Finding Aid for the Blues Archive Poster Collection

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Additions

The Blues Archive will continue collecting blues posters.

Acquisition Information

These posters were donated by B. B. King, Malaco Records, Living Blues magazine, Betty V. Miller, Dick “Cane” Cole, various
individuals, and collected by various staff members of the Blues Archive.

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Posters were originally processed by unknown Blues Archive staff and later by Greg Johnson, Joe Zendarski, and Sierra Brown.
Finding aid created by Kathryn Michaelis, December 2012; updated by Susan Ivey, November 2014.

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broadsides (notices)
posters

Subject(s)

Blues (Music)
Blues musicians
Posters — 20th century
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Collection Inventory

Series 1: General Posters
Drawer 1, Folder 1
Luther Allison Blues Band, undated Scope and Content Concert promo. Photo: Erik Lindahl; Graphics: Michael Sjobberg
Luther Allison illustration, undated Scope and Content Concert promo. Sponsored by: Paris Album, Yamaha, WRTL
Angel South “Heart Shaped,” undated Scope and Content Album promo. Photo: Ram Photo Photography
James Armstrong “Dark Night,” undated Scope and Content Hightone Records, album promo
Lynn August “Creole Cruiser,” 1991-1992 Scope and Content Black Top Records album promo. Photo: Rick Olivier; Design: Julie Hurd
Lynn August “Sauce Piquante,” undated Scope and Content Black Top Records album promo. Photo: Rick Olivier; Design: Diane Wanek
“Booba” Barnes: “Booba’s Busting Out,” Thursday 11 October 1990 Scope and Content Laminated news article written by Joe Atkins, photos by J.D. Schwalm, Jackson (Miss.), Clarion-Ledger
Beausoleil, undated Scope and Content “La Danse de la Vie” Forward Records, promotional poster
Big Joe and the Dynaflows “Layin’ in the Alley,” undated Scope and Content Black Top Records album promo. Photo: Rick Olivier
Bobby Bland “Come Fly With Me,” undated Scope and Content ABC Records album promo
Blues Basement “Blues Power,” undated Scope and Content Album promo
“The Blues in Paradise” album recorded live from The Honolulu Rhythm & Blues Festival, undated Scope and Content Wa Nui Records promo poster, 10 copies
Blues Masters: The Essential Blues Collection, 15 Volumes to be Released Through 1993, undated Scope and Content Rhino Records promotional poster
The Bluesicians: Lou Bennett, Guy Lafitte, Chris Henderson, undated Scope and Content Concert promo. photo: Francois Perol
Doyle Bramhall “Bird Nest on the Ground,” undated Scope and Content Antone’s Records promo
R.L. Burnside “A Ass Pocket of Whiskey,” 1996 Scope and Content Matador Records album promo
Sam Chatmon “Delta Bluesman,” undated Scope and Content Lithograph by Glenn Warren, signed and numbered
Drawer 1, Folder 2
Big Sam “Old Time Blues,” undated Scope and Content Promo poster with Sam’s handwriting on back
Drawer 1, Folder 3
Clifton Chenier and His Hot Bayou Band, undated Scope and Content July 4th Zydeco Blowout, at Mulatte’s in Breaux Bridge, La.
Clifton “Louisiana Blues” Chenier and Orchestra, Friday 2 April 1971 Scope and Content Before Lent Benefit Dance, Freddie’s Auditorium, printed by Fred Marshall Press, Houston (Tex.)
Drawer 1, Folder 4
Chicago Jump Company, undated
Chestmark Pop, 10-12 June 1971 Scope and Content Concert promo, Fairhope, Ala., signed by Tom Markris
Eddy “The Chief” Clearwater “Cool Blues Walk,” undated Scope and Content Bullseye Blues and Jazz album promo. Photo: Jennifer Girard
Albert Collins “Frostbite,” undated Scope and Content Alligator Records album promo
John Coltrane “The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Records,” undated Scope and Content Rhino/Atlantic promotional poster
Drawer 1, Folder 5
James Cotton and His Big Band, 1986 Scope and Content Alligator Records concert, album promo, artwork by Whitney
James Cotton, 1995 Scope and Content 10.5”-13” matted photograph by Michael Trossman (signed)
Drawer 1, Folder 6
The Crawl “Full Moon Over Dallas,” undated Scope and Content Black Top Records album promo. Photo: Rick Olivier; Design: Kelly Richards
Ronnie Dawson “More Bad Habits,” undated Scope and Content Yep Roc album promo, no credit info
CeDell Davis “Arkansas Folk Artists,” undated Scope and Content Series sponsored by Folk Arts Program of the Arkansas Arts Council (two copies)
Delmark 40th Anniversary – Jazz, undated Scope and Content Album promotional poster. Art By: Jimmy James Greene, Design By: Al Brandtner
Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters “Soul Searching,” undated Scope and Content Black Top Records promo, photo: Rick Olivier, album design: Bunny Matthews, poster design: Nancy Given
Rev. Clay Evans and the AARC Choir “I’m Going Through,” undated Scope and Content Savoy Records video promo
Drawer 1, Folder 7
Tav Falco & Panther Burns “Hour of the Shadow Dancer,” undated Scope and Content Tour promo, multiple sponsors, photo: Josefish, design: Lex
Phillip Fankhauser & Checkerboard Blues Band, undated Scope and Content Photo: Reto Camenisch, design: Urs Grunig, (2 copies)
The Five Blind Boys of Alabama, 1992 Scope and Content Concert promo, design: Vrij van Zegel
Billy Flynn, promo, undated
Panama Francis & Savoy Sultans, undated Scope and Content “Harlem Jazz”
Blind Boy Fuller, undated
Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets featuring Sam Myers “Tell Me What I Want to Hear,” 1991 Scope and Content Black Top Records album promo
Anson Funderburgh “Texas Blues,” undated Scope and Content Miller Genuine Draft promo
Anson Funderburgh, 1989 Scope and Content Miller Genuine Draft Promo
Anson Funderburgh “Rack ‘Em Up,” undated Scope and Content Black Top Records album promo, photo: Bill Crump, album design: Tom Dolan, poster design: Nancy Given
Drawer 1, Folder 8
Georgia Mass Choir, “I Sing Because I’m Happy,” undated
Jay Gordon “Blues Infested,” undated Scope and Content Blue Ace Records promo
Jay Gordon and Phillip Walker “Jaywalkin,” undated Scope and Content Blue Ace Records promo
Roscoe Gordon and the Blues Blizzard, 7-21 May 1982 Scope and Content Mr. R & B Records concert promo
Buddy Guy “Heavy Love,” 1998 Scope and Content Silvertone Records album promo
Guild Guitars, promo, undated
Drawer 1, Folder 9
Jan Harrington “Singer,” undated Scope and Content Per Notini Music promo
The Hastings Street Blues Band, undated Scope and Content Rosa’s Blues Lounge, concert promo
Ted Hawkins “The Next Hundred Years,” 1994 Scope and Content Geffen Records album promo, photo: Jeff Sedlik
Billie Holiday “Solitude,” 1982 Scope and Content Print, artist: Wolfson
John Lee Hooker “The Healer,” undated Scope and Content Album cover reproduction
“The Healer,” undated Scope and Content Chameleon records promo
House of Soul, House of Blues – “64 Great Hits from the Conrad Music Catalog,” undated Scope and Content The Goodman Group, album promo
Ink Spots (Gene Miller’s), undated Scope and Content Two copies
Drawer 1, Folder 10
Big Jack Johnson and the Oilers, undated Scope and Content Hand-colored poster
Big Jack Johnson and the Oilers “From Clarksdale, Mississippi, Rocking, Stomping, Delta Blues,” undated Scope and Content Concert Buro Rolf Schubert promo
Jimmy Johnson “Funky Rhythms, Soulful Blues,” undated Scope and Content Two copies
Robert Johnson “King of the Delta Blues,” 1989 Scope and Content Copyright Steve LaVere
Earl King “Sexual Telepathy,” undated Scope and Content Black Top Records promo, photo: Rick Olivier. (2 copies)
Sleepy LaBeef concert promo, undated
Leadbelly “King of the 12-String Guitar,” 1986 Scope and Content Lithograph, copyright Ricardo Levins Morales
Little Charlie and the Nightcats “All the Way Crazy,” undated Scope and Content Alligator Records promo
Little Georgie & the Shuffling Hungarians – Live!!! “A compendium of unruly caterwauling,” undated Scope and Content Queen Bee Brand Records, double-sided promo poster – both sides identical
The Lloyd Jones Struggle, undated Scope and Content Miller Genuine Draft sponsored promo, double-sided with info about the LJS on back
Drawer 1, Folder 11
Louis Jordan, undated Scope and Content Oversized cardboard poster, Decca Records promo
Drawer 1, Folder 12
“The University of Mississippi presents B.B. King in Concert,” Friday 27 November 2004 Scope and Content Performance held at the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts, (3 copies)
Ad for date at Stingrey Show Lounge, undated Scope and Content BB headliner with special guest Little Milton
“There Must Be A Better World Somewhere,” 1981 Scope and Content MCA Records promo
Kentucky Fried Chicken Ad: “B.B. King and Lucille agree: We Do Chicken Right.” undated
“When B.B. King Comes to Town, World Tour 1989,” 1989 Scope and Content Sidney A. Seidenberg, Inc. This piece shows all of the dates on BB King’s international tour for 1989 (10 copies)
Exhibit ad for The Photography of Benny Joseph: The Early Years of Rhythm and Blues, undated, exhibit traveled from Texas (Miss.) in 1989-1990 Scope and Content Two copies
“Midnight Believer,” undated Scope and Content Album cover reproduction
“Blues ‘n’ Jazz,” 1983 Scope and Content MCA Records promo
“Of The Blues,” “The Thrill is Back,” 1979 Scope and Content MCA Records promo for “Take It Home”
Pencil portrait (reproduction) drawn by Dianna Robbins, 1979 Scope and Content Sidney A. Seiderberg Productions (7 copies)
“Make this ‘One of Those Nights,’ w/ B.B. King,” 1982 Scope and Content MCA records promo for “Love Me Tender”
“Take It Home,” 1979 Scope and Content MCA Records promo
Drawer 1, Folder 13
Magic Sam: “The Magic Sam Legacy,” undated Scope and Content “Hot Chicago Blues,” Delmark Records promo
Magic Slim and the Teardrops “The Best Blues Band on the Planet,” undated Scope and Content Wolf Records promo (2 copies)
Bob Margolin “Up & In,” undated Scope and Content Alligator Records album promo, local show promotion at Proud Larry’s
Marla BB “Sassy Mama Blues,” undated Scope and Content Photo: Susan Wilson, Ascending Productions promo
Jimmy McCracklin, 1-12 April 1981 Scope and Content Per Notini Promotions concert promo, poster lists band lineup
Memphis Slim “Born With the Blues,” undated Scope and Content Jewell Records promo, album cover reproduction
Robert Nighthawk . . . and . . . his Flames of Rhythm “Music to Spare,” “The man with the magic fingers You will have to see it to believe it The king of the string,” undated
Maria Muldaur “Louisiana Love Call,” undated Scope and Content Black Top Records promo, photo: Rick Olivier, design: Kelly Richards
New Math “Beware, They Walk Among You,” undated Scope and Content Five song EP on 415 Records, promo poster
Dorothy Norwood and the Atlanta Chapter GMWA Mass Choir under the Direction of Dick Chaney “Better Days Ahead,” undated Scope and Content Malaco Records promo
Drawer 1, Folder 14
Asie Payton “Worried,” 1999 Scope and Content Fat Possum Records album promo
Ann Peebles, undated Scope and Content Concert promo, foreign language
Lucky Peterson “Beyond Cool,” 1994 Scope and Content Verve Records album promo, Polygram Records, Inc.
Piano Willie Oshawny “Ichiban Recording Artist,” undated
Professor Strut “Professors Blues Revue featuring Karen Carroll,” undated Scope and Content Delmark Records promo. (2 copies)
Drawer 1, Folder 15
Bobby Radcliff “There’s A Cold Grave In Your Way,” undated Scope and Content Black Top Records promo
Johnny Rawls “The Best of Johnny Rawls: Live,” undated
A.C. Reed and His Spark Plugs “Take These Blues and Shove ‘Em” Featuring Guitarist Phil Guy “Direct From Chicago,” 1983 Scope and Content Hatch Show Print co.
Tommy Ridgely “Since the Blues Began,” undated Scope and Content Black Top Records promo, photo: Craig Dietze, design: Diane Wanek
Jimmie Lee Robinson “The Lonely Traveler” and “Grand Master of the Blues,” undated Scope and Content Amina Records promo, James Fraher photography
Menard Rogers Four Way Entertainer Night Club Packer…Margaret Records Inc., undated Scope and Content Promo poster for album: “O’My Love.”
Drawer 1, Folder 16
Son Seals “Nothing But the Truth,” undated Scope and Content Alligator Records album promo
Eddie Shaw and the Wolf Gang “Can’t Stop Now!,” undated Scope and Content Delmark Records album promo (2 copies, one with local concert info)
Pat Smille with O.T. Lee “I Got AN Angel,” undated Scope and Content Irochet Records promo
Carrie Smith, undated Scope and Content Photo: Alain Schuster, Disques Black and Blue
“Harmonica George Smith Blues Band featuring…,” undated Scope and Content Stockholm Blues Society promo
Willie “Big Eyes” Smith “Bag Full of Blues,” 1995 Scope and Content Blind Pig Records promo
Snoop Doggy Dogg, undated Scope and Content Photographed by Tom Sheehan for Melody Maker
Drawer 1, Folder 17
T-Model Ford “Make Me Mad,” undated Scope and Content Fat Possum promo
Tarheel Slim, undated Scope and Content Handmade concert promo
Melvin Taylor “Dirty Pool,” undated Scope and Content Evidence Records promo
Ruby Terry “Live with the Southwest Louisiana Mass Choir,” undated Scope and Content Malaco Records promo
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee “Folk Blues on Stage,” undated Scope and Content Concert promo, photo: Swedowsky & Weiss
Nellie Travis, undated Scope and Content Ad for appearance at Rosa’s Lounge
Terrance Simien and the Mallet Playboys, “Thursday June 15” Scope and Content Miller Genuine Draft promo poster, signed
Drawer 1, Folder 18
Got My Mojo Working: Muddy Waters and Modern Blues Rock and Roll Hall of Fame conference, 2000 Scope and Content American Masters Series, photo: Raeburn Flerlage, Design: Nesnady & Schwartz
Muddy, undated Scope and Content Photo: Terry Cryer, published by Candyminster
The Living Legend Live!, on tour with Eric Clapton, 1979 Scope and Content Blue Sky records
A Tribute to Muddy Waters King of the Blues, undated Scope and Content Hybrid Records album promo poster
Drawer 1, Folder 19
The O.V. Wright Band Elk Club, 1 June 1986 Scope and Content Date promo
Junior Wells, undated Scope and Content Photo: Amy O’ Neal (Delmark), Trio Records promo
“The Original Hoodoo Man,” undated Scope and Content Delmark Records promo, photo: Ray Flerlage
Delmark Records promo, undated Scope and Content Two sided poster, one side positive, one side negative, (2 copies)
Bill Warren and His Midnight Creepers, undated Scope and Content Club poster, Tribune Press, Earl Park, Ind.
Robert Pete Williams, “Louisiana Blues,” undated Scope and Content Concert promo, photo: Corry Leufgen
The Wild Magnolias “They Call Us Wild.” undated
Stevie Ray Vaughn, 1987 Scope and Content Guitar Player Magazine poster, photo: Paul Natkin
Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson, undated Scope and Content Tour promo, includes band lineup
Drawer 2, Folder 1: King Biscuit Blues Festival, Helena, Arkansas
“King Biscuit Blues Festival,” Saturday 18 October 1986 Scope and Content Sonny Boy Corn Meal sack reproduction, festival program on back (6 copies, one signed by James Cotton, Bobby Bland, Robert Lockwood, others)
“King Biscuit Blues Festival,” Friday-Saturday 9-10 October 1987 Scope and Content Sonny Boy meal sack on old radio graphic, lists lineup
“4th annual King Biscuit Blues Festival,” 1989 Scope and Content Watercolor of three musicians jamming w/ view of bridge in background, artwork: Larry Spakes
“5th Annual King Biscuit Blues Festival,” 12-13 October 1990 Scope and Content Watercolor of Sonny Boy Williamson playing harp superimposed over railroad tracks, artwork: Jack Kerby
“7th Annual King Biscuit Blues Festival,” 9-10 October 1992 Scope and Content Watercolor “Sonny Boy III” artwork: Jack Kerby
“11th annual King Biscuit Blues Festival,” 10-13 October 1996 Scope and Content “October Blue,” oil painting by Ratt Smith
“King Biscuit Blues Festival,” undated Scope and Content Photos: Leslie R. Chin, design: Hammons and Associates, Inc.
Drawer 2, Folder 2: Mississippi Delta Blues Festival
“13th Annual Mississippi Delta Blues Festival,” Saturday 15 September 1990, Greenville (Miss.), features painting of Robert Johnson photo booth image, talent lineup, sponsors.
“10th Annual Mississippi Delta Blues Festival,” Saturday 19 September 1987 Scope and Content Features festival logo, lineup, sponsors, Greenville. (2 copies, one signed by Eugene Powell, James ‘Son’ Thomas)
“19th Annual Mississippi Delta Blues and Heritage Festival,” Greenville (Miss.) Scope and Content Features small photos of performers, text, schedule of events on back.
“8th Annual Mississippi Delta Blues Festival,” 21 September 1985 Scope and Content Freedom Village (Miss.), poster features backwards photo of Son Thomas by Rodney Dempsey
“Delta Blues Festival,” Freedom Village (Miss.), 15 September 1984 Scope and Content Artwork: Thomas M. Hamilton
The Mississippi Delta Blues Festival “Blues in America: A Mississippi Delta Heritage,” Freedom Village (Miss.), Saturday 20 September 1986
“Delta Blues Festival,” Greenville, Saturday 17 September 1988 Scope and Content 3 copies, one is a plain cardboard cutout, one is cardboard cutout signed by Eugene Powell, Son Thomas ,and Walter Liniger, one is poster signed by Powell and Thomas, all have the same graphic
Drawer 2, Folder 3: Various Mississippi Festivals
Afrissippi Poster, Sunday 20 November 2011
“8th Annual Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival,” lists performers, photos of Denise LaSalle and Frank Frost, Clarksdale (Miss.), 4-6 August 1995 Scope and Content Printer: Tribune Show Print, Earl Park (Ind.)
“A Blues Festival to Benefit the Como Opera Guild,” Saturday 17 April 2004 Scope and Content Lists a variety of artist scheduled to perform, Como Steak House Banquet Hall & Garden in Downtown, Como (Miss.). (3 copies)
“Juke Joint Festival and Planter’s Celebration,” Saturday 17 April 2004 Scope and Content Lists website www.jukejoinfestival.com and phone # 662-627-4593, Clarksdale (Miss.)
“Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival Fundraiser,” Saturday 10 April 2004 Scope and Content Time: 6:00 p.m. lists various artist scheduled to appear, website www.groundzerobluesclub.com and phone # 662-621-9009, Ground Zero Blues Club, Clarksdale (Miss.)
“Meridian’s Red Hot Blues Days,” undated
“The First Dixieland Blues Festival Benefit,” Saturday 21 June 1986 Scope and Content List of performers, Jackson (Miss.)
“Bentonia Summer Rhythm and Blues Festival,” 4 July 1986 Scope and Content Featuring Big Daddy and Phyllis Sunshine
“5th Annual Blues Festival,” undated Scope and Content Featuring ‘Son’ Thomas, Boatman Field (between West Point and Columbus), Earl Park, Indiana, Tribune Show Print
Blues Alley Festival, 14-15 March 1997 Scope and Content Featuring Big Jack Johnson, Super Chikan, Robert Lockwood, Clarksdale (Miss.). Two copies.
“1st Annual Highway 61 Blues Festival,” 10 June 2000 Scope and Content Featuring Little Milton, Willie Foster & Boogaloo Ames, Leland (Miss.)
“Rumble in the Grove,” 27 August 2000 Scope and Content Featuring R.L. Burnside and others, University of Mississippi
Delta Blues Museum Benefit headlined by Buddy Guy, Saturday 14 November 1998
Drawer 2, Folder 4: Annual Blues Foundation Awards
3rd Annual Blues Awards, The Peabody, 16 November 1982 Scope and Content Ward Archer Advertising, illustation: David Moses (two identical)
4th Annual Blues Awards, The Peabody, 16 November 1983 Scope and Content Ward Archer Advertising, illustration: Larry Pardue
5th Annual Blues Awards, The Orpheum, 18 November 1984 Scope and Content Ward Archer and Assoc., photo: Allen Mims
“Blues Awards,” Orpheum Theatre, 17 November 1985 Scope and Content Ward Archer and Assoc., illustration: Eddie Tucker, signed by: B.B. King, Pervis Spann, Bobby Rush, Charlie Rich, KoKo Taylor, others
7th Annual blues Awards, Dixon-Myers Hall, 16 November 1986 Scope and Content Ward Archer and Assoc., photo: Jack Kenner
8th Annual Blues Awards, Ellis Auditorium, 1987 Scope and Content Photo: Murray Riss, design: Eddie Tucker, Ward Archer and Assoc.
9th Annual Blues Awards, The Peabody, 1988 Scope and Content Photo: Allen Mims
10th Annual Blues Awards, Cook Convention Center, 5 November 1989 Scope and Content Ward Archer, photo: Bill Dawson
Peabody Hotel, 4 October 1990 Scope and Content Poster by: Ward Archer & Assoc., photo: Allen Mims, photo styling: Jo Wagoner
12th Annual Blues Awards, Peabody Hotel, 13 October 1991 Scope and Content Illustration: Eddie Tucker, poster: Archer/Malmo Advertising
22nd Annual W.C. Handy Blues Awards, Beale Street, Memphis, 24 May 2001 Scope and Content Eddie Tucker designed the poster
Drawer 2, Folder 5: Memphis Area Blues Festivals
“Bud Blues Ramble & Amateur Show,” undated Scope and Content 380 Beale Budweiser sponsored event, no venue name
“Beale Street Music Festival,” undated Scope and Content Long list of performers, poster is colorful illustration of signpost at 3rd and Beale, by William Womack
“Beale Street Music Festival” Memphis in May, undated Scope and Content Poster design: John Malmo Advertising, photo: Allen Mims (2 copies)
“Memphis Millennium 2000 Celebration” featuring B.B. King, Kenny Neal others “Live From Beale Street,” 31 December 1999 Scope and Content Painting of BB signed by ‘twin.’
“International Blues Festival” Mid- South Coliseum featuring Bobby Bland, Clarence Carter, Marvin Sease, Little Milton, Bobby Rush, Albert King, others, undated Scope and Content Poster: Globe Poster, Baltimore
“5th Annual Counterfest,” 22 September 1989 Scope and Content Ornamental Metals Museum, lists performers, poster art: Bill Chissell
“New Zealand Gets the Blues in Memphis” The Beale Street Music Festival featuring B.B. King, J.L. Hooker (poster shows a big blue sheep), undated Scope and Content Photo: Murray Riss
“Mid-South Music and Heritage Festival” Court Square and Morgan Keegan Tower, 13-15 July 1990 Scope and Content Shows Rufus Thomas eating a harmonica. Design: Eddie Tucker, photo: Jack Kenner
Cognac Blues Passion (festival) an assortment of posters, 2000-2010
“Mid-South Music and Heritage Festival” Downtown Memphis at Court Square & Morgan Keegan Plaza, 12-14 July 1991 Scope and Content Illustration of watermelon-headed pianist playing a smiling, exploding piano, artwork: Eddie Tucker
“WEVL 6th Annual Blues on the Bluff,” undated Scope and Content Artwork: Anthony Biggers
“Memphis Blues Caravan” Iroquois Amphitheater photo of bluesman (Furry Lewis?) from behind, 13-14 June 1980 Scope and Content Poster design: Tony Vernon
Drawer 2, Folder 6: Blues Festivals by state, Arkansas-Illinois
“Hendrix-Murphy Foundation 1994-1995 Presents: Delta Blues Festival,” 24 September 1994 Scope and Content Hendrix College, Conway (Ark.), featuring CeDell Davis, Junior Kimbrough, R.L. Burnside, John Weston
“Eureka Blues Festival ’94” featuring John Mayall, Honeyboy Edwards and others, Eureka Springs (Ark.), 2-5 June 1994 Scope and Content Photo of Mayall
“Blues Fest ’94” many performers, Jonesboro (Ark.), 4 September 1994 Scope and Content Homemade flier
“2nd Annual Eureka Blues Festival” Eureka Springs (Ark.), 30 June 1990 Scope and Content Features white band in their blues costumes in front of a train
“Blues by the Bay” featuring Otis Clay, Tommy Castro, others, Eureka (Calif.), 29-30 August 1998 Scope and Content Poster design: Keith Schneider
“Slim Jenkins Blues Festival,” lists performers, Oakland (Calif.), 4-5 August 1990
“3rd Annual Blind Willie Blues Festival,” lists performers, Thomson (Ga.), 30 September 1995 Scope and Content Illustration of Blind Willie McTell by Jackson Cheatham
“Blues on the Fox” featuring Charlie Musselwhite, Pinetop Perkins, Henry Townsend, others, Aurora, Ill., 12 June 1999 Scope and Content Poster art by Kotecki
“Blues on the Fox” featuring Junior Wells, Willie Kent, others, Downtown Aurora, Ill., 14 June 1997 Scope and Content Abstract artwork
Drawer 2, Folder 7: Blues Festivals by state, Iowa-Tennessee
“Mississippi Valley Blues Festival,” Davenport, Iowa, 6-8 July 1990 Scope and Content Artwork by: Mike Kelley
“1987 River Blues,” Albert Collins “Roomful of Blues,” 17 May 1987 Scope and Content Poster illustration and design: Sonia Greteman
“Hot August Blues” Aurora, Ky., 25-27 August 1995 Scope and Content Poster: Ritz Sho-Card, Nashville (Tenn.)
“4th Annual Southwest Louisiana Zydeco Music Festival,” 30 August 1986 Scope and Content Featuring Rockin’ Sidney, Boozoo Chavis, Rosco Gordon, Plaisance, La.
“The Boston Blues Festival,” 26-27 September 1998 Scope and Content Appearing: Honeyboy Edwards, others. 5 copies.
“50th National Folk Festival,” 29-31 July 1998 Scope and Content Photo of male singer on front, events on back
“1st Annual St. Louis Blues Festival,” undated
“A Blue Day in Syracuse,” 17 June 1996 Scope and Content Poster design: Omar Pasha, photo: Micjael Davis
“Bull Durham Blues Festival” lists performers, Durham Athletic Park, Durham, N.C., 15-16 September 1988
“Dusk til Dawn Blues Festival,” undated Scope and Content Featuring Hubert Sumlin, Lucky Peterson and others, Down Home Blues Club, Rentiesville, Okla.
“2nd Annual Sonny Boy Williamson Blues Benefit,” Performance Hall, Nashville (Tenn.), 26 April 1992
“1991 Music City Blues Fest” featuring Bo Diddley and Johnny Taylor, Park West Outdoor Arena Nashville (Tenn.), 8 June 1991 Scope and Content Poster: Tribune Show Print, Earl Park, Ind.
“Blues Traditions,” 12-13 December [?] Scope and Content Featuring Barry Lee Pearson, John Cephas, Phil Wiggins, Willard Straight Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca (N.Y.)
Drawer 2, Folder 8: International Blues Festivals
“Los Angeles R&B Caravan 1980” featuring Charles Brown, Ruth Brown, Floyd Dixon, Scandinavia, 13 June-7 July 1980 Scope and Content Produced by Route 66 Records
“Chicago Blues Festival 1996” featuring Bonnie Lee, Willie Kent, Mac Simmons, 1996 Scope and Content Jazz Me Blue Concerts tour promo
“Chicago Blues Festival” (France), featuring Jimmy Dawkins and Luther Johnson, 3 December 1988
“Chicago Blues Ambassadors” featuring Jimmy Johnson and others, European Tour ’86, 1986 Scope and Content Produced by Black and Blue
“Chicago Blues Festival 1988” featuring Jimmy Dawkins, Luther Johnson, 1988 Scope and Content Photos: J. Fraher, D. Herwaldt
“Chicago Festival ’88” featuring Jimmy Dawkins and Luther Johnson, France, 1988
“Jazzi and Bluesi” (features floating harmonica struck by lightning with a saxophone), undated
“Nappy Brown,” 25 February-12 March 1983 Scope and Content Per Notini Music Productions, Sweden
“Mississippi Heat” Blues concert, Belgium, undated
“Bluesnight from Chicago U.S.A.”, undated Scope and Content Foreign blues show featuring Carey Bell
“An Evening with the Blues” foreign blues concert featuring Joe “Guitar” Hughes, undated
Italian Blues ad for Jimmie Lee Robinson, undated Scope and Content Two copies
“Harvest Time Blues” Monaghan Jazz & Blues Festival, undated Scope and Content Design: John Brady
“Harvest time Blues” Monaghan Jazz and Blues Festival, undated
Dutch ad for R.L. Burnside & Jon Morris concert, undated
“Belgium Rhythm ‘n’ Blues Festival,” 16-18 July 1999
“Belgium Rhythm ‘n’ Blues Festival,” 17- 20 July 1998
“Belgium Rhythm ‘n’ Blues Festival,” 19-21 July 1996
“Belgium Rhythm ‘n’ Blues Festival,” 15-16 July 1995
“Belgium Rhythm ‘n’ Blues Festival,” 17-18 July 1993
“Belgium Rhythm ‘n’ Blues Festival,” July 1992
“Belgium Rhythm ‘n’ Blues Festival,” 21-22 July 1990
“10th International Notodden Blues Festival ’97,” 7-10 August 1997
“Blues Open Air” French Blues Festival, undated
“Festival Internacional de Blues,” Spain, 1992
“Arctic Border Blues Festival,” 19-25 September 1991
“7th Ecaussinnes Spring Blues Festival” Tribute to Muddy Waters, 14 May 1994
“Ecaussinnes Spring Blues Festival” Buddy Guy, 8 May 1993
“Ecaussinnes Spring Blues Festival,” 9 May 1992
“Sweet Soul Music” Tribute to Otis Redding, Italy, 24-25 August 1991
“Jazz Jamboree 86” Warsaw, Poland, 23-26 October 1986
“Jazz Jamboree 87” Warsaw, Poland, 22-25 October 1987
Drawer 2, Folder 9: WC Handy Festival, The Shoals, Alabama
Local newspaper special section devoted to festival, 1 August 1986
Local newspaper special section devoted to festival, 4 August 1985
W.C. Handy Music Festival, 1983
W.C. Handy Music Festival sponsored by Music Preservation Society, 1986
W.C. Handy Music Festival paid for by Alabama Bureau of Tourism and Travel, 1985
Drawer 3, Folder 1: Blues Visual Art
“Sweet Home Chicago,” 1993 Scope and Content Painting by John Carroll Doyle
“The Blues is a Feeling,” 1990 Scope and Content Photo by James Fraher
“Chicago Blues,” 1987 Scope and Content Photo by James Fraher
Untitled, 2 July 1991 Scope and Content Abstract painting by George Hunt
Drawer 3, Folder 2: Conferences and Events
“Virginia Piedmont Guitarists Tour” (photos of John Jackson, The Foddrells, Cephas and Wiggins, Daniel Womack), 1993 Scope and Content Advertising a tour of Virginia sponsored by VA Folklife Program
“Echoes of Our Past: The Narrative Artistry of Palmer C. Hayden,” 1988 Scope and Content Exhibit at Museum of African American Art features painting ‘Blues Singer’, Los Angeles
“Silver Rights” reading by Constance Curry at DBM, undated Scope and Content Photocopied flier
“Seeing the Blues” exhibit of Dick Waterman photography at Ole Miss, 2001 Scope and Content Photo of Son House at Liberty Bell. Three copies.
“Meeting the Blues” promo for book by Alan Govenar, photo of Bobby “Blue” Bland, 1984 Scope and Content Photo by Michael R. Smith
“All Shook Up: Mississippi Roots of American Popular Music” exhibit at (Miss.) State Historical Museum, photo of Elvis and B.B. King, 1990 Scope and Content Photo by Ernest Withers. (2 copies)
“Downhome Blues” Greenville (Miss.), 17 September 1988 Scope and Content Art by Douglass DeRienzo, signed by artist and James “Son” Thomas
Angels on the Backroads, Blues and Jazz Celebration / A Tribute to Blues and Jazz Along Hwy. 61, Memphis to New Orleans, 16 February 2004 Scope and Content Featuring a concert by Eddie and Frank Thomas in the Delta Room, Ewing Hall, Delta State University, (2 copies)
Blues: The Devil’s Music? Blues Today: The 4th Annual Living Blues Symposium, University of Mississippi, 9-11 February 2006
Roots Revival: Hill Country Blues featuring Carey Hudson, Willie Randolf, T-Model Ford, and L.C. Ulmer, Saturday 28 January 2006
The Blues Archive Presents Markus James Blues/Mali, Friday 17 February 2006 Scope and Content Award-winning documentary film Timbuktoubab and concert by Markus James and the Wassonrai featuring Mamadou Sidibe and Karamba Dioubate
Drawer 3, Folder 3: Maps
Hwy 61 Blues Museum Benefit Concert Poster, 7 October 2010
“Mississippi Blues Musicians” map of birthplaces of state’s blues musicians, 1995 Scope and Content Compiled by: Bill Balcerzak, data: Rooster Blues Records and Delta Blues Museum, (5 copies, three final copies, two early drafts on paper)
“Geographic History of blues and R&B” by Blues-Stage from NPR, undated Scope and Content Illustration: Elizabeth Wolf, design: Tom Lowery, text: Robert Gordon
Map sponsored by DBM of Mississippi culture icons, 1993
Artist: Mara D. Califf, director: Sid Graves, research: John Rusker, Nancy Kossman
Drawer 3, Folder 4: Art Prints
“Beale Street On A Rainy Night: Memphis Tennessee, July 1955,” 1955 Scope and Content By Robert McLean Oates, signed & numbered, (2 copies)
Drawer 3, Folder 5: Record Labels and Business
Hohner ad featuring Sonny Boy Williamson, undated Scope and Content Text and photo
Hohner ad featuring Big Mama Thornton, undated Scope and Content Text and photo
Hohner ad featuring James Cotton, undated Scope and Content Photo by James Barclay and text
Hohner ad with picture of harps, undated Scope and Content History text
John Mohead “Lula City Limits” Okra Tone, undated Scope and Content Rounder Records promo, poster and negative
Black Top label promo featuring photo of shacks, talent roster, undated
Alligator Records label promo, talent roster, undated
Rounder promo “Mardi Gras Party,” 1991 Scope and Content Photo of Rebirth, list of new CD’s
Blind Pig Records promo, featuring logo and talent roster, undated
Drawer 3, Folder 6: Film Advertisements
Crossroads, Columbia Pictures, 1986 Scope and Content 2 copies
Into the Night, music of BB King, Universal City Studios, 1984
Drawer 3, Folder 7: B.B. King Concert Posters
“International Blues Festival at The Amphitheatre at 43rd and Halsted, Battle for the King of the Blues w/ B.B. King,” Saturday 14 August [?]
“International Blues Festival at The Amphitheatre at 43rd and Halsted, One Performance in Person featuring B.B. King,” 7 November [?]
“KCP Presente: B.B. King Theatre Mogador,” Paris, Mardi 8 avril/ 21h Scope and Content 3 copies
Artwork mounted on rough multimedia artboard, undated
BB King Homecoming, Bartles & James sponsored promo, Friday 31 May 2002
University of Mississippi presents BB King in Concert, part of Blues Today – A Living Blues Symposium, Friday 27 February 2004
Drawer 3, Folder 8: Koko Taylor Concert Poster
“Ace of Clubs and Page Concerts presents: Koko Taylor and Her Blues Machine, Ace of Clubs, Thursday May 6,” undated
Drawer 3, Folder 9: Otis Rush Concert Poster
“His First Texas Tour: Otis Rush and His Orchestra, Latest Hits…,” undated
Drawer 3, Folder 10: Big Jay McNeely Concert Poster
“The Original Master Blaster of the Tenor,” Australian Tour, sponsored by Stormy Monday, undated
Drawer 3, Folder 11: Jimmy Dawkins
“Chicken Little and CO. Presents Jimmy “Fastfingers” Dawkins featuring Big Voice Odom and Chi-Town street singer Arvella Gray,” undated
Drawer 3, Folder 12: Robert Jr. Lockwood
Robert Jr. Lockwood poster from Kove, undated
Drawer 3, Folder 13: Sleepy John Estes and Ry Cooder
“Ruby Gulch presents: Ry Cooder with Sleepy John Estes… 16-17 July 1974”
Drawer 3, Folder 14: Albert King Concert Posters
“High Chaparral 7740 South Stony Island in person: Albert King,” undated
“Apollo 11, 1337 N. Wells…presenting: Albert King and His Band,” undated
“Club Chaparral, 7710 Halsted presents: Albert King in Concert,” undated
Drawer 4: Club Posters (alphabetized by venue)
Drawer 4, Folder 0
3rd & Lindsley Bar & Grill, 818 3rd Avenue S., Nashville (Tenn.) featuring Dr. Hector and the Groove Injectors, 5 June 1993 Scope and Content Poster: Ritz Sho-Card
Alice’s 950 Wrightwood, Chicago, ad for shows featuring Otis Rush, Jimmy Dawkins, John Littlejohn, Lefty Diz, undated Scope and Content Artwork by Robert Rutherford
Aragon Ballroom 1106 W. Lawrence Avenue, Chicago, “Blues vs. Blues Festival ’74” featuring Rufus Thomas, Johnny Taylor, Willie Dixon, Jay Hawkins, Jimmy Reed, Syl Johnson, 26 October 1974
B & L Club 226 W. Lafayette Street, Jackson (Tenn.) Bobby Rush, undated Scope and Content Poster: Tribune Showprint
Boardwalk Café 4114 Nolensville Road, Nashville (Tenn.), Chris Cain Band, 29 July 1993 Scope and Content Poster: Ritz Sho Card
Boardwalk Café 4114 Nolensville Road, Nashville (Tenn.), Jimmy Johnson, 25 September 1993
Boardwalk Café 4114 Nolensville Road, Nashville (Tenn.), Honeyboy Edwards, 13 March 1993
Boardwalk Café 4114 Nolensville Road, Nashville (Tenn.), Honeyboy Edwards, 8 August 1993
Boardwalk Café 4114 Nolensville Road, Nashville (Tenn.), Radio Kings, 12 July 1993
Bodega Oxford (Miss.), Alvin Youngblood Hart, 3 November 1999 Scope and Content 3 copies
Bootsy’s Show Club, 2335 Cottage Grove, Chicago, Little Milton, undated
Drawer 4, Folder 1: Caspar Inn
Small photocopied promo for John Lee Hooker and the Coast to Coast Blues Band, Caspar (Calif.), Wednesday 10 December [?]
Drawer 4, Folder 2
Club Octagon, Holly Springs (Miss.), Big Show and Dance, The O’Jays and The Dealers, Thursday 16 August [?]
Club Paradise 645 E. Georgia, Memphis (Tenn.) “First Annual 4th of July Blues Festival, starring Tyrone Davis, Shirley Brown, Willie Clayton, B.B. Coleman,” undated Scope and Content Poster: Tribune Showprint, Inc.
Club Paradise 645 E. Georgia, Memphis (Tenn.), Paul Productions presents: A Rhythm and Blues Show starring: Bobby Rush, Jerry Minnis, Joe Thomas, Lacey Reed, Sucker Punch Band, Thursday 31 December [?] Scope and Content Poster: Globe Poster
Club Saturdays 2501 Clarksville Highway Nashville (Tenn.), “Jazzy Jazz productions present Little Milton and His Revue featuring Skip Rice and the Angels,” 23 August 1991 Scope and Content Poster: Tribune Showprint, Inc.
Club Superior 394 Crump Blvd Memphis (Tenn.), 1 August 1987 Scope and Content “Big Show and Dance, Hi Roller Productions presents Lattimore,” Tribune Showprint
Cook Convention Center Memphis (Tenn.), “Tony Wiseman Jr. presents: The Temptations and The O’Jays” Globe Poster, Friday 1 January [?]
Drawer 4, Folder 3
Eddie’s Place 1815 W. Roosevelt Road, Chicago, undated Scope and Content “Hey Look, Eddie is Back at the 1815 Club…James Cotton Blues Band…,” Tribune Showprint
Eddie’s Place 1815 W. Roosevelt Road, Chicago, undated Scope and Content “For One Night Only: Luther Allison…” Tribune Showprint
The Flamingo 2657 West Roosevelt Road, Chicago, IL featuring W.W. Williams, Buster Benton, Cherry Bell, Eddie C. Campbell, Blue Blood, Iron Jaw, undated
Folk-Club Interlaken “Blues mit Wale Liniger & Bani Schild,” 29 December 1989
Gallery Black Swan, “The World Surrealist Exhibition Blues Show…Honeyboy Edwards, Eddie Shaw, Blue Smitty” Tribune Showprint, Saturday 5 June [?]
House of God Temple # 1 866 Georgetown Street Lexington, Ky., 6 November 1994 Scope and Content “The Mighty Gospel Harmonizers 38th Anniversary…featuring: The Gospel Ambassadors, The Heavens Unlimited, The Gospel Singaleers, The Soul Redeemers,” Tribune Showprint
Drawer 4, Folder 4
Launching Pad 1530 E. 75th Street, Chicago featuring Soul Dynamic Team, The Muck- Muck Man, Yochanan, and The Ghetto Stars, Tribune Press, undated
Longhorn Ballroom Corinth & Industrial Blvd Dallas (Tex.) featuring Z.Z. Hill, Glenn Holmes & the Showtime Orchestra, Monday 23 April [?]
Mr. Lans Sports Bar & Club 3715 Springlake Drive featuring John Weston, Ray Drew, Yolande Jolly, and Isiah, 1 December 1996
Mr. T’s Lounge Tchula (Miss.) featuring Lee Shot Williams, Percy Dean, and Josh Brown & the Knee Deep Band, Tribune Show Print, Saturday 1 October [?]
Municipal Auditorium Jackson (Miss.) featuring Bobby Blue Bland, Little Milton, Denise LaSalle, and Dwight T. Ross, Globe Poster, Saturday 25 June [?]
Nacho Mama’s 93 Seneca Street Geneva (N.Y.), undated Scope and Content 19 June 1998, Chico Banks, 16 July 1998, Joanna Connor, 12 August 1998, Tinsley Ellis
3 June 1999, James Armstrong, 14 July 1999, Bobby Rush, 29 July 1999, Rosie Ledet
Drawer 4, Folder 5
The New Pepper’s Lounge 1321 S. Michigan (Chicago) featuring James Cotton and Junior Wells, Tribune Press, 11-12 June [?]
New Pepper’s Lounge featuring Arlean Brown & Her Revue, Little Mack Simmons, Lee “Shot” Williams, Lionel Simmons, Jesse Anderson, The Brown Doll Dancers, Tribune Press, 12 May [?]
Paris Fairgrounds featuring Gary “B.B.” Coleman, Miss Trudy Lynn, Tribune Showprint Inc, 24 November [?]
Paramount Theatre 204 Baltimore Street, Jackson (Tenn.), The O’Jays, Jessie Clay Revue, 26 June [?]
Performance Hall 328 4th, Nashville (Tenn.) featuring The Holmes Bros and Houserocker Johnson, Ritz Sho-Card Co., 16 September [?]
Blues Concert featuring Walter Linger and Omar and the Magic Rooster, April 1991
Drawer 4, Folder 6
Rendezvous Lounge 1101 Mulberry St, Vicksburg (Miss.), Chi-Lites, 1 November 1985
Robert’s 500 Room 300 East 63rd Street featuring Arelean Brown, Lee “Shot” Williams, Otis Clay, Little Milton, James Cotton, Zora Young, and Jr. Wells, Tribune Showprint, 5-6 June [?]
Buster Benton Blues Band, undated
Albert Collins, Tumbleweed Records, undated
Rick’s Café American 644 Lake Shore Drive Chicago featuring Sunnyland Slim, Fred Below, Mama Yancey, and Erwin Helfer, 30 April 1979
Seneca Grille 93 Seneca Street, Geneva, NY, 20 June 2000 Kenny Neal, 12 July 2000 Eddy Clearwater, 21 July 2000 Eddy Kirkland, 2000 Scope and Content Poster design: O’Malley
Southside Ballroom 308 W. 47th Street, Chicago featuring Little Milton (exotic dancer Nakoi), 17 July [?] Scope and Content Poster: Globe Poster
Drawer 4, Folder 7
San Luis Obispo, Calif. Vets Hall, Harmonica Fats, 10 November [?]
Vanity Fair Show Club 4835 W. Chicago Avenue, Chicago featuring Fabulous Fugitives, Michael, Dorothy, and Jack Wade, Tribune Showprint, 18 September 1976
White Rose Lounge Phoenix, IL featuring Jesse Anderson, Little Mack Simmons, Lionel Simmons & His Go-Go Girls, and Norma Jean Hinton, Tribune Press, 4-5, 11-12, 18-19 December
Zanzibar 210 Wilson Street, Port Gibson (Miss.), Willie Clayton, 23 November 1995
Zanzibar 210 Wilson Street, Port Gibson (Miss.), Bobby Rush, Tribune Showprint, 30 December [?]
The Place 2-B Pre Holiday Bash featuring Sultan Blue, Midnight Blue, and Lonnie Shields, 1994
Drawer 5, Folder 1: Race Record Advertisements
“Paramount Popular Race Record” featuring numerous musicians; 24 December 1927
“CABARET AND STYLE SHOW” “FROM KIN TO KAN’T” featuring RA Martin, Butterbeans and Elsi, and others; 12 June 1926
“4 separate race record advertisements on a single poster” featuring Realto Music House and Okeh Race Records; undated
Drawer 5, Folder 2: San Luis Obispo Blues Society
“Sizzling Hot Blues Fiesta” featuring The Gary Smith Blues Band and Louie Ortega and the Speedbumps, 19 May 1989 Scope and Content Broadside with text on back
“San Luis Blues Society Presents:” featuring Charles Brown and Happy Hitchcock; 6 September [?] Scope and Content Broadside with text on back
“for an evening of superb acoustic blues music at the MONDAY CLUB” featuring Paul Geremia; 2 May [?] Scope and Content Broadside with text on back
“jump blues and rock-a-boogie on a warm Saturday night with Bay Area favorites” featuring Mitch Woods and his Rocket 88’s and the SLO Motion Blues Band w/ Skep Rose, 20 July [?] Scope and Content Broadside with text on back
“BLUES ROUND-UP” featuring Papa John Creach, Harmonica Fats, Lady Bright Eyes, Guitar Shorty, Bernie Pearl Blues Band, and Finis Tasby and the Rhythm Disciples; 20 July 1991 Scope and Content Broadside with text on back
“San Luis Obispo Blues Society” featuring Joe Liggins’ Honeydrippers; 9 December [?] Scope and Content Broadside
“3rd Blues Round-up” featuring Kal David Band, Floyd Dixon, The Roosters, and Big Daddys Blues Band; 14 July 1990 Scope and Content Broadside with text on back
“Blues For Breakfast” featuring The Mighty Flyers; 25 July [?] Scope and Content Broadside
“Big Dance!” featuring Smokey Wilson, William Clark Band and Cousin Joe; 14 March [?] Scope and Content Broadside with text on back
“Mojo Doctors Presents Christmas Show” featuring Elvin Bishop; 9 December 1990 Scope and Content Broadside with text on back
“The Mojo Bros. at the Slo Vet’s for St. Pat’s” featuring Mike Morgan and the Crawl, 17 March 1990 Scope and Content Broadside with text on back
“Merry Christmas Baby” “Come Dressed Up To Get Messed Up” featuring Charles Brown, Dottie Ivory, and Steve Samuels Band; 19 December [?] Scope and Content Broadside with text on back
“Calendar of Events 1991” featuring Maurice “Sweet Grease” Miller and SunDogs, 19 January 1991 Scope and Content Broadside with text on back
“The Slo Blues Society Presents” featuring Luke & the Locomotives and Jill Knight and the All Nighters; 15 April [?] Scope and Content Broadside with text on back
“Deck the Hall” featuring Bobby Day’s Hollywood Flames and Mojo Doctors; 15 December [?] Scope and Content Broadside with text on back
“La Fiesta Dance” featuring Papa John Creach and Del Ray and the Blues Gators; 18 May [?] Scope and Content Broadside with text on back
“Felix Navidad” featuring Lonnie Brooks and The Roosters; 14 December [?] Scope and Content Broadside
“Slo Vet’s Hall” and “drawing of guitar player” featuring Guitar Shorty and Weekend Update; 20 April [?] Scope and Content Broadside with text on back
“Slo Vet’s Hall” and “drawing of a guitar” featuring Debbie Davies and Blue Magic; 11 November [?] Scope and Content Broadside with text on back
“Slo Vet’s Hall” and “photograph of Jimmy Witherspoon” featuring Jimmy Witherspoon with Big Daddy Blues Band and the Twisters; 21 April [?] Scope and Content Broadside with text on back
“for the best of acoustic and electric country blues in a goodtime dance concert” featuring Brownie McGhee with the Blues Survivors, Kenny Sultan, and Tom Ball; 9 August [?] Scope and Content Broadside
“incomparable Chicago blues legend” and “the ringing Texas blues guitar” featuring Otis Rush and Anson Funderburgh and the Rockets; 21 September [?] Scope and Content Broadside with text on back
“Direct From Dallas, Texas” featuring Anson Funderburgh and the Rockets featuring Sam Meyers and The Twisters
“La Fiesta week with one of the Bay Area’s finest blues performers the dynamic and powerful” featuring Maxine Howard and her Down Home Blues Band and Women in the Blues, 16 May [?] Scope and Content Broadside with text on back
“San Luis Obispo Blues Society Presents” and “drawing of Albert King with guitar” featuring Albert King, 12 January 1986 Scope and Content Broadside with text on back
“La Fiesta 87” featuring Larry Davis and Pier Pressure, 14 May [?] Scope and Content Broadside with text on back
“Direct From New Orleans” featuring Johnny Adams and The Pontiacs, 21 June [?] Scope and Content Broadside with text on back
“Veteran Bay Area blues singer… in a jumpin’ dance concert” featuring Johnny Heartsman, 2 March [?] Scope and Content Broadside with text on back
“Presenting Live In Person!” featuring Brownie McGhee with Mark Hummell, 21 March [?] Scope and Content Broadside with text on back
“welcome back!” featuring PeeWee Crayton, Big Joe Turner, and The Spinoffs, 19 January [?] Scope and Content Broadside with text on back
“black and white photograph of unnamed blues musician,” undated
“El Musico Fabuloso:” featuring Eddie Vinson, 15 May [?] Scope and Content Broadside with text on back
“A Dance Concert With:” featuring Eddy Clearwater and The Mudhole Blues Band, 19 April [?] Scope and Content Broadside with text
“Slo Blues Society Presents” and “black and white photograph of Floyd Dixon” featuring Floyd Dixon and Prot Barlow & The Full House, 5 October 1991 Scope and Content Broadside with text on back
“All Aboard!” and “blue paper with image of train” featuring Luke & The Locomotives, 2 November 1991 Scope and Content Broadside with text on back
“black and white image of Johnny Heartsman holding a guitar” featuring Johnny Heartsman and Merrell Fankhauser, 12 August [?] Scope and Content Broadside with text on back
“Dance!” and “black and white photograph of JR. Watson and Lynwood Slim” featuring JR. Watson and Lynwood Slim, and Ken Arconti & The Blowtop Blues Band, 9 March [?] Scope and Content Broadside with text on back
“Slo Blues Society Calendar 1992” and “image of cat playing a guitar” featuring Lowell Fulson, Little Johnny, and others, 1992 Scope and Content Broadside
“Slo Blues Society Complimentary Pass,” 19 January [?]
