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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
July 1, 2013
Busy weekend around here getting our yard work done so that we can go to Summerfest next weekend. Saturday night, July 6, will be a good night at the Harley Davidson stage. Some old friends are playing and rockin' the house!
At 6pm Leroy Airmaster is playing with my old high school friend Steve Cohen. Steve has played in the Stone Cohen Band and Leroy Airmaster who still get together occassionally.
At 8pm Jon Paris is playing. He too is an old friend and played with The Ox. Eddie Sisson, drummer from The Ox will be drumming for Jon! Jon has played with Link Wray, Bo Didley, Johnny Winter and lots more!
At 10pm Buddy Guy, will be was crankin' out hits! He is a blues legend!
Come join us for a great time with some of my old friends!
They will get you a rockin'!
Attached are some archived photos of them.
Hope to see you there.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
June 24, 2013
As I grew up in the Milwaukee rock scene, my favorite bands were The Ox and Short Stuff. Ok, I can't forget The Electric Shit Band, Woodbine and The Hound Dog bands.
Life was good for me during high school days in 1971 and 1972 with photography and rock'n'roll!
When The Ox was breaking up, another band was forming called Bobby and the Helmets! Bobby, was Bob Metzger, the great guitar player from The Ox. These days he plays guitar in Leonard Cohen's band. The Helmets are everybody else in the band I guess!
They were all best friends with each other and terrific musicians. Most of them are good friends of mine.
Here is a look at them playing at the Catacombs coffehouse on January 24, 1972.
Have a great week.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann