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Acoustic Syndicate

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Acoustic Syndicate, a folk, rock, and bluegrass band comprised of four white men, stand under a system of pipes and screens like those used in green...

Date Published
2001
2005
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Alison Krauss and Claude "Fiddler" Williams

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Alison Krauss smiles as she stands next to Claude "Fiddler" Williams at Carnegie Hall. Claude points at the camera as he smiles. He wears a tuxedo.

Date Published
1990
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Bad Livers

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The band, Bad Livers, a bluegrass, folk, and punk band comprised of three white men, stand in a warehouse with their instruments. Farthest to the left...

Date Published
1992
1994
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Banjer Dan

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Bluegrass musician Banjer Dan sits and smiles to his right as he holds a banjo upright on his left thigh. Printed in the margin below the photograph,...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Barefoot Manner

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Barefoot Manner, a bluegrass band comprised of four white men, stand in a wheat field with trees behind them with their eyes closed. Printed in the...

Date Published
2000
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Big Guitars from Memphis

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Big Guitars from Memphis, a rockabilly and bluegrass band comprised of four white men, all wearing all black, stand in front of a carnival sign...

Date Published
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Big Smith

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Big Smith, a country, Americana, and bluegrass band comprised of four white men from Springfield, Missouri, stand on the porch of the Ponce General...

Date Published
1996
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

David Grisman

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Publicity photo of David Grisman facing forward and holding a mandolin with both hands. Grisman is wearing a dark jacket.

Date Published
September-1981
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

David Grisman Quintet

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Side by side photos of the David Grisman Quintet and Dave Grisman. The left photo features (left to right) Mark O'Connor, Mike Marshall, David Grisman...

Date Published
July-1980
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Druhá Tráva

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Druhá Tráva, a Czech bluegrass band comprised of six white men, surround a wooden box outdoors and look down at the camera in a close-up photograph.

Date Published
1995
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

John Hartford

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Banjo player John Hartford squats down and smiles with the banjo standing in front of him. He wears a derby hat. Printed in the margin below the...

Date Published
1994
1996
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

John McEuen

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Bluegrass musician John McEuen, wearing an Old West style costume, sits and laughs as he leans against a wooden wall and holds a banjo. Printed in the...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

John McEuen

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Bluegrass musician John McEuen, in an Old West style costume, sits and laughs as he leans against a wooden wall and holds a banjo. Printed in the...

Date Published
1991
1996
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

John McEuen

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Bluegrass musician John McEuen smiles as he touches his cheek with the index finger of his left hand. Instrument cases lean again the wall on the left...

Date Published
1991
1996
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Piners

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The Piners, an American bluegrass band comprised of one white woman and three white men, stand outdoors by a fence and smile up at the camera. Printed...

Date Published
1999
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Robert Earl Keen

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Country and bluegrass artist Robert Earl Keen looks over his left shoulder out of a window he is leaning on as he sits by a cup of coffee. Printed in...

Date Published
March-1997
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Sappy

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Publicity photograph of "Sappy," a bluegrass and cowboy music performer playing a broken acoustic guitar, wearing a worn cowboy hat sideways on his...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Spontaneous Combustion

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Spontaneous Combustion, a bluegrass-rock group comprised of four white men from Kansas City, Missouri, who sit and stand playing their instruments, in...

Date Published
1986
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Todd Harkreader

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Todd Harkreader, bluegrass resonator guitar player, holds a microphone to his mouth in a close-up, head-shot photograph. He wears a dark cowboy hat...

Date Published
1995
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Todd Harkreader

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Todd Harkreader, bluegrass resonator guitar player, leans on a telephone pole with a brick building and chain-link fence behind him.

Date Published
1995
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Unidentified country or bluegrass band performing

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Unidentified country or bluegrass quintet (fiddle, banjo, guitars) playing and singing on a small stage in what looks like a barn-like setting...

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

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