Bonni plays with LArry Taylor blues and soul band at Horse Thief Hollow pub in Beverly, southwest Chicago, 2016

Larry Taylor watches Gloria Shannon sing with Bonni at Beverly Bakery, a stop in the 2015 Beverly Art Walk

Bonni playing with Larry Taylor vocals, Joe B guitar, and horn section of Ike Carothers and HAwk, West Side Blues Fest, Columbus Park Sept. 2016

Bonni with "canJo" student instrument at Tutor Mentor Conf workshop 2015

Bonni at Beverly 107th St Metra RR station, southwest Chicago 2016

WCSU Radio: Bonni with Lady Z, Izola Wright, left; and Medina, health counselor who appeared on the Chicago State U blues radio show , Dec 2016

Bonni and Larry after playing at Unity in Diversity picnic at Beverly Unitarian Castle, 2016

Rep. Danny K Davis welcomes W.Side neighbors to movie fundraiser 2016

Tomiko Dixon and Bonni at street naming for Gene "Duke of Earl" Chandler

Rep. Danny K. Davis throws 2016fundraiser for Bonni's movie

Larry Taylor, Congressman Danny K Davis and Bonni raise money for movie

Singing in Waukegan IL on hot day in July 2012

Bonni plays for Larry Taylor with Killer Ray Allison's band at Ellies, Beverly

Bonni, Gloria among multicultural entertainers for 2013 Unity in Diversity picnic outside Beverly Castle

Bonni with Jim Quigley, playing for 10th anniv, Oct. 2015, of Beverly Bakery, which makes essential croissants and mochas

Larry Taylor, Bonni and TRTB producing partner Darryl Pitts at 3/12/2015 promo party for movie

With TRTB producing partner Darryl Pitts, left, and Leon who stars as the late Eddie Taylor Sr, at 3/12/2015 promo party

New Years 2015-16 at Good Times Lounge, S Side Chicago with Killer Ray Allison and Larry Taylor

Music Teacher Lisa Maatouk welcomes Chicago School of Blues band: Jon McDonald guitar, Curtis LaBon drums, Larry Taylor vocals, J.R. Bootsie Lee bass

Larry Taylor, Mike Wheeler, Bonni, Larry Williams, Cleo Cole play at Ellie's Cafe Dec 2012

Darnel Johnson, owner of Chicago's Home of Chicken and Waffles in Evanston, welcomes the Barrelhouse Ladies for a Friday show, Jan. 25, 2013

Miss Taj (front, with bass) and Bonni teach blues at Coles School, 2011

Birthday in Bronzville June 2012 with Larry Taylor band

CSB band at CPS banquet March 2012: Abb Locke, Barry Marshall, West Side Wes,Bonni, Miss Taj, Killer Ray Allison

Oak Park library Feb 2011

Larry Taylor Blues & Soul Band, Good Times Lounge New Year 2012: Larry, Bonni, Barry, Wes, Ice Mike

Sitting in at the Good Times Lounge with Killer Ray's bass playe Doug, July 2011

Bonni sells Stepson of the Blues books in Maxwell Steet tent, Chicago Blues Fest 2011

Neighbor musicians Dave Becker and Gloria Shannon at Barrelhouse Ladies concert, Trinity United Methodist Church, Beverly July 2011

Larry Taylor, West Side Wes, Jerry-O, Joe Harrington and Bonni at Favia Cafe, Larry's auto pound bailout fundraiser July 2011

Bonni, Joplin Java proprietor Alice Alviani, and Gloria Shannon beside the piano planter in Waukegan, July 2011

Bonni leads "Let the Good Times roll" for St. Patrick's Day 2011, Favia Cafe

Killer Ray Allison, left, and Larry Taylor, right, at St Patrick's Day show at Favia Cafe, Beverly area of Chicago

Beverly Art Center with Literary Director Penny Golden

Shoveling after the Blizzard of 2011

Bonni gives Stepson of the Blues talk at Oak Park library Feb 2011

Grooving at downtown noontime Blues Exchange 2004 with Johnnie Mae Dunson and her son Jimi Primetime Smith

Backing Larry Taylor at Fantasy Lounge 2004 debut. James Fraher photo

Larry Taylor attends 2004 Handy Awards with then-manager Bonni

Bonni wrote articles on Chicago West Side musicians in Aug./Sept 2006 Big City blues magazine

Larry Taylor Blues & Soul Band at Vicksburg, Miss. Wang Dang Doodle Fest 2006. From Left: Willie Davis, guitar; Larry Taylor vocals; Osee Anderson bass; Bonni, keys; West Side Wes, drums

Accompanying Eddie Taylor Jr. at Junior's Lounge on Maxwell Street blues brunch 2007

Ladies Blues Brunch, Junior's Lounge, Maxwell St. 2008 with Felicia Porter trombone, Ramblin Rose vocals

Bonni and bike outside 57th St. Books in Chicago's Hyde Park, researching Stepson of the Blues 2008

Maxwell St.Foundation history tent at Chicago Blues Fest 2008

Bonni at Quaker market table, Illinois Yearly Meeting

Bonni with dancer Taj and senior blues diva Gloria Shannon after teaching at Kipling Elementary School assembly, S.Side Chicago

Blue Moon Coffeehouse, Beverly, chicago 2008 with owner Caroline Mooney

Life Force Arts Center's Blues Alchemy Night with Bonni, Joan Forest Mage and blues saxman Abb Locke

Bonni leads Kipling Elementary students in assembly for Chicago School of Blues

Rock for Kids show July 2009 at La Posada homeless shelter, with director Millie Hernandez and Chicago Blues Teachers: CC Copeland, Abb Locke, West Side Wes, and Killer Ray Allison

Peter Pero, author of Chicago Italians at Work, and Bonni sell books at Chicago Blues Fest Maxwell Street tent 2010

Bonni with Maxwell Street musician Frank "Little Sonny" Scott Jr. and his bike in front of Rev. Johnson's Blues Bus, Chicago Blues Fest 2010