(Left to Right) FRONT ROW: Piano C. Red, "Mad Dog" Lester Davenport, David "Honeyboy" Edwards, Jimmie Lee Robinson, Bonnie Lee, Zora Young, Johnnie Mae Dunson, Robert "Dancin'" Perkins, "Top Hat" Bobby Davis, Mr. H (Baron of the Blues), Frank "Little Sonny" Scott Jr. SECOND ROW: Carolyn "The Blues Lady" Alexander, Clarence "Little Sonny" Scott (with buttons), Johnny Drummer, Grana Louise, Nellie "Tiger" Travis, Gloria Shannon, Pag Smillie, Fruteland Jackson, Robert "Blunt Nose" Osborne, Charles Earwin, Charlie Love, unidentified, Isit brothers, Alex "Easy Baby" Randle. THIRD ROW: James Washington, Ray Scott (in fur), Milton Huston, Eddie C. Campbell, Robert "Huckleberry Hound" Wright (in fur cap), unidentified. REAR: Willie Buckner (in black cap), unidentified, Larry Taylor, Minoru Maruyama, unidentified, Dave Weld (peace sign), Pete Allen, Nick "Biscuit" Charles, Mose Tutues (behind Stop sign), John Sibley, Willie Kent (in derby), Casey Jones, J.M. June (in wide-brimmed hat), David Caldwell, Ice Mike Thomas, Jumpin' Willie Cobbs, Vince Reed.
Robert Jr. Whitall, editor of Big City Blues Magazine, shot this
historic photograph on a cold Sunday early in 2001. It is patterned after
"A Great Day in Harlem," the famous 1958 Art Kane photograph of jazz musicians
that was published in Esquire. Like that photograph, the sitters
for this one were assembled informally. Whitall told a few people, who
told a few others, and this was the result. It was published in the April
6, 2001, issue of the Chicago READER, accompanied by an article
by David Whiteis.
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