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Carla Robinson at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS

Image

Carla Robinson looks straight ahead with a serious look on her face as she plays an electric bass at the 6th Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads at...

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

Carol Fran, Myra Taylor, and Bob Stroger at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS

Image

Bob Stroger, wearing a cowboy hat with a peacock feather in the hat band, crouches down to the left of a seated Myra Taylor and Carol Fran and extends...

Date Published
October-18-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Cotton Candy and So Many Men

Image

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

Guitarist and bassist performing in Chicago

Image

An unidentified African American man holding a tenor guitar while wearing mix-matched clothing and a derby hat stands to the right and gives a...

Date Published
1958
1959
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Jean Knight at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS

Image

Jean Knight grins at the photographer as she holds a microphone at the Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS. An...

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

Meshell Ndegéocello

Image

Meshell Ndegéocello, a funk and soul musician who sings and plays bass, sits on the floor in dark clothing and smiles to the right as she leans back...

Date Published
1999
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Raindogs and Saffire the Uppity Blues Women

Image

Raindogs & Saffire the Uppity Blues Women, national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, stand in a group grinning at the photographer are Jim...

Date Published
July-06-2001
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection
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  • African American women
  • Bass guitarists

Member of

  • Evie Quarles Collection (4)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (2)
  • Dolores Hobley Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (7)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (6)
  • Gelatin silver prints (6)
  • Group portraits (4)
  • Portrait photographs (3)
  • Publicity photographs (2)
  • Color photographs (1)
  • Photocopies (1)

Time Periods

  • 2001-2010 (4)
  • 1991-2000 (2)
  • 1951-1960 (1)

Subjects

  • Blues musicians (5)
  • Singers (5)
  • African American men (4)
  • Guitarists (3)
  • Men, White (2)
  • Bands (Music) (1)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (1)
  • Entertainers (1)
  • Funk musicians (1)
  • Harmonica players (1)
  • Keyboard players (1)
  • Mandolinists (1)
  • Musicians (1)
  • Percussionists (1)
  • Pianists (1)
  • Saxophonists (1)
  • Soul musicians (1)
  • Women, White (1)
  • (-) African American women (7)
  • (-) Bass guitarists (7)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Salina (Kan.) (3)
  • Chicago (Ill.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Adegbalola, Gaye (1)
  • Faye, Andra (1)
  • Fran, Carol, 1933- (1)
  • Herbert, Jim (1)
  • Knight, Jean (1)
  • NdegéOcello, Me'Shell, 1969- (1)
  • Peterie, Karla (1)
  • Rabson, Ann (1)
  • Roark, Mike (1)
  • Robinson, Carla (1)
  • Smith, Phil (Bassist) (1)
  • Stroger, Bob (1)
  • Taylor, Myra (1)
  • Washington, Cotton Candy, 1931-2007 (1)

Events

  • Blues Masters at the Crossroads (5th : 2002 : Salina, Kan.) (1)
  • Blues Masters at the Crossroads (6th : 2003 : Salina, Kan.) (1)
  • Blues Masters at the Crossroads (10th : 2007 : Salina, Kan.) (1)

Date Published

  • 1958 (1)
  • 1959 (1)
  • 1995 (1)
  • 1999 (1)
  • 2000 (1)
  • 2001-07-06 (1)
  • 2002-10-18 (1)
  • 2003-10-17 (1)
  • 2007-10-20 (1)

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