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July 22, 2013
A long time ago in 1971 when I was a junior in high school, my family moved across town. It was far enough away that I needed to attend a different high school. I lost all my friends!
I was mad, sad and buried my head into my love of photography and music! As I look back now, that move was probably one of the best things that happened to me in my youth!
One of my classmates was Steve Cohen. He had formed a band with some of our other classmates. The Stone Cohen Blues Band was it's name and they played some good blues.
The Stone Cohen Blues Band became Leroy Airmaster a little bit later and Steve was the leader playing harmonicas and doing vocals. Bill Stone plays guitar with Dave Kasik on the bass. Tom Wilson played drums for a while but Vodie Rhinehart is getting the job done now and fits perfectly!
The guys were influenced heavily by local bands The Ox and Short Stuff, and so was I!
Leroy Airmaster broke up for a while and since 2009 have been back together again. They are better and a little older now but it's all good.
The photographs here are from 1971 and from Summerfest this year where Leroy Airmaster opened for Jon Paris who opened for Buddy Guy on the Harley Davidson Roadhouse stage.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
July 15, 2013
Last Saturday night at the Harley Davidson Roadhouse stage at Summerfest, I had a bit of a reunion with some old friends!
Steve Cohen and his band Leroy Airmaster played and they were awesome! That is next week"s blog.
Good friend Jon Paris, brought Ed Sison to play drums with him and it was almost a reunion of The Ox Band. All that was missing was guitar player and vocalist Bob Metzger to make it a full reunion.
Dave Kasik played bass with the guys and it was a great show! Dave did double work that night playing for Jon and Leroy Airmaster!
Enjoy a few photos of the night!
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
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July 8, 2013
On February 11, 1972, the Mark Almond Band played at the Oriental Theater in Milwaukee. The opening act that night was the local Milwaukee group Woodbine. I will be doing a blog on them on soon!
I first became aware of Jon Mark and Johnny Almond when they were playing with John Mayall on his album Turning Point.
The band had a nice smooth sound and one of my favorite songs of all time is The City. The vocals by Jon Mark on that song were great!
I am not sure of the names of the bass player and keyboard player but they too were very good. If anyone knows their names I would appreciate an email to update my records.
The jacket that Johnny Almond is wearing in these photos is interesting with little spacemen on it!
Enjoy the old photos and have a great week.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann