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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

Cobalt Project at the Grand Emporium

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The blues band, Cobalt Project Band, which includes: Branden Hudspeth, Sue Stubbs, Jan Faircloth, Paul Greenlease. Standing inside the Grand Emporium...

Date Published
January-09-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Cobalt Project at the Grand Emporium

Image

The blues band, Cobalt Project, including Brandon Hudspeth, closing his eyes and playing the guitar, Jan Faircloth, playing the drums, Sue Stubbs...

Date Published
January-11-2001
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Cobalt Project take a break

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Cobalt Project sits on a staircase while taking a break from performing. Bottom to top: Brandon Hudspeth, Paul Greenlease, Sue Stubbs, and Jan...

Date Published
January-09-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Forbidden Pigs

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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...

Date Published
1988
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Grand Marquis at B.B.'s Lawnside Bar-B-Q

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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...

Date Published
May-19-2007
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

James Gilbert at the Grand Emporium

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James Gilbert, wearing a plaid long-sleeved shirt, looks down at the neck of a bass as he plays at the Grand Emporium.

Date Published
January-01-1999
January-31-1999
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Jay McShann, Duke Robillard, and unidentified bassist performing outdoors

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Jay McShann singing and playing an electronic piano on an outdoor stage with guitarist Duke Robillard, and unidentified white male bassist at the 2004...

Date Published
March-2004
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann, Duke Robillard, and unidentified bassist performing outdoors

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Jay McShann, guitarist Duke Robillard, and unidentified white male bassist performing outdoors at the 2004 Western Maryland Blues Festival; McShann is...

Date Published
March-2004
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Max Simmons at the Grand Emporium

Image

Max Simmons, a member of the blues band, Lonesome Hank and the Heartaches, looks directly at the photographer as he plays a double bass at the Grand...

Date Published
November-20-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Max Simmons at the Grand Emporium

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Max Simmons, a member of the blues band Lonesome Hank and the Heartaches, looks up to his left as he plays a double bass at the Grand Emporium.

Date Published
November-20-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Phil Smith playing a double bass

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Phil Smith of the blues band, Rain Dogs, closes his eyes as he plucks the strings of a double bass he is playing.

Date Published
September-30-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Rain Dogs at the Grand Emporium

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Rain Dogs, a blues band including Mike Roark, Karla Peterie, Phil Smith, and Jim Herbert stand in front of a wall of signatures at the Grand Emporium...

Date Published
September-30-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Rain Dogs performing

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Rain Dogs, a blues band including Phil Smith, strumming a double bass with his eyes closed, Karla Peterie, smiling as she looks at the neck of a...

Date Published
July-29-2001
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Rick Yord, Tom Hall, and Greg Camp at Winslow's BBQ

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Rick Yord, seated on an amplifier and holding an upright bass, with Tom Hall, seated on a bar stool and strumming a guitar while looking at Rick to...

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

Russell Jackson

Image

Double bassist Russell Jackson closes his eyes and smiles as he plays a stand up bass in the center of the railroad tracks. A train is behind him. He...

Date Published
1991
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women

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Saffire -- The Uppity Blues Women, a blues band comprised of one African American woman and two white women, laugh as they hold their instruments; a...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Sean Costello and the Counts of Rhythm

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Sean Costello and the Counts of Rhythm is a blues ensemble comprised of three white men and one African American man. Standing in the back is a...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Willie Dixon

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Blues double bassist Willie Dixon laughs as he hugs his arms around the neck of his bass. He wears a light colored fedora hat and a light colored...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection
  • Clear selected
  • Blues musicians
  • Double bassists

Member of

  • Evie Quarles Collection (12)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (5)
  • Jay McShann Collection (2)

Types

  • photographs (19)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (17)
  • Gelatin silver prints (17)
  • Group portraits (13)
  • Portrait photographs (6)
  • Publicity photographs (5)
  • Color photographs (2)
  • Snapshots (2)

Time Periods

  • 2001-2010 (11)
  • 1991-2000 (7)
  • 1981-1990 (2)

Subjects

  • Men, White (15)
  • Guitarists (12)
  • Double bass (7)
  • Women, White (7)
  • African American men (6)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (6)
  • Harmonica players (4)
  • Singers (4)
  • African American jazz musicians (2)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (2)
  • Buildings (2)
  • Electronic piano (2)
  • Guitar (2)
  • Hats (2)
  • Jazz musicians (2)
  • Jazz musicians, White (2)
  • Mandolinists (2)
  • Pianists (2)
  • Piano (2)
  • Accordion (1)
  • Accordionists (1)
  • African American women (1)
  • Bands (Music) (1)
  • Blues-rock music (1)
  • Drum (1)
  • Keyboard players (1)
  • Musical instruments (1)
  • Overalls (1)
  • Percussionists (1)
  • Rock musicians (1)
  • Saxophonists (1)
  • Trumpet players (1)
  • (-) Blues musicians (19)
  • (-) Double bassists (19)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (9)

Subjects, People

  • Faircloth, Jan (3)
  • Greenlease, Paul (3)
  • Hudspeth, Brandon (3)
  • Smith, Phil (Bassist) (3)
  • Stubbs, Sue (Guitarist) (3)
  • Herbert, Jim (2)
  • McShann, Jay (2)
  • Peterie, Karla (2)
  • Roark, Mike (2)
  • Robillard, Duke (2)
  • Simmons, Max (Bassist) (2)
  • Boydston, Chad (1)
  • Camp, Greg (Guitarist) (1)
  • Costello, Sean, 1979-2008 (1)
  • Dixon, Willie, 1915-1992 (1)
  • Funderburgh, Anson (1)
  • Gilbert, James (Bassist) (1)
  • Hall, Tom (Guitarist) (1)
  • Jackson, Russell (Musician) (1)
  • McKenzie, Lisa (Drummer) (1)
  • Myers, Sam, 1936-2006 (1)
  • Nicolier, Sammy (1)
  • Oskar, Lee (1)
  • Redmond, Bryan (1)
  • Ruth, Ben (1)
  • Yord, Rick (1)

Events

  • Western Maryland Blues Festival (2004) (2)

Date Published

  • 1991 (3)
  • 2000 (2)
  • 2000-09-30 (2)
  • 2002-01-09 (2)
  • 2002-11-20 (2)
  • 2004-03 (2)
  • 1981 (1)
  • 1988 (1)
  • 1990 (1)
  • 1999-01-01 (1)
  • 1999-01-31 (1)
  • 1999-10-28 (1)
  • 2001-01-11 (1)
  • 2001-07-29 (1)
  • 2002-07-06 (1)
  • 2004 (1)
  • 2007-05-19 (1)

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