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'Houserocker' Johnson and the Shadows

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Houserocker' Johnson and the Shadows in a bar. Guitarist Houserocker sits on a piano with his feet on the keys holding an electric blues guitar across...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Alvin Youngblood Hart

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Blues guitarist Alvin Youngblood Hart looks seriously to his left as he leans left and plays an electric guitar. He wears a wide headband and a plaid...

Date Published
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Ana Popovic

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Serbian blues guitarist and singer Ana Popovic sits on the floor and leans an electric guitar against her left knee and leans her head toward the neck...

Date Published
2001
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Andrew "Jr. Boy" Jones

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Blues guitarist Andrew "Jr. Boy" Jones stands by a curved wall and smiles at the camera as he holds an electric guitar. Printed in the margin below...

Date Published
1998
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Andrew "Jr. Boy" Jones

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Blues guitarist Andrew "Jr. Boy" Jones stands by a curved wall and smiles at the camera as he holds an electric guitar. Printed in the margin below...

Date Published
1998
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Anson Funderburgh and the Rockets featuring Sam Myers

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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

Anthony Gomes

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Canadian blues guitarist Anthony Gomes looks down and bends his knees as he plays an electric guitar on his right hip. Printed in the margin below the...

Date Published
2002
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Anthony Gomes

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Canadian blues guitarist Anthony Gomes stands with his arms and hands opened wide out from his body as an electric guitar hangs from the strap around...

Date Published
2002
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bar BQ Bob and Washboard Chaz

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Guitarist Bar BQ Bob and washboard player Washboard Chaz crouch down on a boulder with their instruments and smile at the photographer. Printed in the...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bayou Rhythm

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Bayou Rhythm, a zydeco and blues band comprised of one African American man and four white men, stand holding their instruments.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Becky Barksdale

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Blues guitarist Becky Barksdale looks seriously at the photographer as she hugs the neck of a guitar. Printed in the margin below the photograph,...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bernard Allison

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Blues guitarist and vocalist Bernard Allison sits with an electric guitar flat across his lap and smiles at the photographer as he wears a cowboy hat...

Date Published
1990
1995
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bernard Allison

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Blues guitarist and vocalist Bernard Allison sits with an electric guitar flat across his lap and smiles at the photographer as he wears a cowboy hat...

Date Published
1990
1995
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bernard Allison

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Blues guitarist and vocalist Bernard Allison stands in a doorway with his arms crossed over the body of an electric guitar. He wears a cowboy hat, a...

Date Published
2000
2002
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bernard Allison

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Blues guitarist and vocalist Bernard Allison stands in a doorway with his arms crossed over the body of an electric guitar. He wears a cowboy hat, a...

Date Published
1995
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bernard Allison

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Blues guitarist and vocalist Bernard Allison sits holding an electric guitar as he smiles up at the photographer. Printed below the photograph in the...

Date Published
2000
2002
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bernard Allison

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Blues guitarist and vocalist Bernard Allison sits holding an electric guitar as he smiles up at the photographer. Printed below the photograph in the...

Date Published
1995
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bernard Allison playing guitar in the street; outside the Grand Emporium

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Blues guitarist and vocalist Bernard Allison grinning and playing guitar in the street outside the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri. He wears a...

Date Published
May-22-1998
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Big Dave and the Ultrasonics

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Big Dave and the Ultrasonics, a blues band comprised of six white men, stand or sit in front of a wall with graffiti painted on it. One holds a guitar...

Date Published
1991
1994
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Big G

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Blues guitarist Big G, [Garrett Jacobson] closes his eyes as he plays an electric guitar as he stands next to an amplifier. He wears a cowboy hat.

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Big Jack Johnson

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Blues guitarist Big Jack Johnson smiles and closes his eyes as he plays a guitar he holds in his lap. He wears a light-colored flat cap. Printed in...

Date Published
1996
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Big Jack Johnson

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Blues guitarist Big Jack Johnson closes his eyes and lifts his chin as he plays a guitar. He wears a vertically striped headband and a athletic jacket...

Date Published
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Big Nick and the Gila Monsters

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Big Nick and the Gila Monsters, a blues band comprised of four white men, stand pointing at the photographer. Two electric guitars lie on the floor...

