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DC Bellamy, White Hat Mike, and Otis Clay at the Grand Emporium

Image

DC Bellamy, wearing a white fedora, stands on stage in front of a microphone and looks to his left at White Hat Mike and Otis Clay at the Grand...

Date Published
September-30-2001
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Marvine McKeithen, Otis Clay, Roger Naber, Dawayne Gilley at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2002

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Marvine McKeithen, Otis Clay, Roger Naber, Dawayne Gilley stand on the street for a photograph during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.

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

Mike Kovacs, Marvine McKeithen, Lou Dare, Tom Baker, Otis Clay, DC Bellamy, Groovie Grant, and Aaron Hodge at the Street Blues Festival 2002

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Mike Kovacs, Marvine McKeithen, Lou Dare, Tom Baker, Otis Clay, DC Bellamy, Groovy Grant, and Aaron Hodge stand on the street laughing and looking at...

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

Otis Clay

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Blues vocalist Otis Clay raises his arm in the air and points up as he closes his eyes and grimaces as he sings into a microphone. He wears a button...

Date Published
1991
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Otis Clay

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Otis Clay, blues singer, smiles to the left as he raises his hands chest high and snaps the fingers of his right hand. He wears a red shirt with a...

Date Published
1985
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Otis Clay

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Blues vocalist Otis Clay scowls to his left as he holds a microphone. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Otis Clay c/o Rooster Blues / Jim O...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Otis Clay

Image

Blues vocalist Otis Clay closes his eyes and opens his mouth wide as he sings into a microphone in his right hand. Printed in the margin below the...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Otis Clay and the Platinum Band at the Grand Emporium

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Otis Clay with the Platinum Band, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, stand in front of a wall of photographs and smile at the...

Date Published
June-09-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Otis Clay at the Grand Emporium

Image

Otis Clay, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, closes his eyes as he sings into a microphone.

Date Published
July-14-1998
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Otis Clay at the Grand Emporium

Image

Otis Clay, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, wearing a pork pie hat, closes his eyes as the plays an electric guitar.

Date Published
September-30-2001
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Otis Clay performing

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Otis Clay, funk, soul and gospel singer, looks to the left with a grimace and holds a microphone in his left hand as he is performing. He wears a v...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Otis Clay, Floyd Singletary, T.J. Hooker, and Vernon Garrett at the Grand Emporium

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Otis Clay, Floyd Singletary, T.J. Hooker, and Vernon Garrett, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, stand in a semi-circle on...

Date Published
June-09-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection
  • Clear selected
  • Clay, Otis, 1942-2016

Member of

  • Evie Quarles Collection (7)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (5)

Types

  • photographs (12)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (11)
  • Gelatin silver prints (11)
  • Portrait photographs (7)
  • Group portraits (5)
  • Publicity photographs (4)
  • Color photographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (7)
  • 2001-2010 (5)
  • 1981-1990 (2)

Subjects

  • African American men (12)
  • Blues musicians (11)
  • Singers (11)
  • Guitarists (4)
  • African American women (2)
  • Blues festivals (2)
  • Men, White (2)
  • Music festivals (2)
  • Promoters (2)
  • Radio broadcasters (2)
  • Funk musicians (1)
  • Gospel musicians (1)
  • Soul musicians (1)
  • Women, White (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (5)
  • Kansas City (Kan.) (2)

Subjects, People

  • Bellamy, D. C., 1949- (2)
  • McKeithen, Marvine (2)
  • Baker, Tom Trashmouth (1)
  • Dare, Lou (1)
  • Garrett, Vernon (1)
  • Gilley, Dawayne (1)
  • Hodge, Aaron (1)
  • Hooker, J. T. (1)
  • Hopkins, Grant Sheffield (Groovy Grant) (1)
  • Kovacs, Mike (1)
  • Naber, Roger (1)
  • Taylor, Floyd (Singer) (1)
  • White Hat Mike (1)
  • (-) Clay, Otis, 1942-2016 (12)

Events

  • Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival (2002) (2)

Date Published

  • 1991 (3)
  • 1985 (2)
  • 2000 (2)
  • 2000-06-09 (2)
  • 2001-09-30 (2)
  • 2002-06-29 (2)
  • 1990 (1)
  • 1998-07-14 (1)
  • 2004 (1)

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