Big Joe Maher, one of the national acts to perform at BB's Lawnside BBQ for the Big Joe Turner Birthday Bash, stands and speaks into a microphone he...
Billy Lee Lewis of the Tommy Castro Band, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, opens his mouth wide when he looks to his left...
Bird Fleming, from the left, wearing traditional African clothing, smiles as he plays a Djembe drum with a ksink attached at B. B.'s Lawnside Bar-B-Q...
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...
Bobby Adams, wearing a ball cap, looks at the photographer as he twirls a drumstick above the drum set he is playing at the Grand Emporium.
Bryan Winkert looks toward the cymbal in front of his right shoulder as he plays a drum set at the Grand Emporium.
Blues drummer and vocalist Casey Jones bends his elbow to curl three fingers of his right hand on his right cheek with one finger pointed straight up...
Blues drummer and vocalist Casey Jones sits backwards on a chair and crosses his forearms to rest them on the back of the chair. He turns his head to...
Blues drummer and vocalist Casey Jones turns his head slightly over his right shoulder to smile at the camera.. Printed in the margin below the...
Chip Ritter, with Long John Hunter Band, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, grins at the ceiling as he lifts the right...
Chris Layton looks intently directly at the photographer and out over a drum set he is playing during Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
The blues band, Cobalt Project Band, which includes: Branden Hudspeth, Sue Stubbs, Jan Faircloth, Paul Greenlease. Standing inside the Grand Emporium...
The blues band, Cobalt Project, including Brandon Hudspeth, closing his eyes and playing the guitar, Jan Faircloth, playing the drums, Sue Stubbs...
Cobalt Project sits on a staircase while taking a break from performing. Bottom to top: Brandon Hudspeth, Paul Greenlease, Sue Stubbs, and Jan...
Blues guitarist and drummer Coco Montoya leans his bent left elbow on a case and rests his chin in his left hand as he smiles at the camera and holds...
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...
Daniel Montero of the Evan Deace Band, wearing a headset microphone, hangs his mouth open with his tongue hanging out as he plays the drums at the...
Duck Warner looks serious wearing a cowboy hat, as he holds a trumpet on his leg while he sits on a bench outside. Hugh Ruddick is next to Duck on the...
Dwight Jenkins, part of the Sonny Kenner Band, wears an flat cap, plays a drum set, and sings into a microphone on his left at the Mill Creek Brewery.
Forbidden Pigs, a blues-rock band comprised of three white men, stand holding their instruments of a snare drum, an accordion, and a string bass...
Frank "Iron Jaw" Oakley, L.C. Gant, and Dawayne Gilley are smiling at the photographer from their seats during the Kansas City Blues Society's 20th...
Grand Marquis during the Big Joe Turner Birthday Bash at BB's Lawnside BBQ: Bryan Redmond, wearing a zoot suit and holding a tenor saxophone stands...
Harold Brown, of the Same Ole Band, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, happily opens his mouth wide and looks out over a drum...
Jaisson Taylor, wearing a dragon-print shirt, smiles at the photographer as he plays a drum set at the Grand Emporium.
James Harmon Band, a blues band comprised of four white men, stand on stage wearing business suits as they perform. Printed on the drum, "James Harman...
