August 3, 2015

This past week on July 30th, Buddy Guy celebrated his 79th birthday!

He is still playing, touring and having fun!

At Summerfest in 2008, I was fortunate to photograph Buddy and those photos are attached here.

This year at Summerfest, Buddy Guy opened up the show for The Rolling Stones!! A few days later, my good friend and musician Jon Paris, opened up the show for Buddy Guy!

So, enjoy a look at  man who loves polka dots and loves playing! I did watch his show after photographing the Jon Paris show. Buddy was having fun that night and walked out into the crowd and then backstage and then back onto the stage, playing the whole time!

Have a great week and join me on Facebook at Rich Zimmermann Photography if you haven't already.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

July 27, 2015

Last week's blog focused on the portraiture of pit lane and the Indy Car drivers.

Photographing the drivers on pit lane is one of my favorite things to do!

Still I cannot forget the beautiful cars that they drive. So, here are some of the best looking cars at The Milwaukee Mile a few weekends ago.

Plus, one more portrait of pole position winner, Josef Newgarden.

Enjoy and have a great week.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

July 20, 2015

Indyfest 2015, at the historic Milwaukee Mile, did not disapoint.

Josef Newgarden, got his first pole position and Sebastian Bourdais, returned to the winners circle at The Milwaukee Mile. Seabass, as we call Sebastian, has been there before.

This time Seabass, almost lapped the field by the end of the race! His car was that good.

Enjoy a few photos here of the day and for more, go to the category Indyfest 2015 in my Racing menu.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

2015 Indyfest, at the Milwaukee Mile.

July 13, 2015

This year for Milwaukee's Summerfest, I attended just one night when my friend and excellent musician, Jon Paris played.

I always photograph a few other acts since I am there, and the biggest act of the night was Third Eye Blind, if you went by the crowd size. They really had a large light show, and it was done very, very, well.

So, check out a bunch of photos of the guys and the great light show.

Time for me to go photograph the Indy cars here at Milwaukee's IndyFest!! Maybe, I'll see you there!

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

Third Eye Blind, at Summerfest in 2015.

July 6, 2015

This year at Summerfest my good friend, Jon Paris, returned to rock the Harley Davidson Stage!!

Jon has played with everybody in rock'n roll.  Every Monday night in New York City, he plays at B.B. Kings nightclub called Lucille's. Les Paul was a very good friend of his and they often played together at Lucille's and The Iridium.  He has toured with the likes of Link Wray, Bo Didley and for 10 years, he was part of Johnny Winters band.

When I was 17, I lived in the same apartment building as Jon, and he and his band the Ox, helped me grow up! Seriously, my photo career started with Jon and The Ox. Thanks to Jon and his band, I was trained with rock'n roll photography! It was better than what any school could teach me!

In the photos here, drummer Ed Sison is shown and he was also a part of The Ox! Fast Eddie Sison, now plays with the Booze Brothers all over Wisconsin.

The bass player shown here, Dave Kasik, is a high school friend, and has played with the Stone-Cohen Band, Leroy Airmaster, and helps out Jon from time to time.

Enjoy some photos of Jon and the boys, at Summerfest, when they opened the show for Buddy Guy!

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Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

Jon Paris, at Summerfest in 2015.

June 29, 2015

With Summerfest going strong right now, I thought a look at the Summerfest grounds in 1975 would be fun. Of course, I have to add a musical act from that year too!

So, here is a look at the Summerfest grounds in 1975, and how some advertising was done for Suburpia back then on a kite! The trailers shown, are what the dressing rooms backstage used to look like!

We are also looking at Mary Travers, from Peter, Paul and Mary fame. Mary, has had a long career in music and that could be a whole blog on it's own.

Enjoy a look at the old Summerfest grounds that look nothing like what I saw last night!

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

Mary Travers, at Milwaukee's Summerfest, in 1975.