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Big Twist and the Mellow Fellows

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Big Twist and the Mellow Fellows is a Chicago blues, funk, and soul band. The band is made up of four African American men and four white men. Three...

Date Published
1987
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Big Walter Smith

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Big Walter Smith, blues singers, smiles at the camera as he rests both hands on possibly a cane or walking stick, in a close-up, head-shot photograph...

Date Published
1995
2000
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Grand Emporium Collection

Big Walter Smith

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Big Walter Smith, blues singer, grins at the camera as he sits and holds the lapels of a tuxedo he wears. He also wears a fedora hat in a close-up...

Date Published
1995
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Big Wheeler

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Big Wheeler, blues harmonica player, looks directly at the camera as he holds an amplified harmonica to his mouth with both hands in a close-up, head...

Date Published
1996
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Big Wooden Radio

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Big Wooden Radio, a blues-rock band comprised of five white men, stand and sit in the snow in front of a door holding their instruments in their cases...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Big Woody Blues Band

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Big Woody Blues Band featuring Frank Ace, a blues band comprised of three African American men and two white men. Two men stand behind three seated...

Date Published
April-1998
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Big Woody Blues Revue

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The Big Woody Blues Revue is a blues band comprised of five African American men and one white man. The white man holds an electric guitar. Printed on...

Date Published
1995
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bilbo Walker at the Grand Emporium

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Robert "Bilbo" Walker, one of the national acts at the Grand Emporium, looks down at the neck of an electric guitar he is playing.

Date Published
July-30-1999
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Bill Carter at the Club Mardi Gras

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Bill Carter, wearing a straw hat, looks out as he plays a guitar at the Club Mardi Gras, 19th & Vine, in Kansas City, Missouri.

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

Bill Carter at the Gem Theater

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Bill Carter, wearing a fedora and a light-colored tux with dark lapels and sides stripes, faces forward with his eyes shifted to the right, as he...

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

Bill Carter at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2002

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Bill Carter, wearing a straw fedora, stands and sings into a microphone as he plays an electric guitar during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues...

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

Bill Carter's Blues Revue at the Grand Emporium

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Bill Carter's Blues Revue, a blues band, sit or stand in front of a wall of signatures and smile or look solemnly at the photographer at the Grand...

Date Published
September-30-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Bill Lupkin

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Blues harmonica player Bill Lupkin smiles as he leans to one side and holds a harmonica in his right hand. Printed in the margin below the photograph...

Date Published
2001
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bill Perry

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Bill Perry, an African American male blues guitarist, looks directly at the camera with a slight smile face in a close-up, head-shot photograph...

Date Published
1996
1998
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bill Perry

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Blues guitarist Bill Perry looks down in a close-up, head-shot photograph. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Bill Perry. pointblank [logo]...

Date Published
1998
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bill Perry

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Blues guitarist Bill Perry looks to the right as he stands behind a microphone playing an electric guitar. Printed in the margin below the photograph...

Date Published
1998
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bill Perry at the Grand Emporium

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Bill Perry, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, wearing a straw hat and overalls, closes his eyes as he plays an electric...

Date Published
October-15-1998
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Bill Stuve at the Grand Emporium

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Bill Stuve's head and hands, a member of the band, Rod Piazza & the Mighty Flyers, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, looks...

Date Published
April-03-1999
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Bill Wharton

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Blues guitarist, singer, and cook Bill Wharton leans to the side and plays a resonator guitar that he holds neck straight up, while a pot boils on a...

Date Published
1989
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bill Whitehead

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Bill Whitehead, wearing a fedora and sunglasses, plays a guitar.

Date Published
November-14-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Billy and the Voodoo Kitchin'

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Blues guitarist Billy [Royce] squats on a stage to light his red electric guitar on fire. His hat covers his face. Printed over the photograph, "in...

Date Published
May-2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Billy Boy Arnold and Roger Naber at the Grand Emporium

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Billy Boy Arnold, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, sits at the bar next to the owner, Roger Naber. Both smile at the...

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

Billy Boy Arnold at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS

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Billy Boy Arnold sings into a microphone he holds to his mouth with his left hand as he holds his right hand to his chin at the 5th Annual Blues...

Date Published
October-18-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Billy Branch and the Sons of Blues

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Billy Branch and the Sons of Blues, a band comprised of four African American men. Two wear cowboy hats. One at the top of the photo wears a backwards...

Date Published
1995
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Billy Branch and the Sons the Blues

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Billy Branch and the Sons of Blues. Two band members wear cowboy hats. One member at the top of the photo wears a backwards ball cap. Printed in the...

Date Published
1995
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

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