“Chestmark Music Concert” featuring Strawberry Fields, Grave Deep, and others, 10-12 June [?]
Drawer 14, Folder 0
University of Mississippi Blues Archive, “Those Mississippi Blues… Archival Material from…,” hand painted, mounted poster, undated
Drawer 14, Folder 1
American Folk Blues Festival ’80, featuring Louisiana Red and others, various venues throughout Germany, April-May [?]
“First European Tour,” American Living Blues Festival 1982, featuring Abb Locke and others, 1982
Arkansas River Blues Festival, featuring John Lee Hooker and others, Riverfront Park, Little Rock, 30 July 1988
Atlanta Blues Festival (1st Annual), featuring Lightnin’ Hopkins, Muddy Waters, and others, Great Southeast Music Hall, 5-10 January [?]
August Festival 1985, various artist, various venues, 16-18 August 1985
Augusta Heritage Arts Workshop, Elkins (W.V.), Harper-McNeely Auditorium, featuring John Jackson and others, 26 July 1985
Augusta Heritage Arts Workshop, featuring Howard Armstrong and others, Harper-McNeely Auditorium, Elkins (W.V.), Events Calendar,), July-August 1987 Scope and Content Two copies
Austin Blues Heritage Festival, featuring W. C. Clark, Omar and the Howlers, Stevie Ray Vaughn and Double Trouble, and others, Auditorium Shores, 9 May 1982
Austin City Limits broadside, featuring Delbert McClinton and Gatemouth Brown, 13 June 1977
Classic Texas poster, sponsored by Lone Star Beer, undated
Beale Street Music Festival, 24-26 May [?]
Beale Street Music Festival, 13-14 May 1978 Scope and Content Five copies
Drawer 14, Folder 2
Belgium Rhythm and Blues Festival, featuring Doug Sahm and others, Peer, 16-17 July 1988
Belgium Rhythm and Blues Festival, featuring B. B. King and others, Peer, 15-16 July 1989
Belgium Rhythm and Blues Festival, featuring Etta James and others, Peer, 21-22 July 1990
Black Belt Folk Roots Festival 1986, Greene County, Courthouse Square, Eutaw (Ark.), 23-24 August 1986 Scope and Content Two copies
Blind Jim’s Radio Hour, WUMS 92.1 FM Rebel Radio, featuring Ed Dye, The Sincere Ramblers, and Gutbucket, Oxford (Miss.), 27 May 1997
Blues Alley Festival, featuring Robert Lockwood and others, various venues, Clarksdale (Miss.), 14-15 March 1997
Blues Awards (6th Annual), The Orpheum Theater, Memphis, 17 November 1985
Blues Esta Fette 80, featuring R. L. Burnside, Como Fife and Drum Band, and others, Muziekcentrum Vredenburg Utrecht, 15 November 1980
Blues Fest Bonn ’85, featuring Lowell Fulson and others, Sportpark Gronau, 20-21 July 1985
Blues Riddell Festival, featuring Otis Clay and others, Le Rendez-Vous, 7-8 December [?]
Blues vs. Blues Festival ’74, featuring Rufus Thomas and others, Westside Auditorium, Gary (Ind.), 27 October 1974
Delta Blues Festival, Freedom Village (Miss.), 20 September 1986 Scope and Content Three copies
“Berry Gordy and the Motown Story,” featuring Berry Gordy, Ezra Stiles College Dining Hall, Yale University, 17 April [?]
Drawer 14, Folder 3: Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival
Includes Lineup, Otis Spann Memorial Field, 8-10 September 1972
Includes Lineup, Otis Spann Memorial Field, 7-9 September 1973
Drawer 14, Folder 4
American Folk Blues Festival, featuring Big Mama Thornton, Mississippi Fred McDowell, and others, Brussels, 1965
Drawer 14, Folder 5
Vintage Two-Part Victrola Christmas Advertisement, undated
Drawer 14, Folder 6
Mississippi Valley Blues Festival 1989, LeClaire Park, Davenport (IA), 1-3 July 1989 Scope and Content Signed by multiple performers
Drawer 14, Folder 7: Miscellaneous Transparencies, Proofs, and Newspaper Ads
Various Artists: Butterbeans and Susie, Sara Martin, Sylvester Weaver, undated Scope and Content Proof sheet
“Cabaret and Style Show” “To Benefit Musicians Union Local 208,” The Chicago Defender, Okeh Race Records Stars, 12 June 1926 Scope and Content Two copies
“Merry Christmas From The Record Stars,” The Chicago Defender, Okeh Race Records Stars, 19 December 1926
Sub-Folder One: Rialto Music House, Chicago, Okeh Records Catalogue, undated; “Merry Christmas From The Record Stars,” Okeh Race Records, undated
Sub-Folder Two: Arhoolie Records Album Photos; Alphonse “Boisec” Ardoin, Canray Fontenot, The Ardoin Brothers, and “Boisec – La Musique Creole,” undated; “The Country Boy,” K. C. Douglas, undated; “Goin Back Down South,” Charlie Musselwhite, Lafayette Leahe, and Robben Ford, undated; “King Biscuit Time,” Sonny Boy Williamson, undated
Drawer 14, Folder 8
University of Mississippi Blues Archive Logo, in four stages on transparent paper in pencil and markers, undated
Drawer 14, Folder 9
African-American Music and Europe – The International Conference, The Sorbonne, Paris, 24-27 April 1996 Scope and Content Three copies
American Blues Legends 1973 Blues Festival, featuring Lightnin’ Slim and others, Volkshaus, Zurich, 24 February 1973
Augusta Heritage Center, (W. Va.), Summer Concert Series calendar, 1996
Augusta Heritage Center, Harper-McNeely Auditorium, Davis and Elkins College, Elkins (W. Va.), “Summer Concerts” calendar, 9 July-9 August 1996
Benson and Hedges Blues, featuring B.B. King, Etta James, and others, Bacon and Apollo Theaters, New York City (N.Y.), 1-6 November 1988
“10 Years of the Best of Blue Suit Records,” featuring Detroit Junior, Honeyboy Edwards, and others, Ohio Theater, Blue Suit Records, 29 November [?] Scope and Content Four copies
Blues and Boogie Festival, Bonn Markplatz, Big Joe Duskin, and others, 4-5 June 1982
“A Blues Concert,” featuring John Brim, Jimmy Reed, Jr., and others, Mandel Hall, UC, 5 December [?] Scope and Content Six copies
Chicago Blues Clubs, numerical listing, undated
Chicago Blues Festival, featuring Gatemouth Brown and others, Volkshaus, Zurich, 16 November 1971
Chicago Blues Festival, featuring Johnny Shines and others, Volkshaus, Zurich, 28 November 1972
DS614 Recording Session, Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup, the Delmark, photograph, undated
“Disco Sucks,” oversized color decal, undated Scope and Content Two copies
“Grand Opening!! of the Grand New-Brand New,” Elsewhere, featuring Sunnyland Slim, Eddie Taylor, and others, 31 March-3 April [?]
“A Sun Recording Studio Benefit for Legendary Charlie Feathers,” featuring Charlie Rich, Jerry Lee Lewis, and others, Bad Bob’s Vapors, Memphis, 17 July 1988
Festival de Blues en Mexico (1st Annual), featuring John Lee Hooker and others, 12-15 October [?]
“Hold On To The Blues,” James Fraher. Photograph, 1992
“The Blues Stand Alone,” James Fraher, photograph, 1994
“The Nations of Rock & Roll: Opal Louis Nations,” Gegenschein Magazine Issue #19, promo mailing, 7 August [?]
Grammy Awards (28th Annual), CBS Television Network, 25 February 1986
“Greatest Ever Rock ‘n’ Roll Mix,” featuring Eddie Cochrane, Gene Vincent, and others, promo poster, undated
“Those Who Stayed Home and Those Who Migrated From the Field to the Factory: 1915 to the Present,” Jackson State University, exhibit, 6 November-15 September 1989
Jimmy Johnson, calendar, undated Scope and Content Photograph by H. Holzheuser
“The Photography of Benny Joseph: The Early Years of Rhythm & Blues,” Benny Joseph, 1989-1990 Traveling Exhibit: Tyler, Austin, Dallas, Oxford, Houston, undated Scope and Content Three copies
“Ain’t Nothin Realer Than The Blues,” Kansas City Blues Festival (5th Annual), 30 October–2 November [?]
“Indianola Mississippi Seeds,” B.B. King, ABC/Dunhill Records, promotional plastic bag, undated
B.B. King, Fulton Chapel, University of Mississippi, Oxford (Miss.), 1 September [?]
“Take It Home” and “The Thrill Is Back,” B. B. King, promo poster, MCA Records, 1979
“Nobody sings the Blues when they fly World Business Class,” B.B. King, Northwest Airlines promo poster, 1996 Scope and Content Ten copies (in gray box atop poster archive)
Drawer 14, Folder 10
“A Chicago Blues Special!,” Hip Linkchain and His Blues Band, undated
Jimmy McCracklin, Scandinavia, 1-12 April 1981
“Mississippi Blues,” directed by Robert Parrish and Bertrand Tavernier, produced by William Ferris and the University of Mississippi, theatrical one-sheet, extra-large, 1984
Mississippi Delta Blues Album, featuring Linda Hopkins, Son Thomas, and others, promo poster, 1984
“Blues for Robert Palmer” Benefit Concert, Robert Palmer, featuring Jim Dickinson, Junior Kimbrough and others, Proud Larry’s, Oxford (Miss.), 20 September 1997
Joe Pass, calendar photo, English and Japanese, June [?]
Calendar, featuring Muddy Waters, Hound Dog Taylor, and others, published by The Chicago Reader, 1980 Scope and Content By Marc Pokemper
“Pryor Goes Foxx Hunting,” Richard Pryor and Redd Foxx, Laff Records A170, promo poster, undated
Jimmy Rogers with Hip Linkchain, all purpose flyer, undated
Otis Rush, Antone’s, 14-15 January 1984
San Francisco Blues Festival (8th Annual), featuring John Lee Hooker, Percy Mayfield, and others, Golden Gate Park Bandshell, 13-14 September 1980
Shermanfest ’99, featuring Little Milton, Willie Kent, and others, Sherman Park, Milwaukee, 12-13 June [?]
“Proud Magazine Proudly Presents The World’s Greatest Harmonica Player,” Mac Simmons, promo for “43rd St. Bus Stop,” undated
“Announcing ‘The Hurt’ The First Single From Foreigner by Cat Stevens,” Cat Stevens, Billboard Magazine advertisement, 23 June 1973
Koko Taylor, large photograph, undated
“Free Blues Workshop with Walter Liniger,” featuring James Thomas Son, University of Arizona Fine Arts Building, Tucson, 21 October 1989
“The Two Kings,” Elvis Presley and B. B. King 1957, Memphis, 10 May 2002 Scope and Content Photograph by Ernest C. Whithers, inscribed to Blues Collection
“Mr. Boogie’s Back In Town,” Mitch Woods and His Rocket 88s, Blind Pig Records, promo poster, undated Scope and Content Five copies
“The Big Guys Are On WVVX-FM 103.1 With Radio North’s New Sound of Soul,” WVVX-FM 103.1, promotional flyer, undated Scope and Content Printed by Tribune Press
Miscellaneous Album Covers:
Brother Black Bard, “Hustlers Convention,” undated Scope and Content United Artists UA-LA156-F
Buford, Mojo, “Mojo Buford’s Chicago Blues Summit,” undated Scope and Content Mr. Blues MB 7605
Myers, Sam, “Mississippi Delta Blues,” undated Scope and Content Five copies
Newborn, Jr., Phineas, “Solo Piano,” undated
Smith, Bessie, “Empress of the Blues,” undated Scope and Content LP oversize liner notes. Two copies, 1 cut apart for photos.
Drawer 15, Folder 0
Charles, Ray, “True to Life,” undated, mounted oversized album cover
Drawer 15, Folder 2
The Blues Aesthetic: Black Culture and Modernism: 1989-1990, traveling exhibit made possible by Ford Motor Company, Washington, D. C., Los Angeles, Durham, Houston, New York, 1989-1990
Bourbon Records, featuring Buddy Guy, Johnny Shines, and Junior Wells, promo poster, undated Scope and Content Illustration by Norio Shibuya
Featuring Little Joe Blue, Arlene Bell, and Bobby Baker, Cover Girl Lounge, Culver City (Calif.), 28 July [?]
Juneteenth Blues Festival, (Tex.), 1982
Juneteenth Blues Festival, (Tex.), 1982 Scope and Content Art by Tom McKinney
Juneteenth Blues Festival, (Tex), 1983 Scope and Content Art by Will Clay
Juneteenth Blues Festival, (Tex.), 1984 Scope and Content Art by Val Tillery, signed
“Blues Time! Recorded Live At Richmond’s,” Arthur King Blues Band, Back Alley Records, promo poster, undated
Living Blues, inside/outside front/back cover proof sheet, Spring 1984
Living Blues, issue #61, cover art, undated
Louisiana Red Blues Band, Stockholm, 18 and 20 December [?]
