December 11, 2017

I hope that everyone had a nice Thanksgiving with family and friends.

Time to get ready for Christmas and watch our favorite movie "National Lampoon Christmas Vacation"! We watch it every year and laugh away!

My last blog was on John McLaughlin playing in Chicago, today's blog is part two of that.  Jimmy Herring opened the show with one set. John McLaughlin and his band ,The 4th Dimension, did a set and then they all did a set together. What a show this was!!

Jimmy Herring seen here has such a history I never knew about!

He played in Widespread Panic, the Grateful Dead, the Allman Brothers and many others.

Check out Jimmy here and enjoy.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

Jimmy Herring at the Vic Theater in Chicago on November 18, 2017

November 27, 2017

Running late on the blog this week blog due to holidays and construction and more!

Anyway, if you know me at all, I really like John McLaughin and the Mahavishnu Orchestra!

I first photographed John and the Mahavishnu Orchestra at Summerfest in 1972 and liked their music.

I waited almost 45 years to see them again!

This is a bunch of photos of John and his new band the 4th Dimension at Chicago's Vic Theater last Saturday night. What a pleasure to photograph and hear!!!!

Jimmy Herring opened the show and photos of him and his band will be the next blog.

Enjoy a look at the master guitarist!!!!

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

John McLaughlin and the new Mahavishnu Orchestra (5'th Dimension) at the Vic Theater in Chicago on November 18, 2017.

November 13, 2013

On a cold December night in Milwaukee, Luther Allison warmed up the house with his blues.

It was December 2, 1972 at the basement club ,Humpin Hanna's.

This show is still one of my favorites at that club!

Enjoy a look at Luther.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

Luther Allison in Milwaukee at Humpin Hanna's December 2, 1972.

October 30, 2017

I have been busy this past week rescanning the Grateful Dead show from February 15, 1973!

In doing the research for this show, I found a few other shows from that time period that will be coming up soon.

What I remember most about this show is the red spotlight and it went on for HOURS!

Did you ever know that Jerry Garcia is missing a finger? I didn't until looking at these photos.  Still photography is great in that it gives us that moment frozen in history forever!

Enjoy a look at the band in 1973.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

October 16, 2017

Been a crazy few weeks in our world...

The loss of Tom Petty is a big surprise and makes me very sad.

These photos are from a Milwaukee show in 1981.

Years later when I saw him at Alpine Valley, I gave these photos to him. I was not allowed to photograph him that night.

He told me that the one photo where he is playing on his back is "the way I want to go".

He was a great musician and rocker with sooooo much history.

By the way, going to a show without a Nikon is like going to a show naked to me!!!

Enjoy the photos.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers in Milwaukee in 1981.

October 2, 2017

For a few  months now, I have been working on the 2018 Rich Zimmermann Photography calendar and it's just about done!! It is a lot of work!

The 2018 calendar is going to be a Summerfest theme with it being 50 years old this year or last year depending on who you talk to.

Each month is the featured musician's birthday. That made it tough to dig through my files to find the Summerfest photo that went along with the birthday person.

The calendar this year is $40.00 including shipping in the U.S. Shutterfly is printing it on their nice, heavy board stock. This is frameable board stock for after the month is done!

The cover will be The Atlanta Rythm Section at Summerfest 1977

January-John McGlaughlin of the Mahavishnu Orchestra at Summerfest 1972

February-Melanie at Summerfest 1974

March-Charlie Pride at Summerfest in 1972

April-John Oates from Hall and Oates at Summerfest in 1977

May-Dusty Hill from Z Z Top at Summerfest/Harley Fest in 2008

June-Jeff Beck at Summerfest in 2010

July-Arlo Guthrie at Summerfest in 1972

August-Tom Johnston of the Doobie Brothers at Summerfest in 1973

September-Jerry Lee Lewis at Summerfest in 1972

October-Steve Miller at Summerfest in 1977

November-Joe Walsh at Summerfest in 1973

December-Eric Bloom from Blue Oyster Cult at Summerfest in 2008

The only thing I have to do is figure out which Jerry Lee Lewis photo to use! There are two shown here and I'm looking for suggestions.

Please let me know if you would like to order one of my calendars as I'm going to try to do just one printing this year.

Check it out and let me know what you think and if you would like one.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann