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Kenny Neal

Image

Kenny Neal, a blues musician who sings, and plays piano, harmonica, and guitar, sits and embraces an electric guitar that is standing up right in his...

Date Published
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Kenny Neal

Image

Kenny Neal, a blues musician who sings, and plays piano, harmonica, and guitar, sits with an lap steel guitar lying across his lap. Printed in the...

Date Published
1998
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Kim Wilson

Image

Kim Wilson, blues harmonica player and singer, looks up as he plays an amplified harmonica and wears a blue sleeveless t-shirt, in a close-up...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Kim Wilson

Image

Blues harmonica player and vocalist Kim Wison wears a dark fedora hat, sunglasses, and a sleeveless button-down shirt, as he stands and crosses his...

Date Published
1997
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Kim Wilson

Image

Blues harmonica player and vocalist Kim Wilson wears a dark fedora hat and sunglasses to look directly at the camera in a close-up photograph. A...

Date Published
1997
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Kim Wilson at the Grand Emporium

Image

Kim Wilson, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, closes his eyes as he blows into an amplified harmonica he holds in his left...

Date Published
July-21-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

King of the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2002

Image

Spoon Wilson and D.C. Bellamy, standing wearing beefeater costumes, and an unidentified African American woman, have crowned Little Hatch the king...

Date Published
June-29-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Kurt Crandall at the Grand Emporium

Image

Kurt Crandall, with a glint in his eyes, looks up from behind his hands that are hugging an amplified harmonica at the Grand Emporium.

Date Published
December-09-1999
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Lamont Cranston

Image

Blues harmonica player Lamont Cranston smiles off to the left as he holds a harmonica in both hands and wears a light-colored fedora hat with a dark...

Date Published
1988
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Larry Griffin and Arthur Williams at BB's Lawnside Bar-B-Q

Image

Larry Griffin and Arthur Williams, national acts to perform at the Acoustic Blues Showcase at BB's Lawnside BBQ, both wearing fedoras, sit side by...

Date Published
September-13-2003
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Lazy Lester

Image

Blues harmonica player Lazy Lester. He leans his right elbow on a railing and holds a harmonica in his right hand. He support his head with his left...

Date Published
1988
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Lazy Lester

Image

Blues harmonica player Lazy Lester. He leans his right elbow on a railing and holds a harmonica in his right hand. He support his head with his left...

Date Published
1988
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Lazy Lester

Image

Blues harmonica player Lazy Lester sits on a barstool and grins at the camera. He wears a vest over a short-sleeved shirt and a stray cowboy hat. He...

Date Published
2001
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Lazy Lester

Image

Blues harmonica player Lazy Lester closes his eyes as he blows into a harmonica he holds with both hands. He wears a corduroy cowboy hat. Printed in...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Lazy Lester at the 2001 Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest

Image

Lazy Lester's face is barely visible behind his hands which are clasping an amplified harmonica. His eyes are closed and he's wearing a straw fedora...

Date Published
July-20-2001
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Lazy Lester at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2003

Image

Lazy Lester, wearing a straw hat, closes his eyes as he blows into an amplified harmonica during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival. He...

Date Published
June-28-2003
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Lee McBee

Image

Blues harmonica player Lee McBee looks directly into the camera as he holds a harmonica to his mouth with both hands in a close-up, head-shot...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Lee McBee

Image

Blues harmonica player Lee McBee looks directly into the camera as he holds a harmonica to his mouth with both hands in a close-up, head-shot...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Lee McBee at the Grand Emporium

Image

Lee McBee closes his eyes and plays an amplified harmonica at the Grand Emporium.

Date Published
July-05-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Lee Oskar at the Grand Emporium

Image

Lee Oskar, a member of the Same Ole Band, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, closes his eyes and furrows his brow as he blows...

Date Published
July-07-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Lee Oskar at the Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest

Image

Lee Oskar plays a harmonica into a microphone during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.

Date Published
July-18-1999
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Levee Town at the Grand Emporium

Image

The Levee Town Band stand together for a photo at the Grand Emporium. Jimmie Meade holds a harmonica. Brandon Hudspeth smiles and holds an electric...

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

Little Anthony and the Loco-Motives featuring Karl Kelly

Image

Blues harmonica player Karl Kelly sits beside blues pianist Little Anthony. Karl is photographed from his right side while Anthony turns to the right...

Date Published
1993
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Little Hatch

Image

Blues singer and harmonica player Little Hatch laughs as he half-way sits on a barstool. He wears dark shirt and pants with light-colored suspenders...

