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Anson Funderburgh and the Rockets featuring Sam Myers

Image

Anson Funderburgh, blues guitarist, stands farthest to the right holding a guitar. Sam Myers, harmonica player and blues singer, stands in the center...

Date Published
1999
2003
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Forbidden Pigs

Image

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

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

Little Charlie and the Nightcats

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Little Charlie and the Nightcats, a blues band comprised of four white men, three of which sit to play their instruments while the upright bass player...

Date Published
2002
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Little Charlie and the Nightcats

Image

Little Charlie and the Nightcats, a blues band comprised of three white men and one African American man, gather in a group and smile at the camera...

Date Published
1998
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Little Charlie and the Nightcats

Image

Little Charlie and the Nightcats, a blues band comprised of four white men, stand in a group and look up at the camera. All wear wide-lapel business...

Date Published
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium 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

Image

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

Russell Jackson

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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

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
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  • Blues musicians
  • Double bass

Member of

  • Grand Emporium Collection (7)
  • Evie Quarles Collection (2)
  • Jay McShann Collection (2)

Types

  • photographs (11)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (9)
  • Gelatin silver prints (9)
  • Group portraits (7)
  • Publicity photographs (7)
  • Portrait photographs (4)
  • Color photographs (2)
  • Snapshots (2)

Time Periods

  • 2001-2010 (7)
  • 1991-2000 (4)
  • 1981-1990 (2)

Subjects

  • Men, White (9)
  • Double bassists (7)
  • African American men (6)
  • Guitar (6)
  • Bands (Music) (4)
  • African American jazz musicians (2)
  • Buildings (2)
  • Electronic piano (2)
  • Guitarists (2)
  • Hats (2)
  • Jazz musicians (2)
  • Jazz musicians, White (2)
  • Pianists (2)
  • Piano (2)
  • Accordion (1)
  • Accordionists (1)
  • Blues-rock music (1)
  • Drum (1)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (1)
  • Harmonica (1)
  • Rock musicians (1)
  • Singers (1)
  • (-) Blues musicians (11)
  • (-) Double bass (11)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (2)

Subjects, People

  • Baty, Charlie (3)
  • McShann, Jay (2)
  • Robillard, Duke (2)
  • Simmons, Max (Bassist) (2)
  • Dixon, Willie, 1915-1992 (1)
  • Funderburgh, Anson (1)
  • Jackson, Russell (Musician) (1)
  • Myers, Sam, 1936-2006 (1)

Events

  • Western Maryland Blues Festival (2004) (2)

Date Published

  • 2002-11-20 (2)
  • 2004-03 (2)
  • 1981 (1)
  • 1988 (1)
  • 1990 (1)
  • 1991 (1)
  • 1998 (1)
  • 1999 (1)
  • 2000 (1)
  • 2002 (1)
  • 2003 (1)
  • 2004 (1)

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