Ann Rabson, from the left, looks out over the keyboard she is playing and sings into a microphone on Beale Street, Memphis, for the W.C. Handy Awards. A drum set and a brick wall is visible behind her.
Honey Piazza, a member of the band, Mighty Flyers, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, looks up over her right shoulder as she sits and plays a keyboard. A guitar neck and a bass player are visible behind her right shoulder.
Hank Walther of the band Roomful of Blues, one to the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, from his right, wearing a fedora, leans over a keyboard his is playing and looks seriously at his hands on the keys.
Miss Honey Piazza puts her left arm around the shoulders of Evie Quarles. They lean in towards each other so their heads touch. Both are seated and smiling at the photographer. Evie wears a camera vest with many signatures written on it.
Dennis Binder, wearing a fedora, looks to his right, as he sits on stage and plays a keyboard on stage during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.
Marcia Ball, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, holds a plastic alligator between her hands as she looks down to her right and smiles.
Wendell Holmes of the band, The Holmes Brothers, closes his eyes and grimaces as he sings, mouth wide open, into a microphone, and plays a keyboard during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Mike Finnigan, one of the national acts to perform at the Beaumont Club, from his left side, sings into a microphone and plays a keyboard. Other keyboards are visible behind him.
