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9's

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The 9's, a funk band comprised of five white men and one white woman, stand together wearing dark suits against a white background except for the band...

Date Published
2001
2004
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Grand Emporium Collection

Angélique Kidjo

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Angélique Kiojo, a singer from Benin, stands in front of a wallpapered wall of black ivy as she wears a red headscarf, a tuxedo jacket over a white...

Date Published
1998
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Grand Emporium Collection

Ann Peebles

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Ann Peebles, funk, soul, and blues singer from East St. Louis, Missouri, looks directly at the camera in a close-up, head-shot photograph. Printed in...

Date Published
1992
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Grand Emporium Collection

Automatics

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The Automatics, a Kansas City funk band comprised of four white men and two African American men, sit on a deck railing with trees behind them...

Date Published
2001
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Grand Emporium Collection

Automatics

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The Automatics, a Kansas City funk band comprised of seven white men, stand in the corner of two brick walls. Printed in the margin below the...

Date Published
1995
2000
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Grand Emporium Collection

Baghdad Jones

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Baghdad Jones, a funk-rock band comprised of five white men, one Asian American man, and one white woman, sit and stand on fire escape steps outside a...

Date Published
1991
2000
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Grand Emporium Collection

Bernie Worrell

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Bernie Worrell, funk keyboardist and composer, grins with his hands forming possibly the heavy metal rock music gesture on each side of his face of...

Date Published
1991
2000
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Grand Emporium Collection

Bernie Worrell

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Bernie Worrell, funk keyboardist and composer, grins with his hands forming possibly the heavy metal rock music gesture on each side of his face of...

Date Published
1991
2000
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Grand Emporium Collection

Billy Goat

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Billy Goat is a funk-rock band from Kansas City comprised of one African American man, four white men, and one white woman. The men stand and the...

Date Published
May-1992
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Grand Emporium Collection

Billy Goat

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A split photograph of Mike Dillon, funk and rock percussionist, vibraphonist and drummer, on the left side, and Kim Pruitt, funk and rock singer, on...

Date Published
1992
1995
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Grand Emporium Collection

Billy Tipton Memorial Sax Quartet

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Billy Tipton Memorial Sax Quartet, comprised of four white women and one white man, play jazz, soul, and funk music, stand together laughing. One band...

Date Published
1991
1999
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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
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Grand Emporium Collection

Boko Maru

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BokoMaru, a Kansas City jazz and funk band comprised of five white men, stand outside all wearing dark colors. The photo is shot from the ground up...

Date Published
1994
2001
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Grand Emporium Collection

Brian Stoltz

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Brian Stoltz, singer, funk and soul guitarist from New Orleans, Louisiana, looks down with concentration as he plays an electric guitar; light coming...

Date Published
2001
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Cee Knowledge and the Cosmic Funk Orchestra

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Cee Knowledge and the Cosmic Funk Orchestra, a hip-hop, funk, and soul band comprised of six African American men, one African American woman, two...

Date Published
2001
2004
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Grand Emporium Collection

Deep Banana Blackout

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Deep Banana Blackout, a jazz-funk band comprised of one white woman and seven white men, sit and stand outside on rock boulders. Printed in the margin...

Date Published
1995
2003
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Grand Emporium Collection

Dorothy Moore

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Funk and Soul singer Dorothy Moore smiles at the camera as she wears drop sparkly earrings and a blue sparkly jacket over a blue dress. Printed in the...

Date Published
1990
1997
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Grand Emporium Collection

Global Funk Council

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Global Funk Council, a funk band comprised of Anthony Smith, Eric Bolivar, Dan Lebowitz, and Steve Adams, stand looking up at the camera. All wear a...

Date Published
2001
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Gran Torino

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Gran Torino, a funk band comprised of three African American men, four white men, and one Mexican American man (possibly), stand in front of a police...

Date Published
1997
2004
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Grand Emporium Collection

Groove Hogs

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The Groove Hogs, a funk, jazz, soul and blues band comprised of ten white men, lie on a floor of alternating black and white square tiles, with their...

Date Published
2002
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Grand Emporium Collection

Groove Hogs

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The Groove Hogs, a funk, jazz, soul, and blues band comprised of ten white men, stand on or in front of a porch of a slat wood building. Printed in...

Date Published
2002
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Grand Emporium Collection

Grupo Fantasma

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Grupo Fantasma, a Latin funk group comprised of ten mostly Mexican American men and a few white men, stand and sit in front of Leal's Tire Shop which...

Date Published
2001
2004
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Grand Emporium Collection

Hairy Apes BMX

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Hairy Apes BMX, a band comprised of one African American man and three white man, stand in a line in front of a wall. Printed in the margin below the...

Date Published
1999
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Grand Emporium Collection

Hank Ballard and the Midnighters

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Hank Ballard and the Midnighters, a funk, blues, and rhythm and blues vocal group of four African American men, who stand and sing at microphones at...

Date Published
1985
1990
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Grand Emporium Collection

Hector Bonet

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Funk vocalist Hector Bonet looks directly at the photographer as he wears a light-colored suit. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Hector...

Date Published
2001
2010
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

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