MJC Calonne, featuring Fernest Arceneaux and others, French, 17 June 1989
Yank Ranchel, Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, Milwaukee (Wis.), 16 September 1989
“Blues Riddell – A New Tradition,” featuring Little Ed and the Blues Imperials and others, Le Rendez Vous, Le, 21-22 March [?] Scope and Content Two copies
“Extra Soul” Release Party, Earl Thomas, Catamaran Resort Hotel, Mission Beach Bizarre/Planet Records, 1 April 1994 Scope and Content Autographed, accompanied by letter from donor James M. Trageser
“Son House, Skip James, John Hurt, Newport 1965,” Turn Row Press, Oxford (Miss.), 1965, photograph by Dick Waterman, printed by Blackwell Lithographers, Jackson (Miss.)
Big John Wrencher and George Jackson, Stockholm, 8 March [?]
Drawer 15, Folder 7
Kansas City Jazz and Blues – The Tradition Jams On!, 18 September 1999 Scope and Content Two copies
Live from the Birthplace of American Music, Blues Festivals in Mississippi, 2006
Tommy Johnson, Crystal Springs (Miss.), 1896-1956
Django Reinhardt Festival 2006, Moritz Weiss & Friends, undated
3rd Annual Highway 61 Blues Festival, Leland (Miss.), 8 June 2002
WDIA, AM 1070, America’s First All Black Programmed Radio Station, 2 disc set, undated
The 4th Annual Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival, Ad astra per aspera, baby, 28 June 2003
In the Groove, Ardent Studios, 1966-2006
Dave Specter, Delmark Recording Artist, undated
Pass the Biscuits, It’s Time to Toast a Legend: A Tribute to “Sunshine” Sonny Payne, 4 October 2001 Scope and Content Signed
Southern Greyhound Lines Bus Station, Clarksdale (Miss.), circa 1952
Still Got The Blues, A Silver Anniversary Exhibit, Department Of Archives and Special Collections, proof poster, August 2009-August 2010
Lonnie Brooks, Miller Genuine Draft, poster, signed, undated
Yocona International Folk Festival, Ole Miss African Drum and Dance Ensemble, Celtic Crossroads, “Elvis,” Choctaw Nation Dancers and Chanters, The Powerhouse, Saturday 2 August [?]
Yocona International Folk Festival, The Powerhouse, Saturday 8 August 2011
Drawer 16, Folder 2
“Only the Best Go to the Top,” Bobby Tilson In Concert, date-time-place, undated
“Not Soon Forgotten,” A Tribute to William Clarke, featuring Little Sammy Davis, Steve Gugger and special guests, Garwood (N.J.), undated
“Don’t Let The Devil Ride,” James Peterson, album art, Waldoxy Records, undated
Benefit to keep Sunflower Blues Fest FREE, Bobby Rush & His Red Hot Las Vegas Revue, Expo Center, Clarksdale, undated Scope and Content Two copies
Little Johnny Taylor, D.C. and Selby Minner’s Down Home Blues Club, Rentiesville (Okla.), 1992
“Relaxin’ with Tyrone,” Tyrone Davis, Malco Records, undated
“Time on Parchman Farm, 1930’s,” The University of Mississippi Museum, September-December 2012
Yocona International Folk Festival, Performance Schedule, 2012
Bentonia Blue Festival, A Tribute to Jack Owens, featuring Jack Owens and Bud Spiars, sponsors EZ Pawn-Yazoo and others, October 1995
4th Basel International Blues Benefit, Benefit for the Children of Rwanda, Open Air Concert, featuring Luther Allison & Band (Paris/Chicago), August 1994
3rd Basler International Southern Cross Blues Society, Blues Open Air, featuring Luther Allison, Philippe Hammel, and Jonni Mac, August 1993
Blues IM Dalbeloch-Basel, Blues Against Blindness in Africa, Othella Dallas, August 1995
Drawer 16, Folder 3
The Crosstie Arts & Jazz Festival, Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, with Keb’ Mo’ featuring Lisa Henry and others, The Bologna Performing Arts Complez, Cleveland (Miss.), undated
“Screamin’ & Cryin’ ‘Bout The Blues,” An Educational Conference on the Blues, featuring Eddie Kirkland, Big Joe Duskin, and others, October 2002 Scope and Content Design by Mitch McNeil
“Pass the Biscuits,” A Tribute to “Sunshine” Sonny Payne, It’s Time to Toast A Legend, October 2001
Mississippi Feels Like Coming Home, pictures of cotton, hot air balloon, sunset, etc., undated
Bobby Rush live at Ground Zero, Recording A Live Album & DVD, June 2003
4th Annual Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival, illustration of guitar shaped like the U.S., June 2003
Almost Elvis: Elvis Impersonators and Their Quest for the Crown, movie poster, Blue Suede Films, undated
B.B. King drawing, undated, limited edition print 394/650
Drawer 16, Folder 4
13th Annual Hayward/Russell City Blues Festival presented by the Bay Area Blues Society & the City of Hayward, illustration of Hayward City Country Club, July 2012
2008 Blues Heritage Youth Art Competition, Delta Cultural Center, several versions all similar, each with different artwork: middle school, elementary school, and senior high division winners, undated
Willie Clayton’s First Annual Homecoming at Fletcher’s Park, featuring Willie Clayton, Nathaniel Kimble, Lee Morris, and others, Indianola (Miss.), undated Scope and Content Signed
Pre 4th of July Show & Dance, Bill Coday and Steve Nelson, Club Ebony, 1999 Scope and Content Signed
New Year’s Eve presented by Southern California Blues Society, featuring Eric Sardinas and Delgado Bros., December 2012 Scope and Content Two copies
Big Time Blues in Jay’s Backyard, featuring Donna Lynne and Her Blues Band, Los Angeles, undated Scope and Content Signed
“Decca The Country’s Greatest Artists,” featuring The Honey Dripper, Ollie Shepard, and others, Decca Race Records, undated
The Mississippians Jazz Ensemble: Robot Portrait, The music of Quincy Jones, Miles Davis, Count Basie, University of Mississippi, 8 November [?]
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Series 2: B. B. King Posters
Drawer 6, Folder 1: Kentucky Fried Chicken Ad
“B.B. King and Lucille Agree: We Do Chicken Right,” undated Scope and Content 25 copies
Drawer 6, Folder 2: Cutty Sark Ad
“In a world full of copies, here’s to the originals” (illustration of King playing), undated, signed Scope and Content 26 copies
Drawer 6, Folder 3: People Magazine Ad
“From Reds to Blues,” 18 February 1981 Scope and Content Facsimile of full-page ad in New York Times photo image of King and separate photo of Fidel Castro. King photo by Michael Alexander. (9 copies)
Drawer 6, Folder 4: B.B. King/Crusaders promo brochure
Magazine size brochure with color and B&W photos, undated Scope and Content 7 copies
Drawer 6, Folder 5: B.B. King promo materials
Four-panel poster one panel features cover of King’s “There Must Be A Better World Somewhere” album MCA Records, 1981
1986 World Tour promo with dates locations, 1986 Scope and Content Illustration of King by Jim Cowen, Produced by Sidney A. Seidenberg Inc. Two copies.
1989 World Tour promo with dates and locations Scope and Content Illustration of King. Produced by Sidney A Seidenberg Inc. (3 copies)
“Red, White, and Blues- An April in Arkansas Presentation of Classic American Music” King and Bobby Blue Bland, Barton Coliseum, Little Rock, Ark., undated Scope and Content Concert poster. 2 copies, one small, one large.
Drawer 6, Folder 6: B.B. King promo materials
Album promo poster “B.B. King of the Blues, The Thrill Is Back, His New Album: Take It Home,” 1979 Scope and Content MCA Records. 2 copies.
Concert poster “B.B. King and His Band 18 Oktober ’78” (German), 1978 Scope and Content Poster by Gandernach. 2 copies.
Concert poster “Straight music presents B.B. King and His Band, Hammersmith Odeon” (British), undated
“KCP presente B.B. King, Theatre Mogador, Paris” (French), undated Scope and Content 4 copies
Film poster, “Into the Night” music featuring B.B. King Universal Studios, 1984 Scope and Content 2 copies
Drawer 6, Folder 7: Miscellaneous non-King items
Ad from Delta Blues Museum Clarksdale (Miss.) featuring collage illustration of blues musicians, undated
Ad for book From Africa to Beale Street by Edward “Prince Gabe” Kirby, 1983 Scope and Content Edward Kirby, Leonard Lubin, Tom Foster
Delta Blues Museum Map listing birthplaces, places of residence of Mississippi blues musicians and other luminaries, 1983 Scope and Content Artwork: Mara D. Califf
Concert ad for R.L Burnside & Crossroad (Swedish), undated Scope and Content Photo: Erik Lindahl
Concert ad “John Lee Hooker and His Legendary Blues Band” (German), undated Scope and Content ABC Records
Festival ad “Pori Jazz 80 15th International Jazz Festival 10.-13.7.1980” Pori, Finland, 1979 Scope and Content Ad Agency: Adeax Ltd. Printer: Serioffset Turku, Finland
Drawer 7, Folder 1: Club Posters
Bootsy’s Show Club 2335 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago. Otis Clay and His Revue featuring The Chicago Fire, undated
Bootsy’s Show Club 2335 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago. Featuring Otis Clay and Willie Clayton, Johnny Taylor, Lee “Shot” Willliams, and others, undated
Boss Larry’s Pad 5925 W. Chicago Ave. Chico Chism featuring Homer Whittle, Soft Touch Strickland, Jew Town Burks and others, 5-6 July 1980
Burning Spear 5523 S. State Street. Gene Chandler featuring Simtec Simmons & Wylie Dixon, Lee Charles, and General Crook, undated
Drawer 7, Folder 2: Club Posters
The Club 9356 S. Ashland. James Conley and Artiss Williams, Almighty Sonic’s Band, Tommie Shelton and James Beard, undated
Curries Club, Manhattan, 1331 Thomas Street. The Big Ella Show and Ebony Web, 20 February 1976
Del Morocco Lounge 4524 W. Madison. Featuring Tommy Brooks and Eddie Clearwater, undated
Elsewhere 3170 N. Clark. Featuring Arlean Brown, Shirley King, Emanuel Arington, Johnny Seyers and others, 27 September 1977
Fitzgerald’s 6615 W. Roosevelt. Clifton Chenier & His Red Hot Louisiana Band, undated
Drawer 7, Folder 3: Club Posters
Liberty Hall 1610 Chenevert, Houston (Tex.). Featuring Southern Pacific with Paul Butterfield, and Juke Boy Bonner, 5-6 November 1976
Keymen Club 4711 W. Madison Street. “Benefit Disco Dance in honor of Nick Charles: A Fire Victim” featuring JoAnn Addison Crock Band & Gold Blood, James Redding & Caution United Band, undated
Payton Place 30 N. Pulaski, Chico Chism with guest stars, 27 January 1982
Payton’s Place 30 N. Pulaski, Chico Chism and others, 23 December 1981
Drawer 7, Folder 4: Club Posters
Philander Smith College Fine Arts Auditorium featuring Vanessa Bell Armstrong, The Porters, and The Chosen, Little Rock, Ark., 17 March 1985
Pirates-3 132 S. Cass Ave, Westmont, IL featuring Eddie Clearwater, Casey Jones, and Leroy Brown, undated
Robert’s 500 Room 300 E. 63rd. Featuring Arelean Brown, Carmen Contreras, Lee Shot Williams, Otis Clay, Little Milton, James Cotton, Junior Wells, and Zora Young, undated
Drawer 7, Folder 5: Club Posters
The Tiberos Lounge 1423 W. 79th Street. “New Year’s Eve Ball” featuring Eddy Clearwater, Mac Johnson, Bill Hester and others, undated Scope and Content Two copies
The Tieberos Lounge 1423 W. 79th Street. Eddy Clearwater featuring Ceretha, Joe Cato “Every Friday and Saturday,” undated
Trace Hall of Fame Willie Buck and Bill Thompson John “Moose” Walker, Louis Miles, undated
Drawer 7, Folder 6: Club Posters
Count Basie Club Paradise 645 E. Georgia Ave, 22 November 1978
Booking ad put out by Velvet Productions featuring Arlene Bell and Barbara Moore, undated
Buster Benton Blues Revue, Lake Meadows Restaurant 3455 S. King Drive, Chicago, undated
Bobby “Blue” Bland, piece of a larger poster, undated
Bobby “Blue” Bland, Lucas County Rec Center Key Street, Maumee, Ohio, undated
Drawer 7, Folder 7: Concert Posters (Performer)
The Lonnie Brooks Blues Band, “Bayou Lightning,” undated
Arelean Brown’s Outhouse Rock ‘n’ Roll and Blues Band, fragment of a larger poster, undated
John Cephas & Phil Wiggins Willard Straight Theatre concert and lecture series, undated
Big Sam (Clark) “Plays His Old Time Blues,” undated
Drawer 7, Folder 8: Concert Posters (Performer)
Eddy Clearwater, (UK Appearances) Dingwalls, Camden Lock, London, Half Moon, Lower Richmond Road, Putney, with Carey Bell, Sunflower R&B Band, undated Scope and Content 3 copies
Gary “B.B.” Coleman list of latest hits, booking contact, undated
Little Bob and His Blues Band featuring Sonny Sills, undated
Drawer 7, Folder 9: B.B. King Concert Posters
5th Annual B.B. King Blues Festival at Mary Shepard’s Farm near Indianola (Miss.) featuring B.B. King, Denise LaSalle, The Ovations, and Earl Randall, undated
B.B. King and His Revue, Capitol Theatre, 7945 S. Halsted, undated
Medgar Evers Mississippi Homecoming, Lidell High School Gym, Fayette (Miss.) featuring B.B. King, Syl Johnson, Leroy Rust, Ossie Davis, and Ruby Dee with special guest Gov. Cliff Finch, undated
Medgar Evers Homecoming City Auditorium Vicksburg (Miss.) featuring B.B. King, Glen Holmes, Ollie Nightengale, Sam Miles, Pat Brown, and Hezekiah, undated
Mississippi Coliseum Jackson (Miss.) featuring B.B. King, Bobby Bland, Tyrone Davis, Little Milton, Latimore, Bobby Rush, and Lynn White, undated
National Academy of Blues Awards featuring B.B. King, Clarence Carter, Ko Ko Taylor, Lonnie Brooks, Bobby Bland, Johnny Taylor, and Albert King, undated
Stingrey Show Lounge 4905 W. Madison, featuring B.B. King and Little Milton, undated
Drawer 8, Folder 1
Album cover layout for B.B. King: Blues and Jazz, 1983 Scope and Content Art director & design: Kathe Schreyer, Photography: Larry DuPont, MCA Records
Drawer 8, Folder 2
Album cover layout for B.B King: Live at Ole Miss, Inside and outside panels, 1980 Scope and Content Art direction: George Osaki/ Vartan, Illustrations: Diana Robbins, MCA Records
Drawer 8, Folder 3
Print from oil painting “B.B. King” by C. Michael Dudash, undated Scope and Content Signed in pencil by King and Dudash, stamped “limited edition,” numbered 635/650
Drawer 8, Folder 4
Two photos of King from the Bottom Line in NYC, 20 June 1978 Scope and Content Photographer’s name illegible, Sea Lion Productions
Drawer 8, Folder 5
Photos of King by Ray Armanie, 1978 Scope and Content Two copies
Layout for Gibson Guitars ad, undated Scope and Content Signed by King, Lucille’s head, produced by: Arthur A. Boguse
Two high contrast B/W images of King on stage, undated
Drawer 8, Folder 6
B.B. King poster layout image of King snapping fingers (from Live at Ole Miss cover), 1979 Scope and Content Copyright Sidney Seidenberg
Drawer 8, Folder 7
Poster layout, B.B. King World Tour 1979: USSR, 1979 Scope and Content Copyright Sidney Seidenberg
Drawer 8, Folder 8
Poster layout, B.B. King, 1979 Scope and Content Copyright Sidney Seidenberg
Drawer 8, Folder 9
Poster layout B.B. King “Now Appearing,” 1979 Scope and Content Seidenberg
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Series 3: Malaco Records Posters
Drawer 9, Folder 1
Fern Kinney, Sweet Music album cover design and layout, undated
Drawer 9, Folder 2
Malaco Music Group 1998 Calendar, 1998, The Fantastic Violinaires album cover layout, Mary Burns album cover layout, The Fantastic Violinaires layout, ZZ Hill album cover layout, ZZ Hill layout
Drawer 9, Folder 3
McKinley Mitchell album cover layout, Sho-Nuff album layout, The Angelic Gospel Singers layout, ZZ Hill layout, The Evereadys layout, Johnny Taylor album cover layout, undated
Malaco Records “Gospel Music That Makes History,” undated Scope and Content Two copies
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Series 4: Living Blues Posters
Drawer 10, Folder 1
Big Daddy Underground Lounge Vicksburg (Miss.), 6 March 1987
Bobby “Blue” Bland Harlem Duke Social Club Prichard (Ala.), 4 December [?]
