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Big Mama Thornton seated on stage

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Big Mama Thornton seated on stage during the KPBS Special "Three Generations of the Blues" filmed at the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach; she's...

Date Published
1983
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Billy Bacon and the Forbidden Pigs

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Billy Bacon and the Forbidden Pigs, a three piece Americana band comprised of two white men and an Asian American man (possibly), stand holding their...

Date Published
1991
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Billy Goat

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A split photograph of Mike Dillon, funk and rock percussionist, vibraphonist and drummer, on the left side, and Kim Pruitt, funk and rock singer, on...

Date Published
1992
1995
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Blue City Band performing

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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...

Date Published
1997
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Brother Red

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Brother Red, a trio of one African American man and two white men, lean over the keyboard of a Hammond B3 organ. Don Michael "Red" Young has his...

Date Published
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Buckwheat Zydeco

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Buckwheat Zydeco, zydeco accordion player and singer, plays an accordion and sings into a microphone on a stage with five other African American...

Date Published
March-1987
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Chicago Samba School

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A group from the Chicago Samba School stand on stage with samba drums. The group looks to be mostly men and, possibly, mostly Latino.

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Chico Hamilton performing in a gym

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Chico Hamilton playing drums in his military uniform under a basketball net in an gym at an unspecified place; the drum is marked with the initials F...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Cotton Candy and So Many Men

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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...

Date Published
1995
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Crying Rhinos

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The Crying Rhinos, a local Kansas City punk rock band comprised of four white men, in a collage of four photographs of each band member playing an...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Eubie Blake dancing with Maxine Sullivan on his birthday

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Eubie Blake dancing with Maxine Sullivan with jazz musicians playing for them (Billy Taylor, piano ; Max Kaminsky, trumpet ; Tyree Glenn, trombone...

Date Published
February-11-1972
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Hudson of Hudson and the Hoo Doo Cats

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Hudson, of Hudson and the Hoo Doo Cats and rockabilly drummer, sits behind a drum set and smiles at the camera. He wears a light colored cowboy hat.

Date Published
1997
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

James Harmon Band

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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...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Kinsey Report

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The Kinsey Report, a blues band comprised of three African American men, in a photograph taken from an angle from the floor up to where they are...

Date Published
1998
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Kinsey Report

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The Kinsey Report, a blues band comprised of three African American men, sit outside in front of a concrete wall with the number 42 painted on the...

Date Published
1993
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Mahotella Queens and the band

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The Mahotella Queens are three black South African female mbaqanga musicians in traditional clothing, dance on the Grand Emporium stage performing for...

Date Published
1991
1994
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Rockin' Dopsie and the Zydeco Twisters

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Rockin' Dopsie and the Zydeco Twisters, a zydeco band comprised of five African American men, stand on stage under a tent and play their instruments...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Ron Thompson & the Resistors

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Ron Thompson and the Resistors, a blues band comprised of two white men who stand with their instruments and one African American man who sits on a...

Date Published
1984
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Scarlet Runner

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Scarlet Runner, a blues-rock band comprised of Jason Christensen, Jack Christensen, and Jeremy Ackley, stand outside in front of a house laughing. The...

Date Published
2001
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Tim Reynolds Electric Trio

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Tim Reynolds Electric Trio, a band comprised of one white man and two African American men (Johnny Gilmore and Houston Ross), stand in front of a wood...

Date Published
1995
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Twisters

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The Twisters, a rock and roll band comprised of three white men, in four individual photographs in a collage. The top is the drummer. In the bottom...

Date Published
1985
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Twistin' Tarantulas

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The Twistin' Tarantulas, a rockabilly band from Detroit, Michigan comprised of three white men, stand holding their instruments with a completely dark...

Date Published
1993
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Twistin' Tarantulas

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The Twistin' Tarantulas, a rockabilly band from Detroit, Michigan comprised of three white men, stand in a cinderblock room with head-height windows...

Date Published
1993
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Two Hoots and a Holler

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Two Hoots and a Holler, is a roots rock band from Austin, Texas. Eddie Edmonson on the left plays an electric bass guitar. Pat Kelly in the center...

Date Published
1983
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Unidentified group

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An unidentified group play their instruments in an empty room with a tongue-in-groove wooden floor. Two white men stand in the back facing each other...

