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"Big James" Montgomery

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"Big James" Montgomery, Chicago blues style trombonist, smiles as he holds a trombone across his body with both hands with a cloth over the bell that...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

"Wild Child" Butler

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Blues harmonica player "Wild Child" Butler holds a harmonica to his mouth with both hands and looks slightly to the right. Printed in the margin below...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

"Wild Child" Butler

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Blues harmonica player "Wild Child" Butler closes his eyes, grips his left hand in a fist, and opens his mouth to sing into a microphone. He has a cap...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

'Houserocker' Johnson and the Shadows

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Houserocker' Johnson and the Shadows in a bar. Guitarist Houserocker sits on a piano with his feet on the keys holding an electric blues guitar across...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

A.C. Reed

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Blues saxophonist A.C. Reed smiles at the camera as he sits at a high-top table with am elaborately engraved saxophone lying on its side on the table...

Date Published
2001
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

A.J. Croce

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Blues pianist A.J. Croce, in a close-up photograph from his right side, he looks down to his right as he wears sunglasses. Printed in the margin below...

Date Published
1993
1995
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Aaron Neville at the Kansas City Spirit Fest

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Aaron Neville, one of the national acts to perform at the Kansas City Spirit Festival, wearing a leopard print tank top, stands and sings into a...

Date Published
September-06-1998
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

AC Reed at the Grand Emporium

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AC Reed, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, wearing sunglasses and an Irish cap with stars punched into it, blows into a...

Date Published
January-12-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Adam Page and Duck Warner at the Gem Theater

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Duck Warner, wearing a long-tailed tuxedo, closes his eyes as he prepares to blow into a trumpet pointed at a microphone during the Living Blues Party...

Date Published
January-22-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Adam Page at the Gem Theater

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Adam Page, wearing a wide-brimmed hat, looks down at the neck of a guitar during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater.

Date Published
January-22-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Adam Page at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2002

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Adam Page, wearing a ball cap, seriously looks forward as he plays electric guitar on stage during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.

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

AG at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2002

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AG, wearing a fedora, plays a saxophone into a microphone during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.

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

Al Hill

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Blues musician Al Hill leans his right elbow above the keys of a piano and rests his right cheek on his right hand to look up at the photographer...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Albert Collins

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Albert Collins, blues guitarist, leans to the left, closes his eyes, and grimaces as he holds his guitar with one hand on the neck and spreads his...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Albert King

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Blues guitarist and vocalist Albert King stands with his arms crossed and both thumbs up. He wears a pinstripe business suit, a fedora hat, and smokes...

Date Published
1983
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Albert King - Brownie McGhee

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In the photograph on the left blues guitarist and vocalist Albert King grins as he crosses his arms over his chest and gives a thumbs up from each...

Date Published
1983
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Alberta Adams

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Blues vocalist Alberta Adams holds a microphone to her mouth with her right hand. She wears a sweater with bead and crystal appliques, rings on all...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Alberta Adams

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Blues vocalist Alberta Adams threads her fingers under her chin. She wears earrings, rings on all of her fingers except her smallest, and blouse with...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Alberta Adams and Johnnie Bassett at the W.C. Handy Awards

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Alberta Adams sings into a microphone she holds in her left hand while Johnnie Bassett stands next to her, wearing a flat cap, smiling, and playing a...

Date Published
May-28-1999
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Alberta Adams at the W.C. Handy Awards

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Alberta Adams, wearing sunglasses, sits and talks on Beale Street, Memphis, for the W.C. Handy Awards.

Date Published
May-24-2001
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Alex Littlejohn is the king

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King Alex Littlejohn smiles in a king costume sitting on a throne

Date Published
May-07-2003
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Alvin Youngblood Hart

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Alvin Youngblood Hart, blues guitarist and singer, looks slightly off to his left as he sits and plays an acoustic guitar in a close-up photograph...

Date Published
2001
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Alvin Youngblood Hart

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Alvin Youngblood Hart, blues guitarist and singer, has a far-off look in his eyes as he sits and sings into a microphone and plays a resonator guitar...

Date Published
2001
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Alvin Youngblood Hart

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Alvin Youngblood Hart, blues guitarist and singer, looks seriously to his left as he sits behind a microphone and plays a resonator guitar.

Date Published
2001
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Alvin Youngblood Hart

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Blues guitarist Alvin Youngblood Hart looks seriously to his left as he leans left and plays an electric guitar. He wears a wide headband and a plaid...

Date Published
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

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