Phil Vasser at Summerfest in 2009.

November 11, 2013

On July 20, 1972, Charlie Pride and his band came to Milwaukee's Summerfest for a show.

Charlie and his band were having a successful tour with his 1971 hit "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin". It was his biggest hit but he did have 30 others on the Billboard charts.

The photos of his band here are interesting and fun to look at! Anybody know who the steel guitar player is???

I know that Charlie loved baseball and tried to be a pitcher with the Yankees in 1953. He lost the magic on his fastball and the Yankees sent him to Fond du Lac, Wisconsin to play in their Class D team! Never knew that!

Enjoy some photos of Charlie and his band at Summerfest in 1972.

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Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

October 7, 2013

Digging through my files for a blog this week, I came across photos of "The Killer", Jerry Lee Lewis, at Summerfest on July, 19, 1972!

He got the nickname "The Killer", because of his wild and crazy piano playing shows! One of my photos here shows Jerry Lee climbing his piano! He did have a wild show that night I saw him at Summerfest.

These photos are old but well worth looking at.  Doing my blog makes me digitize these old pictures and restore them.

Jerry Lee Lewis, is known for a lot of crazy things like marrying 8 times! One of those marriages was when he was 22, and it was to a minor who was 13 and his first cousin once removed!!

His start was in Louisiana, playing piano with Mickey Gilley and TV evangelist Jimmy Swaggart!

Some of his shows included his sister, Linda Gail Lewis, who can be seen here in the photographs from Summerfest.

Enjoy these pictures of "The Killer", and have a great week.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

Linda Ronstadt at the Dane County Coliseum in 1980

September 23, 2013

The news on television and in the newspapers lately has been depressing, but the news of Linda Ronstadt really hurt. Linda was diagnosed with Parkinsons disease and her voice among other things is being affected.

For me, Linda was the first female rock star. She has a very strong and wonderful voice.

I wish her the best of luck in the treatment of her disease and hope things go well for her.

My favorite photo that I have ever taken is the first photo here!! It was 1972, I was 18 years old, and I was in a dressing room with Linda and Ramblin' Jack Elliott! Linda kicked some beer cans off of a bench to put her leg up on it, played guitar, and sang for Ramblin' Jack a song that I don't remember! What I do remember was her incredible voice.

The second photo here is of Linda and Kris Kristofferson. I always wanted to know what he was saying to her.

Enjoy these photos from 1972 and 1980. Take care Linda.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

August 26, 2013

Last weekend, I photographed the new Bill Camplin Band. They were doing a recording session in a beautiful barn in Palmyra, Wisconsin.

It was about a 45 minute drive into the country for me to get there and when I got out of the truck, I immediately relaxed hearing Bob Knetzger's pedal steel guitar! The guys were rehearsing and it sounded great! The night turned into morning and it was a long evening of fun!

I am only part of the way into editing but had to share some of the photos of old and new friends getting together. I hope everyone soon will be able to hear the recordings from that night.

Right now, I would love to hear that music and Bob's pedal steel again. It would relax me after today's stressful work day.

Well, back to some fun work since I have to finish editing the photos from Saturday night.

Enjoy these pictures and I will post more soon.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

August 19, 2013

In February of 1972, Bill Camplin and his band, Woodbine, played two shows. They played February 7 at the Jewish Communty Center in Milwaukee and then February 11 at the Oriental Theater, also in Milwaukee.

I learned that this coming weekend Bill and a few friends are getting together and recording, so I dug up these old images. The negatives are quite old and please forgive me for not doing any photoshop work on them. The weekend is just not long enough to be able to do it all!

The two color photos are in infrared film. That was a college thing I had going on in 1972!

Enjoy some memories of some great musicians.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

 

 

Jerry Jeff Walker and his Lost Gonzos played the Amazing Grace February 7, 1975 in Evanston, Illinois for a wonderful show.