • Canadians (3)
  • Musicians (3)
  • Pianists (3)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments)--Management (2)
  • Blues-rock music (2)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (2)
  • Girls (2)
  • Rock musicians (2)
  • Women, White (2)
  • Accordionists (1)
  • Audiences (1)
  • Boys (1)
  • Children, White (1)
  • Cubans (1)
  • Double bassists (1)
  • Funk musicians (1)
  • Keyboard players (1)
  • Life preservers (1)
  • Male singers (1)
  • Microphone (1)
  • Musical instruments (1)
  • Piano (1)
  • Racially mixed people (1)
  • Railroad tracks (1)
  • Railroad yards (1)
  • Saxophonists (1)
  • Taxicabs (1)
  • (-) Harmonica players (141)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (5)
  • New Orleans (La.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Musselwhite, Charlie (9)
  • Delay, Paul (6)
  • Salgado, Curtis (6)
  • Shannon, Mem (6)
  • Cotton, James, 1935-2017 (5)
  • Doder, Keith (5)
  • Studebaker John, 1952- (5)
  • Bell, Carey, 1936-2007 (4)
  • Lazy Lester (4)
  • Little Hatch, 1921-2003 (4)
  • Riley, Billy Lee (4)
  • Farlow, Billy C. (3)
  • Monque'D, J. (3)
  • Neal, Kenny (3)
  • Primich, Gary (3)
  • Wilson, Kim, 1951- (3)
  • Burks, Eddie, 1931-2005 (2)
  • Buster, Brody, 1984- (2)
  • Butler, George, 1936-2005 (2)
  • Dyer, Johnny, 1938- (2)
  • Kinsey, Big Daddy, 1927-2001 (2)
  • Little Mike, 1955- (2)
  • Louisiana Red (2)
  • Mack, Nigel (2)
  • McBee, Lee (2)
  • Mischo, R. J. (2)
  • Nulisch, Darrell (2)
  • Stone, Rob (Harmonica player) (2)
  • Sugar Blue (2)
  • Taylor, Greg, 1952- (2)
  • Big Bo (1)
  • Breihan, Jeff (1)
  • Burnside, R. L. (Rural L.), 1926-2005 (1)
  • Caulkins, Doug Lynn (1)
  • Clarke, William (Harmonica player) (1)
  • Costello, Sean, 1979-2008 (1)
  • Cranston, Lamont (1)
  • Davis, CeDell (1)
  • Earl, Ronnie (1)
  • Filipowicz, Paul (1)
  • Frost, Frank, 1936-1999 (1)
  • Funderburgh, Anson (1)
  • Geils, J. (1)
  • Glazer, Howard, 1959- (1)
  • Harman, James, 1946- (1)
  • Harmonica Fats, 1927-2000 (1)
  • Harmonica Red (1)
  • Harmonica Shah, 1946- (1)
  • Hummel, Mark, 1955- (1)
  • Janes, Roland (1)
  • Junco, Carlos del (1)
  • Kane, Shari (1)
  • Kelly, Karl, 1947-2012 (1)
  • Ley, Jimmy (1)
  • Little Anthony (1)
  • Little Whitt (1)
  • Lupkin, Bill (1)
  • Lynwood Slim, 1953- (1)
  • Madaris, Jason (1)
  • Magic Dick (1)
  • Montgomery, James (Blues musician) (1)
  • Morgan, Teddy (1)
  • Morris, Blind Mississippi (1)
  • Morris, Jon, 1955- (1)
  • Muddy Waters, 1915-1983 (1)
  • Myers, George, -1998 (1)
  • Myers, Sam, 1936-2006 (1)
  • Naber, Roger (1)
  • Németh, John (1)
  • Pearl, Bernie (1)
  • Pepper, Marvin (1)
  • Piazza, Rod (1)
  • Portnoy, Jerry (1)
  • Potts, Robert (1)
  • Ramsey, Pat, 1953-2008 (1)
  • Ricci, Jason (1)
  • Robinson, Fenton (1)
  • Rockin' Jake (1)
  • Ruth, Madcat (1)
  • Sallings, Mark (1)
  • Sansone, Johnny (1)
  • Serrano, Pablo (1)
  • Skoller, Matthew (1)
  • Strother, Percy (1)
  • Tims, David (1)
  • Van Eaton, Jim (1)
  • Watson, Junior (1)
  • Wenner, Mark (1)
  • Wheeler, Big, 1929- (1)
  • Williams, Rich, 1950- (1)
  • Woodlawn Fats (1)

Events

  • Ultimate Rhythm and Blues Cruise I (1)

Date Published

  • 2000 (40)
  • 1991 (32)
  • 1995 (16)
  • 1997 (15)
  • 2001 (14)
  • 1990 (13)
  • 1996 (12)
  • 2004 (11)
  • 1998 (10)
  • 1999 (9)
  • 1985 (7)
  • 1994 (6)
  • 1981 (5)
  • 1993 (5)
  • 1988 (3)
  • 1956 (2)
  • 1986 (2)
  • 2002 (2)
  • 1960 (1)
  • 1975 (1)
  • 1980 (1)
  • 1986-01 (1)
  • 1987-05 (1)
  • 1987-06 (1)
  • 1987-07 (1)
  • 1989 (1)
  • 1992 (1)
  • 1993-01 (1)
  • 1999-03-19 (1)
  • 2003 (1)

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