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown Branch 50 Canadian Legion, Ontario, 26 February 1985
Buckwheat Zydeco, Stockholm, undated
Big Sam Clark advertisement for WLYX-FM 89.3, undated
Blind John Davis Chicago Blues and Boogie Woogie, Hamburg, undated
Blind John Davis “On Tour Boogie Woogie Chicago Blues” (in German), undated
Jimmy Dawkins and Mr. Bo’s Blues Band, Sweden, undated
Drawer 10, Folder 2
Floyd Dixon, undated
Willie Dixon, Toad’s Place, New Haven (Conn.), 4-5 February [?]
Lefty Dizz, undated Scope and Content Swedish poster
Dr. Ross, undated Scope and Content German poster
Downchild Blues Band, “Good Times Guaranteed,” undated Scope and Content Special Records
Danny Draher, undated
Marcel Dugas, Sahara Lounge-Cade, 16 January 1977
Big Joe Duskin, Arhoolie Records, undated
Drawer 10, Folder 3
Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters, “Soul Searching,” Black Top Records, undated
David “Honeyboy” Edwards, Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, 11 November 1989
David “Honeyboy” Edwards, “I’ve Been Around,” undated Scope and Content Poster with label “und Big Joe Williams guitar delta blues” attached
Electric Blues Company, undated
Margie Evans, poster promo for Stormy Monday, undated
Fabulous Thunderbirds, Fulton Chapel, Ole Miss, 22 January [?] Scope and Content Two copies
Tav Falco, Antenna Club, Memphis, Tenn., 15 November [?]
Tav Falco, The Hoka, 22 September
Tav Falco, Panther Burns, undated
Drawer 10, Folder 4
Aretha Franklin, undated
Rosco Gordon & the Blues Blizzard, Nordisk Turne, 7-21 May 1982 Scope and Content Two copies
Henry Gray, 12 October 1977 Scope and Content Belgian gig
Guitar Gus, Chicago Civic Center, 3 July [?]
Walter Hawkins, “Love Alive IV,” undated Scope and Content Malaco Records
John Lee Hooker, “I Feel Good,” Jewel Records, undated
John Lee Hooker, Omni/ New Daisy, Memphis, 15 October [?]
J.B. Hutto & the New Hawks, “now appearing at…” undated
Kathy Herivel and Runner, Chalace Music, undated
Drawer 10, Folder 5 (multiple artists on bill, organized by club)
The Apple Tree, Chicago, Kansas City Red & His Midnight Ramblers, 19 September [?]
Barbara’s Peppermint Lounge, Chicago, 26-28 December [?]
Bootsy Show Club, Chicago, featuring Tyrone Davis, Lee “Shot” Williams and Bobby Jones, 25 February [?]
Chicago Confidential featuring Jackie Ross, Leonard Boyd and Darlene Henderson, 3-5 October [?]
Cinderella & Jimnay B. Lounge, Chicago, featuring Nolan Struck and Willie Davis, undated
Club Aquarius, Chicago, featuring Eddie King, Maybe-Mae and Mr. James Kind, 9-10 January 1976
Millie Jackson, Tupelo Civic Auditorium, Miss. 19 December [?]
Club Ebony, Indianola (Miss.), featuring Bobby Rush, Grand Master Flash, and Zapp featuring Roger, 1 September [?]
Eddie’s Place, Chicago, featuring Lee “Shot” Williams and others, 18-20 February 1977
Drawer 10, Folder 6 (organized by club name)
Eddie’s Place, Chicago, featuring Mighty Joe Young, Taildragger and Little Wolf, undated
Eddie’s Place, Chicago, featuring Chico Chism, Hubert Sumlin and Jew Town, 11-13 August [?]
El Mirador, Chicago, featuring Menique and Mighty Joe Young, 4-6 July [?]
The Gin, Oxford, undated Scope and Content Two copies
The Godfather Disco, Chicago, featuring Little Oscar, Syl Johnson and Smoke, 25 October [?]
Godfather Disco, Chicago, featuring Little Johnny Williams, Tyrone Davis, and Little Milton, 21 July [?]
High Chaparral, Chicago, featuring Bobby Rush and others, 21 July [?]
J’s Pub Lounge, Chicago, Piano C. Red, 2 October 1982
Drawer 10, Folder 7 (by club)
Keyman’s Club, Chicago, featuring Little Wolf, Miss Shakabootie and others, 20 August 1977
Majestic Lounge, Chicago, featuring The Lee Shot Williams Revue, Scotty and Oasis Band, 3-4 September [?]
The New Club Alibi, featuring Kansas City Red and Jerry Cox, undated
Polish Falcon Hall, Milwaukee, featuring Lazy Lester and Jim Liban Combo, 7 April [?]
Redmond’s Lounge, featuring S.D. Keys and Sammy Redmond, 12 June 1981
Silver Shadow Club, “Battle of the Blues Between the Girls,” featuring Coco Taylor, Bonnie Lee, Arelean Brown, Zora Young, Lady Margo, and Big Time Sarah, “There Will Be A Ugly Contest,” 18 March 1977
Drawer 10, Folder 8 (by club)
Stingrey Show Club, Chicago, featuring O.V. Wright, Otis Clay and Willie Clayton, 13-14 May [?]
Sting-Rey Show Club, featuring Ted Taylor, Joyce Williams, Buddy Scott, and Nolan Struck & Melivina Allen, 12-13 December [?]
Walton’s Corner, featuring Little Mack Simmons, Wes Montgomery, Jr., Lee Shot Williams, Lionel Simmons, 12 February [?]
White Stallion, “A Disco & Blues Combination,” featuring Fabulous Fugitives and Kansas City Red, floor show by Rubber Man, 12-13 January [?]
Drawer 11, Folder 1 (organized alphabetically by artist name)
Liberty Lounge, Pittsburgh, Bull Moose Jackson and the Flashcats, 12-13 October 1984
John Jackson, “Blues and Dance Tunes from Virginia,” Arhoolie Records, undated
Jimmy Johnson Band, Rodeo Concert Promotions, undated
Jimmy Johnson Chicago Blues Band, foreign, undated
Johnny and “The House Rockers,” undated
Johnny J. and the Hitmen, “nuclear Hayride,” Great Southern Records, undated
Albert King, “New Orleans Heat,” Tomato Records, undated Scope and Content Two copies
Albert King, club ad for Continental Showcase, Houston, undated
Drawer 11, Folder 2
B.B. King, SAS Inc., undated
B.B. King, foreign ad, shows B.B. King sitting on stool, undated Scope and Content Two copies
Freddie King, Cain’s Ballroom, Tulsa, 30 April and May 1 [?]
Big Daddy Kinsey, White Eagle Hall, 8 August [?]
Kokomo Electric Blues Band, Hoka, Oxford, 10 December [?]
Latimore, T.K. Productions, undated
Latimore, “Slow Down,” Malaco Records, undated
Little Milton, “Movin’ to the Country,” Malaco Records, undated
Magic Slim & the Teardrops, Swedish ad, undated
Drawer 11, Folder 3
Left Hand Frank, “now appearing at…,” undated
Li’l Ronnie & the Blue Beats, “There’s A Party Goin’ On,” Short Stack Records, undated Scope and Content Three copies
Little Willie Littlefield, European advertisement, undated
Little Freeman and His Great Big Band Revue, Red Top Lounge, 5 October 1973
John Littlejohn and Byther Smith, Swedish ad, undated
Lonnie Mack, Alligator Records, undated
Hugh Masekela, Barbara’s Peppermint Lounge, Chicago, 29-31 August [?]
Curtis Mayfield, “Take It to the Streets,” Custom Records, undated
Jerry “Boogie” McCain, “Black & Blues,” The Gas Company, undated
Jimmy McCracklin, Scandinavian ad, 1981
Drawer 11, Folder 4
Rev. James Moore, “Live With the Mississippi Mass Choir,” Malaco Records, undated
Sam Myers, “Mississippi Delta Blues,” undated Scope and Content Three copies
NRBQ, Antenna, Memphis, 8 November [?]
O’ Jays, Club Octagon, Holly Springs, 16 August 1984
Johnny Otis Show, Live in Monterrey, undated
Piano Red, French ad, foreign language, undated
Sammy Price and His Harlem Beggars, German ad, undated
Sammy Price, “From New Orleans to Harlem,” Black and Blue Disque, undated
Jimmy Reed (tribute), High Chaparral, Chicago, 14 December
Duke Robillard, “You Got Me,” Rounder Records, undated
Drawer 11, Folder 5
Fenton Robinson, Japanese tour poster, Japanese words, undated
Rockin’ Guitar Lonnie, “Seven million Dollar Lover,” U.S. Tour Poster, Big Deal Records, undated
Jimmy Rogers and Left Hand Frank, foreign ad, undated
Doctor Ross, “the harmonica boss from Mississippi,” 26 May 1984 Scope and Content Signed “From Doctor Ross, 26 May 1984”
Otis Rush, “His First Texas Tour,” undated
Son Seals Blues Band, foreign ad, undated
The Shadows, Desperado’s, 13-14 January [?]
Ralph Shine Blues Ban, Cabo’s, 2 September [?] Scope and Content Three copies
Toni Spearman and Aron Burton, “Blues Life presents,” 46 blues Café, 8-9 November 1985
Drawer 11, Folder 6
Houston Stackhouse, German gig, undated
Sunnyland Slim, German ad, undated
Sweet Mama Jug Band, French ad, undated
Hound Dog Taylor, Alligator Records, undated Scope and Content Three copies
Ted Taylor, Harlem Duke Social Club, Prichard (Ala.), 13 November [?]
Taj Mahal, The Gin, Oxford, 22 January 1987
Johnny Taylor, “In Control,” Malaco Records, undated
Little Johnny Taylor, “Singin’ Gospel Blues,” Japanese, undated Scope and Content Two copies
Johnnie Taylor and Tyrone Davis, Dallas, 28 November 1981
Little Johnny Taylor, Freeman’s Tenampa Club Room and Ballroom, 31 December and 3-4 January [?]
Koko Taylor, Ace of Clubs, Nashville, 24 September [?]
Drawer 11, Folder 7
Ted Taylor, V.F.W., Clarksdale, 19 July [?]
Henry Townshend, Queen Street Playhouse, 23 August 1986
Dutch Tilders, “Direct,” Eureka, undated
Tommy Tucker, Belgian ad, 11 November [?]
Katie Webster, “You Can Dig It,” undated
Joe Louis Walker, Norwegian ad, undated
Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson, French ad, undated
Harlan White, signed, undated
Jeffrey White, “Call Him Up,” GTS Records, undated
Lynn White, Nelson’s Crashlanding, Sardis (Miss.), 8 June 1985
W.W. Williams, “in person,” undated Scope and Content Two copies
W.W. Williams, “will appear here,” undated
Chick Willis, “Stoop Down Baby…Let Your Daddy See,” La Val Records, undated
Youngblood Blues Band, “From Chicago, IL USA,” undated
Grupo Vissunco, Musica Brasileira, undated
Drawer 12, Folder 1: Festivals, Events (organized by event name)
Boogie Woogie and Blues Festival featuring Big Joe Williams, Big Joe Duskin and Eddie Clearwater, 26-27 September 1980
Bud Blues Ramble & Amateur Show, 380 Beale Street, Memphis, weekly event, undated Scope and Content Four copies
Carolina Blues Festival, Greensboro, N.C., featuring Eddy Clearwater, Henry Gray, Gary B.B. Coleman, and J.C. Burris, 14 May 1988
Celebrate Chicago Blues, Ongoing events at Checkerboard Lounge including “Delta Blues,” “Classic Blues,” and “Tribute to Tampa (Red),” undated
Charley Patton Conference, University of Liege (Belgium), 1984 Scope and Content Two copies
Chicago Blues Festival ’79, featuring Lefty Dizz, Jimmy Johnson and others, 29 November 1979 Scope and Content European
Chicago Blues Festival, Grant Park, Chicago, 8-10 June 1990
Chicago Blues Festival, mit J.B. Hutto Vienna, Austria, Hutto, Brewer Phillips and Ted Harvey, 21 March 1977
Chicago Blues Festival ’89, Grant Park, Chicago, 9-11 June 1989
ChicagoFest ’79, Chicago, Olympia’s Blues Deluxe featuring Lightnin’ Hopkins, Buddy Guy & Junior Wells, James Cotton, Albert King and Muddy Waters, 3-12 August 1979
Chicago Fest ’79, Mayor Byrne’s Summertime in Chicago, 3-12 August 1979
Chicago Blues Legend, France, featuring Syl Johnson, Mojo Buford, Phil Guy, and Cash McCall, undated
2nd Annual Chunky Rhythm & Blues Festival, Chunky (Miss.), 19 July 1986
Chunky Rhythm & Blues Festival, Chunky (Miss.), featuring James Cotton, Sam Meyers, Bobby Rush, Son Seals and Son Thomas, 13 July 1985 Scope and Content Three copies
Concert Tribute to Gospel Music Composer Thomas A. Dorsey, Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, featuring Elder Frank Jackson and the Sound of Praise, Hawkins Family, Hardy Bros., and Danniebelle, 4 June 1979 Scope and Content Two copies
Drawer 12, Folder 2
Delta Blues Album, featuring Linda Hopkins, Son Thomas and Toru Oki, undated Scope and Content Two broadsides
Delta Blues Festival, Freedom Village (Miss.), 18 September 1982 Scope and Content Two copies
Delta Blues Festival, featuring Sam Chatmon, Furry Lewis, Othar Turner and others, 21 October [?]
Delta Blues Festival, Greenville, featuring Bobby Bland, Clarence Carter and Son Thomas, 19 September 1987
Delta Blues Festival, Freedom Village (Miss.), 17 September 1983 Scope and Content Three copies
Delta Blues Festival ’79, Freedom Village (Miss.), 8 September 1979
Detroit Blues: A Free Festival, featuring Bobo Jenkins, Doctor Ross and others, 30 August [?]
Dixie Week ’84, Ole Miss, featuring “Lee “Shot” Williams, 23-27 April 1984 Scope and Content Two copies
Downhome Blues Fest ’88, Cannon’s Farm, Greensboro (Ala.), featuring Clarence Carter and Little Milton, 2 July 1988
Drive-In Blues 1986 (Ark.), featuring Son Seals and Steve Pryor, 28 June 1986
Duneland Folk Festival, Chesterton (Ind.), Summer 1981 Scope and Content Five copies
Ecaussinnes Spring Blues Festival, Lonnie Brooks, European, 12 March 1990
Ecaussinnes Spring Blues Festival, Luther Allison, 27 March 1989
Eugene Blues Festivals, King Cole Room, Eugene (Or.), 30 September-1 October [?]
El-Dorado 6th Annual Downhome Blues Festival, Boatman Field, West Point (Miss.), featuring Denise LaSalle, Bobby Rush and Son Thomas, 4 July 1988
Eureka Blues Festival, Eureka Springs (Ark.), featuring Saffire, John Hammond and others, 30 June 1990 Scope and Content Two copies
Festival de Afro American Spirituals and Gospel in Monaco, undated
Festival de Blues en Mexico, featuring John Lee Hooker, Jimmy Rogers, Willie Dixon, and Walter Horton, undated Scope and Content Two copies
Frontier Folklife Festival, Gateway Arch, St. Louis, 2-4 September [?]
Gospel Music Festival, Oxford (Miss.), featuring The Gospel Souls, Howard Everett, and The Violinettes, 1 June 1986
Grensland Blues Festival, featuring D-Train and Phillip Walker, 19 December [?]
