Steve Manheim Photography

Steven Tyler and Aerosmith perform at Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls, OH in 2001.

B.B. King plays at the Palace Theater in Cleveland in May, 1998.

 A building mural in Benoit, MS. in August, 2016.

Brothers Lounge, Cleveland, in 1998.  The longtime blues bar was a regular spot for Robert Lockwood, Jr.

Buddy Guy plays at the Tri-C Jazzfest in Cleveland in 1999.

A man smokes at the Chicago Blues Festival in Grant Park in June, 1998.

Guitar Shorty performs at the Savannah in Westlake, OH. in 2000.  Shorty's real name is David Kearney.

Drummer Jimmi Mayes poses for a portrait in Indianola, MS. in August, 2016.  Mayes was a friend of Jimi Hendrix.

John Lee Hooker plays at Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival in Annapolis, MD. in May, 1998.

Blues legend Robert Johnson's gravesite, Little Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Greenwood, MS., August 2016.  This is the 'official' gravesite.

A country church in Leflore County, MS. in August, 2016.

Cottonfields at sunset in Leflore County, MS. in 2016.

Delta blues greats Robert Lockwood Jr., left, and Pinetop Perkins, pose for a photo together at Wilbert's in Cleveland in 1998.

Macy Gray performs at Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls, OH. in 2001.

Delta blues legend Pinetop Perkins before a show at Wilbert's in Cleveland, 1998.

Ray Charles performs at Chicago Blues Festival in 1998.

Chicago and delta blues legend Robert Lockwood Jr. performs at Brothers Lounge in Cleveland in 1998.

A stretch of old Highway 61 in Robinsonville, Tunica County, MS. in August, 2016.

Carlos Santana performs at Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls, OH. in 2001.

A row of abandoned trailers in Lorain, OH, 2017.

The original microphone at the legendary Sun Studio, Memphis, TN. in August, 2016.

Bono and U2 perform at Gund Arena in Cleveland in 2001.

Royal Crown Cola sign at an abandoned Suprettte in Wellington, OH. in 2017.

A jazz quartet plays at Andy's Jazz Club in Chicago, May, 2016.

Paramount Theater in Clarksdale, MS. in 2016.

James "Honeyboy" Edwards hands, while at the home of Robert Lockwood Jr., Cleveland, 1998.

Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater performs at the Savannah in Westlake, OH. in 2000.

Sax player Maurice Reedus before a show with the Robert Lockwood Jr. All Star Band at Wilberts, Cleveland, in 1998.

A delta shack in Duncan, MS. in 2016

Intersection of Highway 61 and 49 in Clarksdale, MS. in 2016.

Robert Lockwood Jr. plays guitar at his home in Cleveland in 1998.  Above him is a poster of his stepfather, blues legend Robert Johnson.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 40th Anniversary tour at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, June, 2017.

Early rock and blues pianist H. Bomb Ferguson in Cincinnati, 2000.

Weathered door of an abandoned building in Elyria, OH. in 2017.

Train tracks in Indianola, MS. in 2016.

R.L. Burnside performs at Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival, Annapolis, MD. in 1999.