Pinetop Perkins leans toward Evie Quarles, seated to his left as both smile at the photographer during the All Stars Blues Jam at Blue Heaven Studios in Salina, KS. Evie's glasses rest on her upper...
Pinetop Perkins, one of the national acts to record at Blue Heaven Studios, wearing a pilot's hat smiles to his left by the microphone.
Pinetop Perkins, from the left, sits on stage at a grand piano, wearing a bowler hat while he performs at the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival. The audience is visible between the legs of the piano...
Pinetop Perkins, wearing a bowler hat, smiles at the photographer as he sits at a piano during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Rain Dogs standing outside of B. B.'s Lawnside Bar-B-Q during the Acoustic Blues Showcase. Rain Dogs (Phil Smith, Jim Herbert, Karla Peterie, Mike Roark).
Rain Dogs, a blues band including Mike Roark, Karla Peterie, Phil Smith, and Jim Herbert stand in front of a wall of signatures at the Grand Emporium and smile at the photographer.
Rain Dogs, a blues band including Phil Smith, strumming a double bass with his eyes closed, Karla Peterie, smiling as she looks at the neck of a mandolin she is strumming, Mike Roark, blowing into a...
Raindogs & Saffire the Uppity Blues Women, national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, stand in a group grinning at the photographer are Jim Herbert, Gaye Adegbalola, Phil Smith, Mike Roark...
Ramonda Doakes, executive director of the Mutual Musicians Foundation, stands in front of a wood-paneled wall of photographs of musicians holding a plastic cup and smiling at the photographer in the...
Randy Malone closes his eyes as he blows into a saxophone at the Grand Emporium.
Randy McDonald of the Tommy Castro Band, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, closes his eyes and leans over as he plays an electric bass.
Ray Charles, an overcoat draped over his shoulders, looks at the floor to his right as he shakes the hand of a seated Myra Taylor who is wearing a sparkling fez-type cap. They were one of the national...
Ray Charles, wearing sunglasses, faces a microphone in front of him. One of the national acts at the Kansas City Music Hall.
Renée Austin from her right side, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, closes her eyes, opens her mouth wide, lifts her chin, and spreads the fingers of her right hand wide as...
Renee Satterwhite, wearing a silk print shirt, looks down at the neck of a guitar as she plays at the Grand Emporium.
Reverend Billy C. Wirtz, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, from his right side, holds out his left hand, palm up, fingers spread, as he holds a microphone to his mouth with...
Rich Berry, wearing a harmonica neck holder with a harmonica in it, smiles as he sits behind a microphone, resting a guitar on his right leg, opening a Price Chopper bottle of water at the City Market...
Rich Lataille, of the band Roomful of Blues, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, closes his eyes and blows into a tenor saxophone.
Richard Townsend, standing, wearing a double-breasted suit and holding a microphone near the right side of his head, looks down during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater.
Richard Townsend, left side profile, wearing a flat cap and sunglasses, holds a microphone with his right hand and has a guitar strap around his shoulder during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues...
Rick Hendricks looks straight at the photographer as he plays a guitar during the Hope House Benefit at the Grand Emporium.
Rick Hendricks, wearing a Hawaiian print shirt, smiles to his left as he holds the neck high of an electric guitar he is playing during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival:
Rick Holmstrom, a member of the band, Rod Piazza & the Mighty Flyers, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, leans over an electric guitar he's playing and looks intently at the...
Rick Yord, seated on an amplifier and holding an upright bass, with Tom Hall, seated on a bar stool and strumming a guitar while looking at Rick to his right, and Greg Camp, also seated on a bar stool...
Robert Cray looks down as he plays an electric guitar held up high on his chest. One of the national acts at the Uptown Theater.
