The Guitarist

 

Portrait of an unknown guitarist, from a damaged negative, subject and date unknown, by Hugh Mangum, American, 1877-1922. 

Drums

  

Drums, 1929, by Boris Ignatovich, Russian, Soviet, 1889-1976. 

Woody Guthrie

Portrait of Woody Guthrie, 1946, by Sid Grossman, American, 1913-1955.  Woody Guthrie, American, singer, song writer, 1912-1967.

Xanti Schawinsky With Banjo

Xanti Schawinsky with banjo, 1927, by T. Lux Feininger, born Theodore Lux Feininger, American, born Germany, painter, photographer,  1910-2011.  Xanti Schawinsky, born Alexander Schawinsky, Swiss, painter, 1904-1979. 

Yma Sumac

Yma Sumac and her husband Moises Vivanco, 1953, by Tom Kelley, American, 1914-1984.  Yma Sumac, born Zoila Augusta Chavarri del Castillo, American, born Peru, singer, 1922-2008.   Moises Vivanco, Peruvian, musician, guitarist, 1918-1998.

The Scotty, Elvis and Bill Trio

Scotty, Elvis, & Bill, also known as The Blue Moon Boys,  publicity photo, 1954, photographer unknown.  Left to right,  Scotty Moore, born Winfield Scott Moore 2nd, American, guitarist,  1931-June 28, 2016, Elvis Presley, American, guitarist, vocalist, 1935-1977, Bill Black, American, upright bass player, 1926-1965.

Merle Haggard, The Bakersfield Sound

Album cover, I Am What I Am, by Merle Haggard, American, singer, songwriter, April 6, 1937-April 6, 2016.

On Her 100th Birthday

Billie Holiday, born Eleanora Fagan, American, singer, song writer, 1915-1959.

You'll Lose A Good Thing

Barbara Lynn, born Barbara Lynn Ozen, American, guitarist, singer, songwriter, 1942-.  Photographer and exact date unknown.

Barbecue Bob

Barbecue Bob, born Robert Hicks, American, blues musician, 1902-1931.  Photographer and date unknown.

The Carter Family

The Carter Family, 1927, photographer unknown.  Left to right, A.P. (Alvin Pleasant) Carter, American, musicologist, record producer,vocalist, 1891-1960,  Maybelle Carter, born Maybelle Addington, American, guitarist, banjo player, autoharp player, vocalist, 1909-1978, Sara Carter, born Sara Dougherty, American, autoharp player, vocalist, 1898-1979.