Date Published
1993
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Billy and the Voodoo Kitchin'

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Blues guitarist Billy [Royce] squats on a stage to light his red electric guitar on fire. His hat covers his face. Printed over the photograph, "in...

Date Published
May-2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Blues Notions

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The Blues Notions, a Kansas City jump blues band comprised of five white men, stand in front of a brick wall. The men on the farthest left and right...

Date Published
1997
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

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Member of

  • Grand Emporium Collection (206)
  • Jay McShann Collection (3)

Types

  • photographs (209)

Genres

  • Publicity photographs (204)
  • Black & white photographs (197)
  • Gelatin silver prints (195)
  • Portrait photographs (182)
  • Group portraits (23)
  • Color photographs (11)
  • Photocopies (3)
  • Snapshots (3)
  • Concert posters (1)
  • Mock-ups (1)
  • Negatives (1)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (147)
  • 2001-2010 (46)
  • 1981-1990 (37)

Subjects

  • Guitarists (184)
  • African American men (100)
  • Men, White (96)
  • Singers (73)
  • Bands (Music) (21)
  • Women, White (16)
  • Hats (11)
  • Musicians (9)
  • Double bass (6)
  • Jazz musicians (6)
  • Native American men (6)
  • Blues-rock music (5)
  • Harmonica players (5)
  • Rock musicians (5)
  • African American women (4)
  • Harmonica (4)
  • Railroad tracks (4)
  • African American jazz musicians (3)
  • Buildings (3)
  • Canadians (3)
  • Electronic piano (3)
  • Jazz musicians, White (3)
  • Pianists (3)
  • Piano (3)
  • Automobiles (2)
  • Bass guitarists (2)
  • Double bassists (2)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (2)
  • Male singers (2)
  • Saxophone (2)
  • Zydeco musicians (2)
  • Accordion (1)
  • Assiniboine Indians (1)
  • Black people (1)
  • Drum (1)
  • Drum set (1)
  • Folk musicians (1)
  • Hip-hop (1)
  • Jamaicans (1)
  • Men (1)
  • Native American women (1)
  • Railroad yards (1)
  • Saxophonists (1)
  • Serbs (1)
  • Streets (1)
  • Taxicabs (1)
  • Washboards (1)
  • (-) Blues musicians (209)
  • (-) Guitar (209)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (1)
  • New Orleans (La.) (1)
  • New York (N.Y.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Allison, Bernard (7)
  • Ellis, Tinsley (7)
  • Duarte, Chris (6)
  • Johnson, Jimmy (5)
  • Mudbone, Butch (5)
  • Allison, Luther, 1939-1997 (4)
  • Baty, Charlie (4)
  • Guitar Shorty, 1939- (4)
  • McCray, Larry (4)
  • Benoit, Tab (3)
  • Burks, Michael, 1957-2012 (3)
  • Cray, Robert (3)
  • Dawkins, Jimmy (3)
  • Gaines, Roy, 1934- (3)
  • Hammond, John, 1942- (3)
  • Hunter, Long John (3)
  • Mack, Lonnie (3)
  • Magic Slim (Musician) (3)
  • Margolin, Bob (3)
  • Markiss (3)
  • McShann, Jay (3)
  • Robillard, Duke (3)
  • Bonamassa, Joe (2)
  • Brooks, Lonnie (2)
  • Burnside, R. L. (Rural L.), 1926-2005 (2)
  • Clark, W. C., 1939- (2)
  • Coleman, Deborah, 1956- (2)
  • Connor, Joanna (2)
  • Conover, Tracy (2)
  • Converse, Vince (2)
  • Curfman, Shannon (2)
  • Davies, Debbie (2)
  • Davis, Larry, 1936-1994 (2)
  • Dillinger, Troy (2)
  • Earl, Ronnie (2)
  • Gomes, Anthony (2)
  • Henderson, Bugs (2)
  • Jackson, Fruteland (2)
  • Johnson, Big Jack (2)
  • Johnson, Luther (2)
  • Jones, Andrew, Jr. (2)
  • Landreth, Sonny (2)
  • Morgan, Teddy (2)
  • Walker, Joe Louis (2)
  • A., Johnny, 1952- (1)
  • Armstrong, James (Guitarist) (1)
  • Bar BQ Bob (1)
  • Bassett, Johnnie (1)
  • Beard, Chris, 1957- (1)
  • Block, Rory (1)
  • Brooks, Ronnie Baker (1)
  • Brown, Kenny (1)
  • Campbell, Eddie C. (1)
  • Campbell, John (Guitarist) (1)
  • Carson, Bobby (Blues guitarist) (1)
  • Cassone, Cyd (1)
  • Castro, Tommy (1)
  • Chaz, Jeff (1)
  • Chenier, C. J. (Clayton Joseph), 1957- (1)
  • Clearwater, Eddy (1)
  • Cleveland Fats (1)
  • Coleman, Michael (1)
  • Costello, Sean, 1979-2008 (1)
  • Cowan, John, 1953- (1)
  • Culberson, Eric (1)
  • Davis, CeDell (1)
  • Davis, Guy, 1952- (1)
  • Dillon, Jimmy (1)
  • DuChaine, Kent (1)
  • Ferguson, Steve, 1948-2009 (1)
  • Foley, Sue, 1968- (1)
  • Forehand, Edward (1)
  • Forsyth, Guy (1)
  • Foster, Ruthie (1)
  • Foy, Joel (1)
  • Funderburgh, Anson (1)
  • G. Love, 1972- (1)
  • Geils, J. (1)
  • Grand, Otis (1)
  • Grant, Taz (1)
  • Greene, Jim, 1951- (1)
  • Guy, Buddy (1)
  • Hall, Dean (1)
  • Haney, Don (Blues guitarist) (1)
  • Harman, James, 1946- (1)
  • Harris, Corey (1)
  • Hart, Alvin Youngblood, 1963- (1)
  • Horton, Craig (1)
  • Hovey, Erick (1)
  • Jacobson, Garrett, 1984- (1)
  • Johnson, Luther, 1939 April 11- (1)
  • Johnson, Snakeboy (1)
  • Johnston, Richard (Richard Wayne) (1)
  • Jones, Fernando (1)
  • Jones, Lloyd, 1950- (1)
  • King, Little Jimmy (1)
  • King Alex, 1934-2008 (1)
  • Kirkland, Eddie, 1923-2011 (1)
  • La Botz, Jake (1)
  • Leary, Washboard Chaz (1)
  • Mack, Nigel (1)
  • MacLeod, Doug, 1946- (1)
  • Magic Dick (1)
  • Majors, Scott (1)
  • Melton, Mel (1)
  • Morris, Jon, 1955- (1)
  • Murphy, Matt (Guitarist) (1)
  • Myers, Sam, 1936-2006 (1)
  • Nanji, Mato, 1974- (1)
  • Piccolo, Greg (1)
  • Popa Chubby (1)
  • Popovic, Ana, 1976- (1)
  • Pte (Bass guitarist) (1)
  • Ranson, David (1)
  • Robins, Amy (1)
  • Rogers, Roy (1)
  • Royce, Billy (1)
  • Schecter, Steve (Guitarist) (1)
  • Shannon, Mem (1)
  • Suhler, Jim (1)
  • Taj Mahal (Musician) (1)
  • Wanbdi (Drummer) (1)
  • Ward, Matthew D. (1)
  • Washington, Cotton Candy, 1931-2007 (1)

Events

  • Western Maryland Blues Festival (2004) (3)

Date Published

  • 2000 (46)
  • 1991 (27)
  • 1990 (23)
  • 2004 (23)
  • 1995 (21)
  • 1998 (21)
  • 1999 (20)
  • 2001 (20)
  • 1997 (19)
  • 1994 (16)
  • 1996 (16)
  • 1993 (13)
  • 1985 (12)
  • 2002 (12)
  • 1986 (10)
  • 1981 (8)
  • 1992 (7)
  • 2003 (7)
  • 1988 (6)
  • 2004-03 (3)
  • 1989 (2)
  • 1998-02 (2)
  • 1983 (1)
  • 1986-01 (1)
  • 1993-03 (1)
  • 1993-04 (1)
  • 1998-05-22 (1)
  • 2000-05 (1)
  • 2005 (1)

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