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Bel Airs with Mark Wenner

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Bel Airs, a blues-rock band from Columbia, Missouri comprised of three white men, perform on the stage of the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri...

Date Published
May-1987
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Big John Dickerson and Blue Chamber

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Blues singer Big John Dickerson sitting on a stool among the standing members of the band Blue Chamber, comprised of five white men and one African...

Date Published
1997
1999
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

Billy Lee Riley and the Original Little Green Men

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Billy Lee Riley and the Original Little Green Men, a rockabilly band comprised of four white men, grin as they sit, stand or crouch in a corner. One...

Date Published
1956
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

Cotton Candy and four unidentified men

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Blues singer Cotton Candy sits in the center of four unidentified white men, all wearing fedora hats. The men sit on the chair's arm rests and on the...

Date Published
May-16-1995
Member of
Grand Emporium 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

Cotton Candy and So Many Men

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Cotton Candy and So Many Men, is a blues ensemble comprised of one African American woman, six white men, and one African American man. Vocalist...

Date Published
1998
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Cotton Candy and So Many Men

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Cotton Candy and So Many Men, is a blues ensemble comprised of one African American woman, six white men, and one African American man. Vocalist...

Date Published
1998
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Darrell Nulisch and the Crawl

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Darrell Nulisch, blues harmonica player and singer, stands center stage at the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri and lifts his left hand toward...

Date Published
June-1987
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Don Walser

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Don Walser, country music singer, yodeler, and guitar player, grins at the camera as he rests his hands on the body of an acoustic guitar that is held...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Ed "Duato" Scheer of The Love Dogs

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Vocalist Ed Scheer leans his head back with his arm outstretched as he holds a vintage microphone to his mouth with his right hand and opens his mouth...

Date Published
1998
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Eddie Shaw

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Eddie Shaw, Chicago blues saxophone player and singer, performs on the Grand Emporium stage in Kansas City, Missouri with two unidentified African...

Date Published
February-1987
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Fenton Robinson

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Blues guitar player and vocalist Fenton Robinson stands center stage in front of the drum set as he and a band of three African American men play on...

Date Published
January-1987
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Hank Ballard and the Midnighters

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Hank Ballard and the Midnighters, a funk, blues, and rhythm and blues vocal group of four African American men, who stand and sing at microphones at...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Ian Moore

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Bukka Allen, Chris White, Ian Moore, and Michael Villegas sit together and look seriously at the camera. Printed in the margin below the photograph,...

Date Published
2002
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Johnny Firmin with Kim Nalley

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Saxophonist John Firmin, of the Johnny Nocturne Band, squats behind vocalist Kim Nalley who sits in front of John holding his saxophone but looking...

Date Published
1999
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Johnny Nocturne Band featuring Brenda Boykin

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The Johnny Nocturne Band, a blues band comprised of seven white men and one African American man, with blues vocalist Brenda Boykin, stand in front of...

Date Published
1994
1998
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Keri Leigh

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Blues vocalist Keri Leigh leans back a bit as the wind blows her hair and the fringe on her light-colored jacket. Printed in the margin below the...

Date Published
1994
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Killer Bees

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Reggae vocalist Michael E. Johnson (left) looks back over his right shoulder to look at the camera as he wears a ball cap backwards on his head. His...

Date Published
1993
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Kim Lenz and the Jaguars

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Kim Lenz and the Jaguars, a rockabilly band comprised of one white woman and three white men, stand on stage playing their instruments and Kim also...

Date Published
1998
1999
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Lawrence Wright and the Outlets

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Blues singer Lawrence Wright sits in the middle of The Outlets, comprised of three white men, and all smile at the camera. All wear dark business...

Date Published
2001
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Linda Shell and Ron Thompson

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Linda Shell, blues singer, stands center stage singing into a microphone, and Ron Thompson, guitarist, closes his eyes as he plays guitar to the right...

Date Published
August-1986
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Little Hatch and Roger Naber

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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

Luther Guitar Jr. Johnson

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Blues guitarist and vocalist Luther Guitar Jr. Johnson closes his eyes as he plays a guitar on stage with an unidentified band of four white men at...

Date Published
February-1987
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

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  • Grand Emporium Collection (37)

Types

  • photographs (37)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (30)
  • Gelatin silver prints (29)
  • Publicity photographs (27)
  • Group portraits (25)
  • Portrait photographs (11)
  • Color photographs (7)
  • Photocopies (3)
  • Snapshots (1)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (22)
  • 1981-1990 (12)
  • 2001-2010 (4)
  • 1951-1960 (1)

Subjects

  • Men, White (27)
  • African American men (21)
  • Blues musicians (21)
  • Guitarists (13)
  • African American women (8)
  • Harmonica players (7)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (5)
  • Reggae musicians (5)
  • Rock musicians (5)
  • Women, White (5)
  • Bass guitarists (4)
  • Saxophonists (3)
  • Blues-rock music (2)
  • Funk musicians (2)
  • Rockabilly musicians (2)
  • Accordionists (1)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments)--Management (1)
  • Country musicians (1)
  • Double bassists (1)
  • Guitar (1)
  • Hats (1)
  • Keyboard players (1)
  • Musical instruments (1)
  • Percussionists (1)
  • Rhythm and blues musicians (1)
  • Saxophone (1)
  • Swing (Music) (1)
  • Vibraphonists (1)
  • Washboards (1)
  • Yodeling (1)
  • Zydeco musicians (1)
  • (-) Bands (Music) (37)
  • (-) Singers (37)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (9)

Subjects, People

  • Johnson, Michael E. (5)
  • Washington, Cotton Candy, 1931-2007 (4)
  • Little Hatch, 1921-2003 (2)
  • Ackley, Jeremy (1)
  • Albert, Tim (Blues musician) (1)
  • Allen, Bukka (1)
  • Ballard, Hank (1)
  • Boykin, Brenda (1)
  • Campbell, Lisa (Blues musician) (1)
  • Christensen, Jack (Bass guitarist) (1)
  • Christensen, Jason (1)
  • Delay, Paul (1)
  • Dickerson, Big John (1)
  • Dillon, Mike (Drummer) (1)
  • Dural, Buckwheat, 1947-2016 (1)
  • Firmin, John (1)
  • Hardiman, Gloria (1)
  • Hoffman, Stanton (1)
  • Janes, Roland (1)
  • Johnson, Luther, 1939 April 11- (1)
  • Leigh, Keri, 1969- (1)
  • Lenz, Kim (1)
  • Mischo, R. J. (1)
  • Moore, Ian, 1968- (1)
  • Morgan, Teddy (1)
  • Naber, Roger (1)
  • Nalley, Kim (1)
  • Nulisch, Darrell (1)
  • Pepper, Marvin (1)
  • Pruitt, Kim (Singer) (1)
  • Riley, Billy Lee (1)
  • Robinson, Fenton (1)
  • Scheer, Ed (Singer) (1)
  • Schlieske, Tina (1)
  • Shaw, Eddie, 1937-2018 (1)
  • Shell, Linda (Singer) (1)
  • Strother, Percy (1)
  • Thompson, Ron (Guitarist) (1)
  • Van Eaton, Jim (1)
  • Villegas, Michael (Drummer) (1)
  • Walser, Don (1)
  • Wenner, Mark (1)
  • White, Chris (Musician : Ian Moore) (1)
  • Williams, Rich, 1950- (1)
  • Wright, Lawrence (Blues singer) (1)

Date Published

  • 1998 (6)
  • 1991 (4)
  • 1992 (4)
  • 2000 (4)
  • 1985 (3)
  • 1994 (3)
  • 1999 (3)
  • 2001 (3)
  • 1987-02 (2)
  • 1995 (2)
  • 1956 (1)
  • 1986-08 (1)
  • 1987 (1)
  • 1987-01 (1)
  • 1987-03 (1)
  • 1987-05 (1)
  • 1987-06 (1)
  • 1989 (1)
  • 1990 (1)
  • 1993 (1)
  • 1995-05-16 (1)
  • 1996 (1)
  • 1997 (1)
  • 1999-03-19 (1)
  • 2002 (1)
  • 2004 (1)

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