Handzame Blues Festival, featuring William Clarke and Louisiana Red, 24 September 1988
Handzame Blues Festival, featuring John Jackson, Frank Frost with Sam Carr, and Big Jack Johnson, 22 September 1990 Scope and Content Two copies
Harlem Swing and Tap Dance, undated Scope and Content Two copies
Howlin’ Wolf Memorial Blues Festival, West Point (Miss.), featuring RL Burnside, Junior Kimbrough, and Paul Jones, 29 August 1997
Internationales Jazzfestival Bern, Bern (Switzerland), April-May 1987
Jazz In the Garden, Museum of Modern Art (N.Y.), Muddy Waters, 6 August 1970 Scope and Content Two copies
Jazz Live at the Afro-American Historical and Cultural Museum, Philadelphia (Penn.), 1982
Drawer 12, Folder 3
Jefferson 48, Scandinavia featuring Jimmy Rogers and Left Hand Frank, undated
John Henry Folk Festival, Camp Virgil Tate (W. Va.), 27-29 August 1976
John Henry Memorial Authentic Blues and Gospel Jubilee, Clifftop (W. Va.), 30 August-1 September [?]
King Biscuit Blues Festival, Helena (Ark.), featuring Robert Lockwood, Pinetop Perkins, and Johnny Shines, 18 October 1986 Scope and Content Two copies
Liege Festival ’78, Liege, 1978
“The Little Dreamer: A Nite in the life of Bessie Smith,” two-act play by Ed Shockley, November 1982
Los Angeles R&B Caravan 1980, Scandinavia, featuring Charles Brown, Ruth Brown and Floyd Dixon, 13 June-7 July 1980
Memphis Music Festival, Memphis (Tenn.), 2 September 1984 Scope and Content Two copies
Memphis Music and Heritage Festival, Memphis, featuring John Lee Hooker and Roy Ayers, 4-5 September 1982
Mid-South Folklife Festival, Mud Island, Memphis (Tenn.), undated Scope and Content Five copies
Motown at 25, Yale University, 16 April [?]
Music in March, Jackson (Miss.), featuring Anson Funderburgh w/ Sam Myers, 28 March [?]
National Folk Festival (51st), Lowell (Mass.), 28-30 July 1989
New Orleans Pop Festival, New Orleans (La.), featuring Janis Joplin and Grateful Dead, 31 August-September 1 [?]
One Mo’ Time: The New 1920s Vaudeville Musical, Blackstone Theatre, Chicago, undated
Oxford Folklife Festival, the Square, Oxford (Miss.), featuring Rufus Thomas, 3 October 1981 Scope and Content Three copies
Oxford Folklife Festival, the Square, Oxford (Miss.), 13 October 1984 Scope and Content Two copies
Oxford Folklife Festival, Ole Miss Union, featuring Lonnie Shields, 17 October [?]
Pistoia Blues Festival 1980, Italy, featuring Muddy Waters, B.B. King, John Lee Hooker and others, 1980
Pump Up the Blues Festival, Geertruidenberg, featuring R.L. Burnside, 3 October 1992
Drawer 12, Folder 4
Prairie Arts Festival, West Point, 31 August 1985
Rag Popping Champs (2nd Annual), Tobacco Road 626 S. Miami Avenue, Miami (Fla.), featuring Roy Lee Walker and Doctor Cool, 28 July 1986
Rejoice Magazine Benefit Concert, Fulton Chapel, Ole Miss, featuring Ann Milan, The Fantastic Sounds and others, 8 September 1985
Rejoice Magazine Benefit Concert, Fulton Chapel, Ole Miss, featuring Gatemouth Moore and others, 7 October 1984 Scope and Content Two copies
Role of Art in the Process of Social Change: A Valediction Without Mourning for the Free Southern Theater, 1963-1980, New Orleans (La.), 20-24 November 1985
San Francisco Blues Festival (3rd Annual), McLaren Park Amphitheater, San Francisco (Calif.), featuring Floyd Dixon, J.C. Burris, and others, 23-24 August [?]
San Francisco Blues Festival (7th Annual), Golden Gate Park, San Francisco (Calif.), featuring Little Joe Blue, Roy Brown and others, 11-12 August 1979
San Francisco Blues Festival: Battle of the Harmonicas, Victoria Theater, 29-30 January [?]
Schlosser’s Blues Fest, Brauerei Schlosser, Dusseldorf, Germany, featuring Albert Collins, Jay Hawkins and Lonnie Brooks, 8 May 1988 Scope and Content Two copies
Seeing the Blues: Photography of Dick Waterman, University of Mississippi, 1 February- 25 March 2001
Southwest Mississippi Blues & Heritage Festival, Bryant’s Farm near McComb, featuring Lynn White, Dwight Ross and Johnny Adams, 1 September [?]
Staples Park Festival, Downtown Drew (Miss.), featuring Staple Singers and Williams Bros., 5 May 1990
St. Louis Blues Festival, St. Louis, 22 March [?] Scope and Content Two copies
Sunflower Riverbank Blues festival, Downtown Clarksdale (Miss.), featuring Otis Rush and Son Thomas, 4 June 1988
Sunflower River Blues Festival, Railroad Depot, Downtown Clarksdale (Miss.), featuring Booba Barnes, Big Jack Johnson, Wade Walton and others, 4 August 1990
James “Son” Thomas Clay Sculpture Exhibit, University Art Gallery, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces (N.M.), 17 January-22 February 1985
True Blues, Free Concerts & Programs, Chicago, November 1985
“Come One Come All To The Fall Gala Ball…the Bill Ivers String Ensemble with Jane Snyder and the Flim Flam Men…,” undated
Drawer 13, Folder 1
Battle of the Blues, Club Paradise, Memphis, featuring Clyde Hopkins and others, 12 December 1981
Battle of the Harmonicas (7th Annual), Old Fillmore Auditorium: San Francisco (Calif.), featuring Jerry McCain and others, 13-14 March [?]
Beasley Books, store logo drawn by owner Paul Garon, undated
Big Twist and the Mellow Fellows, Chicago, Flying Fish Records and Prestige Artists promo, undated Scope and Content Two copies
Black Slate, “Black Slate Is Reggae Music!,” undated
B. L. U. E. S. / Stages Blues Bash, Stages Music Hall, Chicago, featuring Phil Guy, Johnny Dollar Blues Band and others, printed by Tribune Showprint, 3-4 October [?]
B. L. U. E. S. Tour ’82, Tramps, New York City, featuring Magic Slim and others, printed by Tribune Showprint, 9 June – 1 July 1982
Blues Awards Show and Music Extravaganza (8th Annual), Cook Convention Center, Vincent Defrank Music Hall, 15 November 1987 Scope and Content Two copies
Blues Before Sunrise, WBEZ 91.5 FM Annual Membership Drive, undated
Blues By The Bay Show, KPOO 89.5 FM, San Francisco (Calif.), Tom Mazzolini, undated Scope and Content Three copies
Blues Calendar, Chicago, RMR Productions, various venues, 11 September–2 November [?]
Blues Calendar, Chicago, RMR Productions, various venues, 11 December 1974–1 February 1975
Blues Foundation Raffle, The Peabody, 16 November 1982 Scope and Content Two copies
Blues Kalendar, Schnell Druck Studio, organized by month with accompanying photos, 1980
Blues Night! McGovern Benefit, Highland Park High School Auditorium, Chicago, featuring Siegel-Schwall and others, 28 May [?] Scope and Content Two copies
Blues vs. Blues Festival, Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, featuring Rufus Thomas and others, 26 October 1974 Scope and Content Three copies
Blues vs. Blues Festival, Westside High School Gym, Gary, (Ind.), featuring Rufus Thomas and others, undated
Blues Weekend, featuring U. W. C. B., Eddie Shaw and others, 13-15 May [?]
The Original Chess Masters, “The Tradition Continues… On MCA Records, Cassettes, and Compact Discs,” 1988
Chicago Boogie! 1947, (Living Blues #57), St. George’s Records promo, undated
Milwaukee Jazz Gallery, “Blue Monday! Every Monday In September,” Chicago, Piano C. Red and His Flat Foot Boogie Band, undated
Bootsy’s Show Club, Chicago, “Big Thanksgiving Weekend” with Artie “Blues Boy” and Otis Clay, 28-30 November [?]
Promo poster for “The Chief” with 2 UK appearances at Dingwalls, London, Half Moon, Eddie Clearwater and Putney Clearwater, 8 and 10 October [?]
Paul Cooper and his All Star Blues Showcase, Chicago, calendar, December – January [?]
Sweet Lips Lounge, Chicago, Paul Cooper and his Star Crossed Blues Showcase, “Every Wednesday and weekends of 14-15 and 28-29,” undated
Darby Record Productions Presents, printed by Globe Poster [sic], Baltimore (Md.), featuring Larry Saunders and others, undated Scope and Content Two copies
A Day In The Park Honoring Vietnam Vets, Grant Park, Bandshell, Chicago, 28 May 1979 Scope and Content Three copies
Drawer 13, Folder 2
Delta Blues Festival, Arts at St. Ann’s, Brooklyn (N.Y.), featuring Booby Barnes, Jesse Mae Hemphill, James “Son” Thomas, and John Allison, 12-13 May 1989
Delta Blues Museum, Clarksdale (Miss.), 1984 Scope and Content Art by R. Teasley
A Disco and Blues Combination, The White Stallion, featuring Kansas City Red and others, printed by Tribune Showprint, 12 and 13 January [?]
Big Joe Duskin, Arhoolie Records promo poster, undated
Faces of the Blues, Orchestra Hall, Chicago, featuring Sleepy John Estes and others, 6 May [?]
Festival de Blues en Mexico (3rd Annual), Arena Mexico, featuring Lightnin’ Hopkins and others, 14-18 October 1980 Scope and Content Two copies
Festival of the Arts 1976, University of Chicago, Events Calendar, featuring Little Brother Montgomery, Floyd Dixon and others, April-June 1976
Free Concert, Tom Lee Park, Memphis, featuring Albert King and others, 15 October 1983
Gin Club, Oxford (Miss.), featuring Dr. John, Son Thomas and Walter Liniger, 27 April [?]
Grand Concert de Jazz, Le Club Jazz 47, Villeneuve-S-Lot, featuring Doc Cheatham and others, 6 May [?]
Harp-Suckers! Detroit Harmonica Blues 1948, (Living Blues #57), St. George’s Records promo poster, undated
Howlin’ Wolf, Cahn Auditorium, Northwestern University, Evanston, 10 October [?] Scope and Content Art by “Anderson ’69”
Instruments of the Steel Orchestra, Trinidad, 1988 Scope and Content Artwork by Glenda McClean-Schluer, researched and designed by June Bacchus-Ifill
International Black Appeal Blues Concert (2nd Annual), St. Charles Lwanga Hall, Chicago, featuring Son Seals, Magic Slim and others, 12 December [?] Scope and Content Two copies
Old Town School of Folk Music, John Jackson, Chicago, 11 November [?]
Jazz On Festival Kalender, German, 1989
Jazz On Festival Kalender, German, 1991
Jazz On The Line, Black & Blues Records promo poster, featuring Wild Bill Davis, Guy Lafitte, and Clyde Lucas, undated
Jazz On The Line, Black & Blues Records promo poster, featuring Dorothy Donegan, Oliver Jackson, and Jimmy Woode, undated
Jittoku Live House Kyoto (Japanese), undated
High Street Brewing Company, featuring Albert King, 26 April [?]
B. B. King, anonymous painting/decal, undated
Leadbelly, “Leadbelly in Concert, University of Texas, Austin, June 15, 1949,” Playboy Records promo poster, 15 June 1949
Club Ghetto featuring Little Milton, 23-24 February [?]
Else Where, Chicago, Robert Lockwood Jr., 7-9 October [?]
John Mayall, German promo poster, undated
Mayor Byrne’s Summertime Chicago North Lincoln Avenue Association Street Fair (2nd Annual), Chicago, calendar of events, 28 and 28 July 1979
N. A. M. E. Gallery Calendar, Chicago, featuring Jimmy Johnson Blues Band, undated Scope and Content Poster designed by Jean Sousa
Smokey’s, Baton Rouge, featuring Kenny Neal, 13 July 1989 Scope and Content Signed by Neal
The Neckbones, “Souls On Fire” promo poster, Fat Possum Records, 1997 Scope and Content Two copies
New Club Paradise, “New Year’s Eve Celebration,” Memphis, featuring Johnnie Taylor and Shirley Brown, undated
New Orleans Travel Poster, “You’ll love New Orleans and She’ll Love You Right Back,” undated
New Orleans Soulfestival, 750 Jahre, Berlin, featuring Solomon Burke, Irma Thomas, and others, 1987
Number One Beale Street Restaurant and Bar, menu and wine list, Memphis, undated
Old Daisy Theater, “Beale Street Comes Alive At The Old Daisy,” event calendar, January-March 1984
Pan is Beautiful V World Steelband Festival, Jean Pierre Complex, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, 20 October-5 November 1988 Scope and Content Three copies
Public Radio in Mississippi, “Bluegrass – Blues – Folk Music,” promo poster, undated Scope and Content Art by Karen Wing. Three copies.
Public Radio in Mississippi, “Classic Radio Statewide,” promo poster, undated Scope and Content Art by Sam Beibers
Public Radio in Mississippi, “Prime Jazz” promo poster, undated Scope and Content Art by Bitzi Moore. Three copies.
Drawer 13, Folder 3
“Maximum R & B! We Got It!,” featuring John Lee Hooker, Walter Horton, and others, promo poster, Red Lightnin Records, Ilford, Essex, undated
Rhythm & Blues Review, Thomaston Opera House, 100th Anniversary Benefit, Connecticut, featuring Magneatos and others, 7 January 1984
Rhythm ‘N Motion, Laney Mall and Laney Stadium, Alameda County, featuring Dave Alexander, The Gospel Clouds, and others, 26-27 September [?]
Rockin’ Guitar Lonnie, promotional poster, undated Scope and Content Four copies
The Eddie Shaw Blues Band, promotional poster, undated Scope and Content Printed by Garfield Press. Two copies.
Woody Shaw, The High Street Brewing Company, 3 May [?]
“Blues Is… A Lifetime,” Johnny Shines, promo poster, undated
Soul-Blues-Zydeco Dance, Theater 1839, San Francisco (Calif.), featuring Jimmy (Fast Fingers) Dawkins and others, 19 February 1977
‘Sunday Blues:’ A History of the Blues in Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 4 November – 9 December [?] Scope and Content Design by Jesse Hickman. Four copies.
Sunnyland Slim, promo poster, undated Scope and Content Art by Bob Ganong, photo by David Hofstetter. Two copies.
‘Survivors’ Filming Concert, Wilebski’s Blues Saloon, St. Paul (Minn.), featuring Dr. John, Willie Dixon, and others, 13-14 March [?]
“Blues On The Square” calendar, Syd & Harry’s, Oxford (Miss.), 9 July – August 6 [?]
The Post, Chicago, Hound Dog Taylor and the Houserockers, 4 May [?]
“New Chicago Blues at Tramps,” featuring Hip Linkchain Blues Band and others, Tramps, New York City, 7-29 July [?] Scope and Content Printed by Tribune Showprint
“Everybody Hollerin’ Goat,” Othar Turner and the Rising Star Fife and Drum Band, Birdman Records, promo poster, undated
Featuring Soul Lee, Lady Mar-Go, and others, VH&L/Circle Records, Chicago, booking/promotional poster, undated
“The Handsomest Train In The World,” Webster Groves, promo, undated
Chick Willis, promo poster, 1979 Scope and Content Handwritten contact information
“Stoop Down Baby… Let Your Daddy See,” Chick Willis, LaVal Records, promo display stand, undated
World Surrealist Exhibition, Gallery Black Swan, Chicago, 1 May 1976
The World Surrealist Exhibition Blues Show!, Gallery Black Swan, Chicago, featuring Honeyboy Edwards and others, printed by Tribune Showprint with (1) a green bottom band and (2) a blue bottom band, 5 June [?]
Mighty Joe Young, Zaks North Avenue, 22-24 April [?] Scope and Content Two copies
“Blues,” featuring Son House, JB Hutto, and others, 1815 Club, undated Scope and Content Includes commentary, list of albums, Swedish booklet
LP Sleeves, photographed for advertisements, alphabetically
Bass, Fontella, “Free,” undated Scope and Content Paula LPS 2213
Brown, Charles, “Blues ‘N’ Brown,” undated Scope and Content Jewel LPS 5006
Dixie Boy, “One More Drink,” undated Scope and Content Universal
Floyd, Harmonica Frank, undated Scope and Content S/T, Adelphi AD 1023
Good Rockin’ Charles, undated Scope and Content S/T, Mr. Blues
Jones, Casey, “Still Kickin’,” undated Scope and Content Airwax AW 3839
Little Joe Blue, “Southern Country Boy,” undated Scope and Content Jewel LPS 5008
Mississippi Delta Blues Album, 1984 Scope and Content Featuring Elmore James, others
Patterson, Bobby, “It’s Just A Matter Of Time,” undated Scope and Content Paula LPS 2215
Taylor, Hound Dog and the Houserockers, undated Scope and Content S/T Live Album, Alligator 4707, back cover
Taylor, Little Johnny, “Everybody Knows About My Good Thing,” undated Scope and Content RONN LPS-7530
Various Artists, “Spivey’s Blues Cavalcade,” undated Scope and Content Spivey LP1015
Willis, Chick, “Stoop Down Baby… Let Your Daddy See,” undated Scope and Content LaVal LVB 1327. Two copies.