Date Published
1985
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection
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  • Bands (Music)
  • Drummers (Musicians)

Member of

  • Grand Emporium Collection (22)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (3)

Types

  • photographs (25)

Genres

  • Group portraits (22)
  • Black & white photographs (21)
  • Gelatin silver prints (20)
  • Publicity photographs (20)
  • Color photographs (4)
  • Portrait photographs (4)
  • Photocopies (2)
  • Snapshots (2)
  • Negatives (1)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (15)
  • 1981-1990 (8)
  • 2001-2010 (4)
  • 1941-1950 (1)
  • 1971-1980 (1)

Subjects

  • Guitarists (20)
  • Men, White (17)
  • African American men (10)
  • Bass guitarists (10)
  • Blues musicians (7)
  • Drum set (7)
  • Guitar (5)
  • Musicians (5)
  • Singers (5)
  • African American women (3)
  • Double bassists (3)
  • Percussionists (3)
  • Rockabilly musicians (3)
  • Rock musicians (3)
  • Saxophonists (3)
  • Trumpet players (3)
  • Accordionists (2)
  • African American jazz musicians (2)
  • Americana (Music) (2)
  • Drum (2)
  • Men (2)
  • Trombone (2)
  • Trumpet (2)
  • Washboards (2)
  • Women, White (2)
  • Zydeco musicians (2)
  • Accordion (1)
  • African American soldiers (1)
  • Asian American men (1)
  • Autographs (1)
  • Banners (1)
  • Bassists (1)
  • Black people (1)
  • Blues-rock music (1)
  • Clarinet (1)
  • Clarinetists (1)
  • Dance (1)
  • Dancers (1)
  • Double bass (1)
  • Ethnic costume (1)
  • Fans (Persons) (1)
  • Flute (1)
  • Flute players (1)
  • Funk musicians (1)
  • Gymnasiums (1)
  • Harmonica players (1)
  • Hats (1)
  • Jazz musicians, White (1)
  • Jazz singers (1)
  • Keyboard players (1)
  • Organ (Musical instrument) (1)
  • Organists (1)
  • Percussion instruments (1)
  • Pianists (1)
  • Piano (1)
  • Punk rock musicians (1)
  • Rhythm and blues musicians (1)
  • Sambas (1)
  • Saxophone (1)
  • Television specials (1)
  • Trombonists (1)
  • Vibraphonists (1)
  • Women (1)
  • (-) Bands (Music) (25)
  • (-) Drummers (Musicians) (25)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (2)
  • Solana Beach (Calif.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Achor, James (1)
  • Ackley, Jeremy (1)
  • Bacon, Billy (Singer) (1)
  • Blake, Eubie, 1887-1983 (1)
  • Breihan, Jeff (1)
  • Broussard, Rick (1)
  • Christensen, Jack (Bass guitarist) (1)
  • Christensen, Jason (1)
  • Dillon, Mike (Drummer) (1)
  • Doder, Keith (1)
  • Dural, Buckwheat, 1947-2016 (1)
  • Edmonson, Eddie (1)
  • Gilmore, Johnny (1)
  • Glenn, Roger (1)
  • Glenn, Tyree (1)
  • Hamilton, Chico, 1921-2013 (1)
  • Jones, Jo, 1911-1985 (1)
  • Kaminsky, Max, 1908-1994 (1)
  • Kelly, Pat (Drummer) (1)
  • Kinsey, Donald, 1953- (1)
  • Kinsey, Kenneth (Bass guitarist) (1)
  • Kinsey, Ralph (Drummer) (1)
  • McGhee, Charles E. (1)
  • Parenti, Tony, 1900-1972 (1)
  • Pruitt, Kim (Singer) (1)
  • Reynolds, Tim, 1957- (1)
  • Rockin' Dopsie, 1932-1993 (1)
  • Ross, Houston (Bass guitarist) (1)
  • Sara, Kenny (1)
  • Sullivan, Maxine, 1911-1987 (1)
  • Taylor, Billy, 1921-2010 (1)
  • Thompson, Ron (Guitarist) (1)
  • Thornton, Big Mama (1)
  • Tims, David (1)
  • Washington, Cotton Candy, 1931-2007 (1)
  • Young, Red, 1948- (1)

Date Published

  • 2000 (5)
  • 1985 (4)
  • 1991 (4)
  • 1995 (4)
  • 2004 (4)
  • 1990 (3)
  • 1993 (3)
  • 1983 (2)
  • 1997 (2)
  • 1941 (1)
  • 1950 (1)
  • 1972-02-11 (1)
  • 1984 (1)
  • 1987-03 (1)
  • 1992 (1)
  • 1994 (1)
  • 1998 (1)
  • 2001 (1)

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