Category Archives: Blues

T-Bone Walker Concert Poster 1940s-1950s Blues Guitar Legend

Posted on May 27, 2013 by postercentral

An original T-Bone Walker window card for the guitar hero’s show in Wichita, Kansas on May 14, 1950. Most old Wichita, Kansas ticket posters such as this one were thrown away not long after the shows, so hunting them them … Continue reading →

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Billie Holiday Concert Poster Artie Shaw 1930s Window Display

Posted on January 15, 2013 by postercentral

Although her name appears nowhere on this poster, this can easily be called an authentic 1930s Billie Holiday concert poster. That’s because this Artie Shaw window card states “And His Orchestra,” without naming Billie or any of the other individual … Continue reading →

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Etta James Bo Diddley Window Cards 1950s R&B Revue Shows

Posted on January 6, 2013 by postercentral

Two gorgeous, colorful ’50s Top 10 Rhythm & Blues Review concert posters, both sharing Etta James and Bo Diddley early in their careers, and both featuring a lot of other significant Fifties R&B musicians at the dawn of rock ’n’ … Continue reading →

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Vintage Blues Concert Poster – Handy’s Jazz Band (W.C. Handy)

Posted on November 17, 2012 by postercentral

I can really use some help on this one… can anybody accurately guess what year this gem is from? It dates out to 1920, 1926, 1937, 1943 or 1948, but $2.00 for “gentlemen” would be a very high admission price … Continue reading →

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BB King Concert Posters 1950’s Ruth Brown, Jimmy Reed (Blues, R&B)

Posted on October 12, 2012 by postercentral

Here we have a couple of late-50s colorful B.B. King concert posters that feature a very slim-looking King of the Blues back in his early years. The larger window card is from 1957 and includes stellar opening acts such as … Continue reading →

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