Drawer 16, Folder 1
Mississippi Blues Trail, Official Road Map with alphabetical list of sites, undated
The Original Absinthe Bar, Cabaret Theatre Presents The Fudgeripple Follies, woman & rocket illustration, undated
All In Good Time, Johnny Jenkins Live at the Macon Grand Opera House and Special Guests, CD, November 2000
Buddy Guy, Skin Deep, On Tour Now, double sided, pictures Guy with guitar, undated
1st Annual Blues Today: A Living Blues Symposium, located at the University of Mississippi, February 2003
Homecoming Birthday Blues Bash, featuring Big George Brock with the Houserockers, Clarksdale (Miss.), May 2005 Scope and Content Five copies
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Series 5: Dick “Cane” Cole Collection
Drawer 15, Folder 4: Dick “Cane” Cole Collection
Carroll, Sandy, Beale Street and Mother Memphis Records, promo poster, undated
Hayes, Isaac, promo poster (Joy, Live at Tahoe, Shaft, Hot Buttered Soul), 1973
WattStax Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, promo poster, undated
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Series 6: Betty V. Miller Collection
Drawer 16, Folder 5
Mr. Blues Piano with his band, Sunny Land Slim, 6 November 1988
The Second Annual Big Time Blues Festival, Long Beach (Calif.), Sunday 31 July [?]
Bluebird Blues Festival, 5-7 September 1987 Scope and Content First 3 day Blues Fest Held in a Maximum Security Prison in the World, featuring The Tom McFarland Blues Band, Lloyd Jones and Friends, and others, Oregon State Penitentiary
The 4th Annual Big Time Blues Festival, featuring Flattop Tom & His Jump Cats, John Hammond, Harmonica Fats & Bernie Pearl, and others, Long Beach (Calif.), undated
The Blues Show ’82, Albert Collins & The Icebreakers, foreign ad, 1982
“What a Diff’rence A Day Makes,” A Gala Benefit to Help Us Buy a Headstone Memorializing Esther Phillips, undated Scope and Content Signed
Southern California Blues Society Christmas Party, featuring John Lee Hooker and His Coast to Coast Blues Band, and others, 11 December [?]
Southern California Blues Society, featuring Brownie McGhee with Bob Brozman, and others, 13 November [?
Big Mama Thornton: in Memormium Benefit, featuring The Johnny Otis Show, Big Joe Turner, and others, Sunday 12 August [?]
Sippie Wallace, at the Music Machine, 1982 Scope and Content Photograph by Steven Miler
Sippie Wallace, Applewood Records & Nightingale Publishing, Farmington Hills (Mich.), undated Scope and Content Photograph by Barbara Weinberg, represented by Ron Harwood
Photograph of Sippie Wallace playing piano, undated
Jessie Mae Hemphill, High Water Recording Company, Memphis (Tenn.), undated Scope and Content Signed
Photograph of Sippie Wallace, undated
Tercer Festival de Blues en Mexico, featuring Lightnin’ Hopkins, Willie Dixon, and others, 14-18 October 1980
“Come See and Hear America’s Oldest Black Old Time String Band,” Music Machine, featuring Bogan and the Armstrongs, and others, 22 October 1988
Rock & Roll Beer Presents WMRY FM 101 Mississippi Nights, featuring The Neville Brothers, Wednesday 27 May [?]
9th Annual Mace/Mississippi Delta Blues Festival, Greenville (Miss.), 20 September 1986
Mr. Wilbur Hi-Fi White, featuring Buddy Guy, at the Checkerboard Lounge, 22-24 October [?]
The Seventh Annual Southern California Blues Fest, featuring Rockin’ Dopsie, Koko Taylor, and others, Long Beach (Calif.), 20-21 September 1986
Mr. Blues Piano with his band, Sunny Land Slim, 6 November 1988
The Second Annual Big Time Blues Festival, Long Beach (Calif.), Sunday 31 July, no year, starring: Little Charlie & The Nightcats, Big Jay McNeely, William Clarke, and others.
Bluebird Blues Festival, First 3 day Blues Fest Held in a Maximum Security Prison in the World, featuring The Tom McFarland Blues Band, Lloyd Jones and Friends, and others, Oregon State Penitentiary, 5-7 September 1987.
The 4th Annual Big Time Blues Festival, featuring Flattop Tom and His Jump Cats, John Hammond, Harmonica Fats & Bernie Pearl, and others, Long Beach (Calif.), undated.
The Blues Show ’82, Albert Collins & The Icebreakers, 1982. Scope and Content Foreign ad.
“What a Diff’rence A Day Makes,” A Gala Benefit to Help Us Buy a Headstone Memorializing Esther Phillips, undated. Scope and Content Signed.
Southern California Blues Society Christmas Party, featuring John Lee Hooker and His Coast to Coast Blues Band, and others, 11 December.
Southern California Blues Society, featuring Brownie McGhee with Bob Brozman, and others, 13 November.
Big Mam Thornton: in Memormium Benefit, featuring The Johnny Otis Show, Big Joe Turner, and others, Sunday 12 August.
Sippie Wallace, at the Music Machine, 1982. Scope and Content Photograph by Steven Miler.
Sippie Wallace, Applewood Records & Nightingale Publishing, Farmington Hills (Mich.), undated, photograph by Barbara Weinberg, represented by Ron Harwood.
Sippie Wallacermation, photograph of Wallace playing piano, undated.
Jessie Mae Hemphill, High Water Recording Company, Memphis (Tenn.), undated. Scope and Content Signed.
Photograph of Sippie Wallace, undated.
Tercer Festival de Blues en Mexico, featuring Lightnin’ Hopkins, Willie Dixon, and others, 14-18 October 1980.
“Come See and Hear America’s Oldest Black Old Time String Band,” Music Machine, featuring Bogan and the Armstrongs, and others, 22 October 1988.
Rock and Roll Beer Presents WMRY FM 101 Mississippi Nights, featuring The Neville Brothers, Wednesday 27 May.
9th Annual Mace/Mississippi Delta Blues Festival, Greenville, Mississippi, 20 September 1986.
Mr. Wilbur Hi-Fi White, featuring Buddy Guy, at the Checkerboard Lounge, 22-24 October.
The Seventh Annual Southern California Blues Fest, featuring Rockin’ Dopsie, Koko Taylor, and others, Long Beach, California, 20-21 September 1986.
Drawer 16, Folder 6
The Blues Music Awards, presented by the Gibson Foundation and produced by the Blues Foundation in Memphis, Tennessee, 10 May 2007. Scope and Content Painting by Michael Maness.
International Blues Challenge, Memphis, Tennessee. Scope and Content Cartoon by Jason Nocera.
The Blues Crowns B.B. King of the Blues, 3rd Annual Lifetime Achievement Award, 20 October 1997. Scope and Content Graphic by W. Kimbell Design Lab.
Drawer 16, Folder 7
The Stampin’ Stompin’ Blues Festival, Hazlehurst, Mississippi, 17 September 1994.
32nd Blues Music Awards, Memphis, Tennessee, 5 May 2011. Scope and Content Illustration by David Lynch.
33rd Blues Music Awards, Memphis, Tennessee, 10 May 2012. Scope and Content Painting by Tami Curtis-Ellis.
25th Anniversary of the W.C. Handy Blues Awards, Memphis, Tennessee, 29 April 2004. Scope and Content Poster art by George Hunt.
34th Blues Music Awards, Memphis, Tennessee, 9 May 2013. Scope and Content Painting by Karen Hollowell.
29th Blues Music Awards, Memphis, Tennessee, 8 May 2013. Scope and Content Painting by John Robinette.
Blues and BBQ, 4th Annual Oxford Blues Fest; Featuring Anthony “Big A” Sherrod Trio, David Evans, Alphonso Saunders, “Big” George Brock, The Reviews, Zach Tilotson and Cameran Kimbrough Duo, Silas Reed and Da Books, Cadillac Funk, Adam Gussow and Shine Turner, J.J. Callier and The Zydeco Knockouts, Elmore Williams, Hezekiah Earley and Little Pootchie, Reba Russell Blues Band; Oxford, Mississippi, 19-20 July 2013.
Mose Allison – From the Ultimate Blues Collection of Enhanced Photographs by John R. Allison.
Valerie June – As a part of the Music of the South Concert Series; Oxford, Mississippi, 3 April.
32nd Annual Mississippi Delta Blues and Heritage Festival; Featuring Bobby Bland, Bobby Rush, Soul Children and J Blackfoot, Charlie Musselwhite, Shirley Brown, T.K. Soul, Homemade Jamz, Lil’ Howlin’ Wolf, Butch Mudbone, The Kattawar Brothers, Eddie Cusic, John Horton, Mississippi Slim; Greenville, Mississippi, 19 September 2009.
Mississippi Delta Blues and Heritage Festival, Delta Blues Festival – Tickets on Sale; Greenville, Mississippi, 19 September 2009.
Blind John Davis – You better cut that out.
Crossroads Blues and Heritage Festival, The River Resort; Featuring Bill Abel, Cadillac John, Monroe Jones, Joe Garcia, Duff Durrough, Johnny Horton, Pearl Street Jumper, Ol’ Skool Revue, Alphonso Sanders & ‘Howl-N-Madd’ Bill Perry; Rosedale, Mississippi, 9 May 2009.
Hill Country Harmonica, A North Mississippi Blues Harp Homecoming; Featuring Billy Branch, Adam Gussow, Terry “Harmonica” Bean, Brandon Bailey, Bill “Howl-N-Madd” Perry, Billy Gibson; Waterford, Mississippi, 22-23 May 2010.
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Series 7: Southern Ontario Blues Association Broadsides
Drawer 15, Folder 1: Southern Ontario Blues Association Broadsides, 1985-1986 Artists
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, Albert Collins, Johnny Copeland, Robert Cray Band, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Frank Frost, Buddy Guy, Luther “Guitar Jr.” Johnson, Legendary Blues Band, Magic Slim & The Teardrops, Nighthawks, and Sugar Blue, undated
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Series 8: Oversize Periodicals
Drawer 15, Folder 3: Various Oversize Periodicals
Includes: Okolicznosciowy Informator, Jazzowy, Spojrzenia, undated
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Series 9: Blues Bank Collective
Drawer 15, Folder 5: Blues Bank Collective
Assorted photocopied newspaper clippings: The Boston Globe, 16 January 1987; Portsmouth Magazine, featuring T.J. Wheeler and Jimmy Johnson, February 1987
Black Heritage Festival (1st Annual), featuring B.J. Johnson and others, Portsmouth (N.H.), 1-27 February 1985
Black Heritage Festival (2nd Annual), featuring James Cotton Blues Band and others, Portsmouth (N.H.), 6-23 February 1986
Black Heritage Festival (3rd Annual), featuring Jimmy Johnson Blues Band and others, Portsmouth (N.H.), 4-26 February 1987
Black Heritage Festival (4th Annual), featuring Johnny C. Blues Band and others, Portsmouth (N.H.), 5-28 February 1988
Blues Bank Collective Prospectus, T. J. Wheeler: director, undated
Gospel Jamboree Family Fund Raiser, featuring Fabulous Bullock Bros. and others, Skycap Plaza, Dorchester (Mass.), photocopied advertisement, 5 June 1988
“King Supporters Still Have Holiday Dream,” includes photo of T. J. Wheeler, from The Concord [NH] Monitor, photocopy, 19 January 1988
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Series 10: Hawaiian Tour Posters by Artist
Drawer 15, Folder 6: Hawaiian Tour Posters by Artist
Castro, Tommy, Studio Blue, Maui Arts and Cultural Center, 24 April [?]
Connor, Joanna and Her Powerhouse Band, various shows, undated
Ford Blues Band, Casanova, Maui, 26-27 July [?]
Funderburgh, Anson and the Rockets, with Sam Myers, 1996 Black Top Blues Tour, undated
Guitar Shorty and Philip Walker Blues Band, 1996 Black Top Blues Tour, various shows, undated
Harman, James/James Harman Blues Band, various shows, 1996
Hawaiian Islands Rhythm & Blues Mele (2nd Annual), featuring Robben Ford and others, various venues, 29-31 May [?]
Kinsey Report featuring Big Daddy Kinsey, various shows, undated
Kottke, Leo with Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, various shows, undated
Landreth, Sonny and His Band, various shows, undated
Popa Chubby Band, The World Café, Lahina, Maui, 11 September 1997
Rogers, Jimmy, various shows, undated
Valley Isle Rhythm & Blues Mele, featuring Muddy Waters, Chicago All-Stars, and others, The Castle Theater, Maui Arts and Cultural Center, 29 May 1997
Zero with Backbone, various shows, undated
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Series 11: Framed Posters
Framed Posters, various locations within Archives and Special Collections
American Folk Blues Festival, featuring Big Mama Thornton, John Lee Hooker, and others, Galle de la Madelene, Brussels, 12 October 1965
“Blues You Can Use,” Bland, Bobby, promo poster, Malaco Records, MAL 7444, undated
Blues – American Blues Legends, featuring Detroit Junior, Ted Harvey, and Homesick James, Sweden, 6 October [?]
Blues Awards presented by the Blues Foundation, Peabody Hotel, Memphis, 14 October 1990
Blues Power 79, featuring Junior Wells, Buddy Guy, others, Mutualite, Paris, 25 October [?]
Bonner, Juke Boy, German Arhoolie Records, promo poster, undated Scope and Content Photo by Chris Strachwitz
“It’s Fingerpoppin’ Time,” Brown, Nappy, Mr. R & B Records promo poster [Norwegian], 25 February-12 March 1983
“Good Rockin,” Browne, Roy, Scandinavian record label, Route 66 promo poster, undated Scope and Content Inscribed “to my buddy and N. O. No. 1. Disc Jockey of W. M. R. Y. Ernie the Wh[ip], Roy Browne.”
Buchanan, Roy, [yesterday] Scope and Content Alligator Records AL 4756
Edwards, David “Honeyboy,” Boardwalk Café, Nashville (Tenn.), printed by Ritz Sho-Card, 28 August 1993
Promo poster for Blues From the Delta, Ferris, William, no artist, undated
Large lithograph from Blues From the Delta, Ferris, William, no artist, undated
Festival de Blues en Mexico (1st Annual), featuring John Lee Hooker and others, 12-15 October [?]
“Chicago Blues” poster, Fraher, James, detailed photograph of Lewis Meyers and Gibson ES355, 1987
Hill, Z. Z. and His Review, Club Chaparral, Chicago (Ill.), 25-27 June [?]
“The Judge” [from Vicksburg, MS] Hinton, Milt, photograph, 1979
King, B. B, photograph, undated Scope and Content Signed
“There Must Be A Better World Somewhere,” King, B. B., MCA Records MCA 5162, promo poster, undated
“Take It Home,” King, B. B., MCA Records MCF 3010, promo poster, undated
King, B. B., image of King in red suit, undated
King, B. B., Russian concert poster, undated
LaSalle, Denise with Her Band and Revue, Club Ebony, Indianola (Miss.), 5 July [?]
Little Milton, Bonanza Lounge, 25 February [?]
The Original Chess Masters, “The Tradition Continues… On MCA Records, Cassettes, and Compact Discs.” undated
“The Elvis Presley Show Starring In Person Elvis Presley with an All Star Cast The Jordonaires, Phil Maraquin, Frankie Connors, Blue Moon Boys and Others,” Presley, Elvis, Florida Theatre, Jacksonville (Fla.), 10-11 August [?]
Rush, Bobby, Nelson’s Crash Landing Disco, Sardis (Miss.), 2 September [?]
Whitten, Roy, “Legends of the Blues” series, all copyright 1991, all signed by Whitten: 1. Lightnin’ Hopkins (1990) 2. Son House (1990) 3. Mississippi John Hurt (1989) 4. Blind Lemon Jefferson (1990)
World’s Fair 1982, photograph of unidentified musician, Knoxville (Tenn.), undated
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