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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 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

Bill Hawks, Darryl Hawkins, Clifton Major, and Tommy Crab

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Bill Hawks, Darryl Hawkins, Clifton Major, and Tommy Crab stand outside an unkempt building with glass block windows and look at the camera while...

Date Published
1985
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium 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 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

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

Bottle Rockets

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Bottle Rockets, a rock-and-roll band comprised of four white men, lean against a brick wall. The second man holds an electric guitar. Printed in the...

Date Published
1993
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

Buddy Guy with Howard and the White Boys

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Blues guitarist Buddy Guy with Howard and the White Boys, a blues band comprised of three white men and one African American man, in a four-way split...

Date Published
July-25-1996
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

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

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

Dynatones

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The Dynatones, a band comprised of two African American men, four white men, and one Latino man, stand on a set of stairs. One man holds an electric...

Date Published
1981
1990
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nick Moss

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Blues guitarist Nick Moss cocks his head to one side as he stand and plays an electric guitar. His face is partially in a shadow. Printed in the...

Date Published
2001
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

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Member of

  • Grand Emporium Collection (44)
  • GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection (1)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (46)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (40)
  • Gelatin silver prints (40)
  • Group portraits (40)
  • Publicity photographs (37)
  • Portrait photographs (8)
  • Color photographs (5)
  • Negatives (2)
  • Photocopies (1)
  • Slides (1)
  • Snapshots (1)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (25)
  • 1981-1990 (16)
  • 2001-2010 (9)
  • 1951-1960 (1)
  • 1961-1970 (1)

Subjects

  • Men, White (33)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (20)
  • African American men (17)
  • Blues musicians (17)
  • Singers (13)
  • Bass guitarists (12)
  • Guitar (9)
  • Musicians (7)
  • Saxophonists (7)
  • Rockabilly musicians (6)
  • Women, White (6)
  • African American women (5)
  • Rock musicians (5)
  • Black people (4)
  • Double bassists (4)
  • Drum set (4)
  • Men (4)
  • Harmonica players (3)
  • Nigerians (3)
  • Reggae musicians (3)
  • Accordionists (2)
  • Americana (Music) (2)
  • Automobiles (2)
  • Keyboard players (2)
  • Percussionists (2)
  • Punk rock musicians (2)
  • Washboards (2)
  • Zydeco musicians (2)
  • Accordion (1)
  • African American guitarists (1)
  • African American musicians (1)
  • Asian American men (1)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments)--Social aspects (1)
  • Bassists (1)
  • Blues-rock music (1)
  • Country musicians (1)
  • Double bass (1)
  • Drag queens (1)
  • Drag shows (1)
  • Drum (1)
  • Ethnic costume (1)
  • Fans (Persons) (1)
  • Gay bars (1)
  • Gay men (1)
  • Hats (1)
  • Mandolinists (1)
  • Organ (Musical instrument) (1)
  • Organists (1)
  • Rhythm and blues musicians (1)
  • Saxophone (1)
  • Television specials (1)
  • Trombone (1)
  • Trumpet players (1)
  • Women (1)
  • Yodeling (1)
  • (-) Bands (Music) (46)
  • (-) Guitarists (46)

Subjects, Community

  • LGBTQ+ events (1)
  • LGBTQ+ people (1)
  • White gay men (1)
  • White LGBTQ+ people (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (5)
  • Kansas City Metropolitan Area (1)
  • Solana Beach (Calif.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Essiet, Victor (3)
  • Galaxy, Paul (2)
  • Thompson, Ron (Guitarist) (2)
  • Achor, James (1)
  • Ackley, Jeremy (1)
  • Allen, Bukka (1)
  • Bacon, Billy (Singer) (1)
  • Breihan, Jeff (1)
  • Broussard, Rick (1)
  • Christensen, Jack (Bass guitarist) (1)
  • Christensen, Jason (1)
  • Crab, Tommy (1)
  • Doder, Keith (1)
  • Dural, Buckwheat, 1947-2016 (1)
  • Edmonson, Eddie (1)
  • Gilmore, Johnny (1)
  • Guy, Buddy (1)
  • Hawkins, Darryl (1)
  • Hawks, Bill (1)
  • Janes, Roland (1)
  • Johnson, Luther, 1939 April 11- (1)
  • Kelly, Pat (Drummer) (1)
  • Kinsey, Donald, 1953- (1)
  • Kinsey, Kenneth (Bass guitarist) (1)
  • Kinsey, Ralph (Drummer) (1)
  • Lenz, Kim (1)
  • Major, Clifton (1)
  • Moore, Ian, 1968- (1)
  • Moss, Nick (1)
  • Nulisch, Darrell (1)
  • Pepper, Marvin (1)
  • Reynolds, Tim, 1957- (1)
  • Riley, Billy Lee (1)
  • Robinson, Fenton (1)
  • Rockin' Dopsie, 1932-1993 (1)
  • Ross, Houston (Bass guitarist) (1)
  • Sara, Kenny (1)
  • Schlieske, Tina (1)
  • Sexton, Will (1)
  • Shell, Linda (Singer) (1)
  • Thornton, Big Mama (1)
  • Tims, David (1)
  • Van Eaton, Jim (1)
  • Villegas, Michael (Drummer) (1)
  • Walser, Don (1)
  • Washington, Cotton Candy, 1931-2007 (1)
  • White, Chris (Musician : Ian Moore) (1)
  • Williams, Rich, 1950- (1)
  • Young, Red, 1948- (1)

Date Published

  • 1991 (9)
  • 2000 (8)
  • 2004 (8)
  • 1985 (5)
  • 1990 (4)
  • 1993 (4)
  • 1998 (4)
  • 2001 (4)
  • 1983 (3)
  • 1994 (3)
  • 1995 (3)
  • 1981 (2)
  • 1956 (1)
  • 1967-10 (1)
  • 1984 (1)
  • 1986-08 (1)
  • 1987-01 (1)
  • 1987-02 (1)
  • 1987-03 (1)
  • 1987-06 (1)
  • 1987-07 (1)
  • 1996-07-25 (1)
  • 1997 (1)
  • 1999 (1)
  • 2002 (1)

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