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Billy Ebeling at Blayney's.

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Billy Ebeling looks focused as he looks out over the accordion he is playing and a microphone during the Rhythm & Boobs Benefit at Blayney's.

Date Published
July-27-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Billy Lee Lewis at the Grand Emporium

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Billy Lee Lewis of the Tommy Castro Band, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, opens his mouth wide when he looks to his left...

Date Published
May-15-1999
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Bird Fleming at Kansas City Blues Society 3rd Annual Acoustic Showcase

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Bird Fleming, from the left, wearing traditional African clothing, smiles as he plays a Djembe drum with a ksink attached at B. B.'s Lawnside Bar-B-Q...

Date Published
August-26-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Biscuit Miller at the Grand Emporium

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Biscuit Miller, of the Lonnie Brooks Band, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, grins directly at the photographer as he plays...

Date Published
February-12-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Blind Boys of Alabama at Rhythm & Ribs

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Blind Boys of Alabama, which includes Clarence Fountain and Jimmy Lee Carter, wearing sunglasses and matching suits, walk across stage with a hand on...

Date Published
June-18-2005
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Blind Mississippi Morris

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Blind Mississippi Morris, blues harmonica player and singer, sits on a tall stool with one foot resting on an amplifier and the other touching the...

Date Published
1996
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Blue 88 at the Grand Emporium

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Blue 88, a blues band including Mark Corbett and Sue Corbett, possibly bassist Ron Rummage and drummer Joe Weaver, stand on stage holding their...

Date Published
November-20-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Blue 88 at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2006

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Blue 88 Band including Mark and Sue Corbett, smile directly at the photographer as they stand on stage during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues...

Date Published
June-23-2006
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Blue 88 photo shoot

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Sue Corbett kneels on the ground with her eyes closed and chin lifted. Mark Corbett, making crazy eyes, Rocky Britain, grinning, and a white man named...

Date Published
March-26-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles 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

Blue Louie

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Blue Louie, a blues band comprised of four white men, sit on a staircase with an ornate banister. Printed in the margin below the photograph,...

Date Published
1997
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Blue River Ordnance at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2004

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Blue River Ordinance perform on stage at the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.

Date Published
June-25-2004
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Blue Shoe Sole Revue

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Blue Shoe Sole Revue, a blues band comprised of one African American man and six white men, stand in front of a jazz caricature. Printed in the bottom...

Date Published
2002
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Blue Sky

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Blue Sky, a Kansas City blues band comprised of one African American woman and four white men, stand in front of an industrial machine. Printed in the...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bluerunners

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The Bluerunners, a Cajun rock, blues, and funk band comprised of four white men, stand in front of a metal wall. Printed in the margin below the...

Date Published
1991
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Blues Bar BQ

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Blues Bar BQ, a blues band comprised of four white men, in a split photograph stand in the lobby of an exhibition hall holding out their drinks and an...

Date Published
2003
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Blues Bar BQ

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Blues Bar BQ, a blues band comprised of five white men, stand in a stage area with their instruments smiling at the photographer. Printed on the...

Date Published
2001
2010
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Blues Masters at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS

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Group photograph of all of the participants in the 5th Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads, Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS. The Masters stand...

Date Published
October-19-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Blues Notions

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The Blues Notions, a Kansas City jump blues band comprised of five white men, stand in front of a brick wall. The men on the farthest left and right...

Date Published
1997
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bnois King at the Grand Emporium

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BNois King, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, wearing a flat cap, looks down as he plays a guitar.

Date Published
August-13-1999
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Bo Diddley at Roadhouse Ruby's South

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Bo Diddley, one of the national acts to perform at Ruby's South in Olathe, KS, looks up to his left as he realigns a capo on the neck of his square...

Date Published
October-30-1998
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Bob Enos at the Grand Emporium

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Bob Enos, of the band Roomful of Blues, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, shrugs his shoulders and smiles as he cringes and...

Date Published
January-15-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Bob Margolin

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Blues guitarist Bob Margolin sits looks directly at the camera while playing an electric guitar. He wears sunglasses. Printed in the margin below the...

Date Published
1999
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bob Margolin and Charlie Musselwhite at the Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest

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Bob Margolin sits and sings into a microphone, mouth wide open, while he plays a microphoned slide dobro guitar. Charlie Musselwhite is seated to Bob...

Date Published
July-19-1998
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Bob Margolin at Carlsen Center JCCC

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Bob Margolin, part of the Muddy Waters Tribute Band, wearing sunglasses, plays guitar at the Carlsen Center in Johnson County Community College.

Date Published
October-20-2001
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

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