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December 15, 2025
Just a short little blog with a few photos of Jesse Colin Young and Leo Kottke from May of 1975.
In May of 1975 I was still working for the Bugle American newspaper.
It was a rough time in my life as my studio, Intrepid Trips, closed and from then on I worked out of where ever I lived.
I would stretch out a 36 exposure roll of film for 2 or 3 shows so I could save money. With film of course you didn't see what you shot until after the film was developed. Digital photography did not exist then.
Here you see the result of good photos from 15 shots taken that night! I really like digital photography now for the instant results and especially in low light for rock'n' roll.
Chemotherapy #18 is up next so I actually wrote this a bit early (December 9th) because I never know how I'll feel. It's different every time. The last one was awful.
Enjoy a couple shots from way back in 1975.
Just heard that Raul Malo passed last night (December 8th) from cancer. Cancer SUCKS. We texted a few times during our cancer journeys. Love to his family and we're going to miss Raul a bunch. He had such a great voice and left us records to remember him by.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
December 1, 2025
Been a bit crazy around here with another urinary tract infection (#11) a week before chemotherapy (#17) on November 20th. I was sick from both and it was not fun.
First time I've gone this long without publishing a blog due to health. I didn't even sit at the computer for a while unless necessary.
Healed up just in time for Thanksgiving with some family which was great. We all went out for Thanksgiving dinner. There were no dishes to do and the food was delicious!
Hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving too.
Prior to all that, I was back into writing my autobiography which is up to 1975 and the band Queen that I photographed on March 7th 1975.
It's going to take a few years to do this autobiography on rock'n'roll in my life and a photo history but it's a project I've wanted to do for years.
The Queen show at the beautiful Uptown Theater here in Milwaukee was excellent of course. This was really at the height of their career I think.
Freddie Mercury was such a great vocalist, writer and performer who loved every minute performing.
The band with Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon were the perfect match for Freddie. Brian May and Roger Taylor with Adam Lambert still continue touring a bit making Freddie proud.
That concert for me was fun but I had one incident at that show.
Photographing from the orchestra pit filled with a lot of equipment cases I could not resist going on top of one of those cases to take some pictures. So I did and I got some shots.
Then at one point they fogged the stage and I was kneeling at that time. I shuffled to the left a few inches and dropped down with two cameras! Nobody saw me go down about 5 feet because of the fog. But I was 21 years old and got right back up and started shooting again.
I recall being a little sore the next day but well worth it. My Nikon and Hasselblad cameras also made it unscathed. I remember that fall like it was yesterday!
Enjoy some photos of that show and have a great Holiday season.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
November 10, 2025
Recently Marco Andretti announced his retirement from auto racing to focus on just his family.
He had a few shinning moments in his Indy Car career that were mostly at the Indy 500 where he got close a few times to winning but never got it done.
He won 2 Indy Car races in his career from 2006 to 2025 and competed in just about every form of racing. That includes Star Mazda, Indy Car Pro Series, Nascar, Formula E, International V8 Supercars, ARCA, Craftsman Truck Series, A1 Grand Prix, Infiniti Pro Series, Star Mazda, the American LeMans Series and won the Camping World SRX Championship in 2022.
His grandfather, Mario Andretti, and his father, Michael Andretti, were always coaching him and Mario could always be found in his pit area trying to help.
Marco didn't have the race craft of his father or grandfather, but he tried.
Enjoy retirement Marco with the family.
Here are a few photos of him from through the years.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