Date Published
1993
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Little Hatch and Roger Naber

Image

Little Hatch, an African American blues harmonica player and singer, smiles and claps behind Roger Naber, the owner who is speaking into the...

Date Published
March-19-1999
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

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Member of

  • Grand Emporium Collection (141)
  • Evie Quarles Collection (80)
  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (5)
  • Betty Crow Collection (3)
  • GLAMA: Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Kansas City (LGCCKC) Collection (2)
  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (1)
  • Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection (1)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (1)

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Genres

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  • Portrait drawings (1)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (150)
  • 2001-2010 (68)
  • 1981-1990 (21)
  • 1951-1960 (2)
  • 1971-1980 (2)
  • 1961-1970 (1)

Subjects

  • Blues musicians (211)
  • Men, White (148)
  • African American men (91)
  • Guitarists (80)
  • Singers (78)
  • Harmonica (32)
  • Blues festivals (13)
  • Double bassists (13)
  • Music festivals (13)
  • Women, White (12)
  • Bass guitarists (11)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (11)
  • Jazz musicians (11)
  • Bands (Music) (10)
  • Saxophonists (10)
  • African American jazz musicians (9)
  • Fiddlers (8)
  • Guitar (7)
  • Keyboard players (7)
  • Male singers (7)
  • Pianists (7)
  • Rockabilly musicians (7)
  • Violinists (7)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (6)
  • African American women (5)
  • Jazz festivals (5)
  • Audiences (4)
  • Men (4)
  • Banjoists (3)
  • Canadians (3)
  • Harmonica music (Blues) (3)
  • Mandolinists (3)
  • Music fans (3)
  • Musicians (3)
  • Percussionists (3)
  • Photographers (3)
  • Rock musicians (3)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments)--Management (2)
  • Blues-rock music (2)
  • Coffeehouses (2)
  • Entertainers (2)
  • Gay men (2)
  • Girls (2)
  • Lesbians (2)
  • Microphone (2)
  • Piano (2)
  • Sound--Equipment and supplies (2)
  • Trumpet players (2)
  • Accordionists (1)
  • Boys (1)
  • Children, White (1)
  • Clarinet (1)
  • Clarinetists (1)
  • Crowds (1)
  • Cubans (1)
  • Funk musicians (1)
  • Jazz musicians, White (1)
  • Jazz singers (1)
  • Life preservers (1)
  • Musical instruments (1)
  • Neon signs (1)
  • Promoters (1)
  • Racially mixed people (1)
  • Railroad tracks (1)
  • Railroad yards (1)
  • Restaurateurs (1)
  • Saxophone (1)
  • Signs and signboards (1)
  • Stands (Furniture) (1)
  • Taxicabs (1)
  • Teenage boys, White (1)
  • Trombone (1)
  • Trombonists (1)
  • Windows (1)
  • (-) Harmonica players (234)

Subjects, Community

  • African American LGBTQ+ people (2)
  • LGBTQ+ events (2)
  • LGBTQ+ musicians (2)
  • White LGBTQ+ people (2)
  • LGBTQ+people (1)
  • LGBTQ+ people (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (65)
  • Kansas City (Kan.) (8)
  • Salina (Kan.) (8)
  • 18th and Vine District (2)
  • Beale Street (Memphis, Tenn.) (1)
  • Johnson County (Kan.) (1)
  • New Orleans (La.) (1)
  • Washington Park (Kansas City, Mo.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Musselwhite, Charlie (12)
  • Little Hatch, 1921-2003 (11)
  • Bell, Carey, 1936-2007 (9)
  • Buster, Brody, 1984- (8)
  • Cotton, James, 1935-2017 (7)
  • Salgado, Curtis (7)
  • Clark, Tyrone (Bassist) (6)
  • Delay, Paul (6)
  • Lazy Lester (6)
  • Shannon, Mem (6)
  • Studebaker John, 1952- (6)
  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (5)
  • Clarke, Chris (Pianist) (5)
  • Doder, Keith (5)
  • Oskar, Lee (5)
  • McBee, Lee (4)
  • Riley, Billy Lee (4)
  • Wilson, Kim, 1951- (4)
  • Farlow, Billy C. (3)
  • Funderburgh, Anson (3)
  • Herbert, Jim (3)
  • Little Mike, 1955- (3)
  • Monque'D, J. (3)
  • Myers, Sam, 1936-2006 (3)
  • Naber, Roger (3)
  • Neal, Kenny (3)
  • Peterie, Karla (3)
  • Piazza, Rod (3)
  • Primich, Gary (3)
  • Roark, Mike (3)
  • Smith, Phil (Bassist) (3)
  • Bean, Terry (2)
  • Branstetter, Bob (2)
  • Buford, Mojo, 1929-2011 (2)
  • Burks, Eddie, 1931-2005 (2)
  • Butler, George, 1936-2005 (2)
  • Dyer, Johnny, 1938- (2)
  • Gilbert, Millage (2)
  • Hummel, Mark, 1955- (2)
  • Kinsey, Big Daddy, 1927-2001 (2)
  • Little Iron Jaw Oakley (2)
  • Louisiana Red (2)
  • Mack, Nigel (2)
  • McFarland, Rico (2)
  • Mischo, R. J. (2)
  • Nulisch, Darrell (2)
  • Portnoy, Jerry (2)
  • Quarles, Evie (2)
  • Ruskin, Tommy (2)
  • Stone, Rob (Harmonica player) (2)
  • Sugar Blue (2)
  • Taylor, Greg, 1952- (2)
  • Wenner, Mark (2)
  • Williams, Arthur (Harmonica player) (2)
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (2)
  • Adegbalola, Gaye (1)
  • Arnold, Billy Boy (1)
  • Bellamy, D. C., 1949- (1)
  • Berry, Rich (1)
  • Big Bo (1)
  • Bland, Bobby (1)
  • Breihan, Jeff (1)
  • Brock, Big George (1)
  • Burnside, R. L. (Rural L.), 1926-2005 (1)
  • Caulkins, Doug Lynn (1)
  • Cheatham, Jimmy (1)
  • Clarke, William (Harmonica player) (1)
  • Costello, Sean, 1979-2008 (1)
  • Crandall, Kurt (1)
  • Cranston, Lamont (1)
  • Curfman, Shannon (1)
  • Daniel, Scott (Musician) (1)
  • Davis, CeDell (1)
  • Dennis, Debbie (1)
  • DeVan, Everette, 1950- (1)
  • Drum, John Paul (1)
  • Duarte, Chris (1)
  • DuFresne, Mark (1)
  • Dunn, Gerald (1)
  • Dye, Bill (1)
  • Earl, Ronnie (1)
  • Faircloth, Jan (1)
  • Faith, Mary (Club patron) (1)
  • Faye, Andra (1)
  • Filipowicz, Paul (1)
  • Frost, Frank, 1936-1999 (1)
  • Gant, L. C. (1)
  • Garoutte, Jacque (1)
  • Geils, J. (1)
  • Gilley, Dawayne (1)
  • Glazer, Howard, 1959- (1)
  • Glover, Tony (1)
  • Goldstein, Clayton (1)
  • Griffin, Larry (Guitarist) (1)
  • Hammond, John, 1942- (1)
  • Hamza, Luqman (1)
  • Harman, James, 1946- (1)
  • Harman, James, 1946-2021 (1)
  • Harmonica Fats, 1927-2000 (1)
  • Harmonica Red (1)
  • Harmonica Shah, 1946- (1)
  • Harper (Musician) (1)
  • Hobbs, John (Drummer) (1)
  • Hudspeth, Brandon (1)
  • Irvin, Mississippi Jed (1)
  • Janes, Roland (1)
  • Junco, Carlos del (1)
  • Kane, Shari (1)
  • Katz, Bruce (Musician) (1)
  • Kelly, Karl, 1947-2012 (1)
  • Kenner, Sonny, 1933-2001 (1)
  • Kessler, Stan (1)
  • King Alex, 1934-2008 (1)
  • Leary, Washboard Chaz (1)
  • Ley, Jimmy (1)
  • Little Anthony (1)
  • Little Whitt (1)
  • Locke, Ernie (1)
  • Lonesome Hank (1)
  • Lupkin, Bill (1)
  • Lynwood Slim, 1953- (1)
  • Madaris, Jason (1)
  • Magic Dick (1)
  • Margolin, Bob (1)
  • Mayall, John (1)
  • Meade, Jimmie (1)
  • Montgomery, James (Blues musician) (1)
  • Morgan, Teddy (1)
  • Morlan, Bill (1)
  • Morris, Blind Mississippi (1)
  • Morris, Dinky (1)
  • Morris, Jon, 1955- (1)
  • Muddy Waters, 1915-1983 (1)
  • Myers, George, -1998 (1)
  • Németh, John (1)
  • Noone, Jimmie, 1938- (1)
  • Paul, John (Blues singer) (1)
  • Pearl, Bernie (1)
  • Pepper, Marvin (1)
  • Piazza, Honey, 1951- (1)
  • Potts, Robert (1)
  • Pryor, Snooky, 1921-2006 (1)
  • Rabson, Ann (1)
  • Ramsey, Pat, 1953-2008 (1)
  • Riccardi, Jerry (1)
  • Ricci, Jason (1)
  • Robinson, Fenton (1)
  • Rockin' Jake (1)
  • Rollings, Mark (1)
  • Ruth, Madcat (1)
  • Sallings, Mark (1)
  • Sansone, Johnny (1)
  • Sardinas, Eric, 1970- (1)
  • Saunders, Eddie (1)
  • Searcy, Roy (1)
  • Serrano, Pablo (1)
  • Shell, Linda (Singer) (1)
  • Skoller, Matthew (1)
  • Strother, Percy (1)
  • Tims, David (1)
  • Townsend, Richard (Singer) (1)
  • Tucker, Rusty, 1925-2006 (1)
  • Van Eaton, Jim (1)
  • Walters, Paul (1)
  • Watermelon Slim (1)
  • Watson, Bobby, 1953- (1)
  • Watson, Junior (1)
  • Wheeler, Big, 1929- (1)
  • White, Tony Joe (1)
  • Wiggins, Phil (1)
  • Williams, Rich, 1950- (1)
  • Wilson, James Spoon (1)
  • Woodlawn Fats (1)
  • Wright, Lawrence (Blues singer) (1)
  • Young, Lionel (1)
  • Zollar, James (1)

Events

  • "Cultural Exchanges: Jazz and Missouri Fiddling" (2001) (5)
  • Acoustic Blues Showcase (10th : 2003 : Kansas City, Mo.) (3)
  • Blues Masters at the Crossroads (4th : 2001 : Salina, Kan.) (3)
  • Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival (2002) (3)
  • Blues Masters at the Crossroads (6th : 2003 : Salina, Kan.) (2)
  • Blues Masters at the Crossroads (10th : 2007 : Salina, Kan.) (2)
  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (1998) (2)
  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (1999) (2)
  • Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival (2004) (2)
  • Acoustic Blues Showcase (5th : 1998 : Kansas City, Mo.) (1)
  • Box Car Blues Festival (2005 : Kansas City, Mo.) (1)
  • Cheatham Jam Session (1)
  • K.C. Blues & Jazz After Fest Jam (1999) (1)
  • K.C. Blues & Jazz After Fest Jam (2000) (1)
  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (2001) (1)
  • Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival (2003) (1)
  • Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival (2006) (1)
  • Living Blues Party (2000) (1)
  • Ultimate Rhythm and Blues Cruise I (1)

Date Published

  • 2000 (42)
  • 1991 (34)
  • 1995 (17)
  • 1997 (15)
  • 2001 (15)
  • 1990 (13)
  • 1996 (12)
  • 2004 (11)
  • 1998 (10)
  • 1999 (9)
  • 1985 (7)
  • 1994 (6)
  • 1981 (5)
  • 1993 (5)
  • 2001-08-11 (5)
  • 1988 (3)
  • 1993-03 (3)
  • 1998-08-27 (3)
  • 2001-10-27 (3)
  • 2002-06-29 (3)
  • 2003-09-13 (3)
  • 1956 (2)
  • 1980 (2)
  • 1986 (2)
  • 1998-06-30 (2)
  • 1998-07-19 (2)
  • 1999-07-18 (2)
  • 2001-10-12 (2)
  • 2002 (2)
  • 2002-07-06 (2)
  • 2003-10-17 (2)
  • 1960 (1)
  • 1971 (1)
  • 1974-12-01 (1)
  • 1974-12-31 (1)
  • 1975 (1)
  • 1986-01 (1)
  • 1987-05 (1)
  • 1987-06 (1)
  • 1987-07 (1)
  • 1989 (1)
  • 1992 (1)
  • 1993-01 (1)
  • 1998-08-25 (1)
  • 1998-09-26 (1)
  • 1998-10-09 (1)
  • 1998-10-30 (1)
  • 1998-11-14 (1)
  • 1998-12-26 (1)
  • 1998-12-31 (1)
  • 1999-03-19 (1)
  • 1999-04-03 (1)
  • 1999-04-08 (1)
  • 1999-05-28 (1)
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  • 2000-07-21 (1)
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  • 2005 (1)
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  • 2006-06-24 (1)
  • 2007-10-19 (1)
  • 2007-10-20 (1)
  • 2010 (1)

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