March 19, 2018

Finally found time to edit all of the Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives photos from my new Sony camera! This show was at the Stoughton Opera House on February 24, 2018.

Marty and the guys are amazing and so is my new Sony A7R3 camera. This camera is so good in low light. I have been a true Nikon man since 1972 but it was time for a change.

Since 2008 when I photographed Marty at Summerfest, I recognized Clarence White of the Byrds guitar in his hands. Marty uses Clarence White's legendary B-Bender Fender guitar in most of his shows.

This show however is in a very small venue and as Marty says, "if he used the B-Bender he would blow the paint off the walls"! His acoustic show is very intimate and very good.

Enjoy a look at Marty and the guys!

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives at the Stoughton Opera House 2-24-2018.  Fabulous Superlatives indeed!!

January 8, 2018

Happy New Year everyone! Hope everyone had a very nice holiday season.

I had a pretty nice year of photographing Indy Cars and IMSA racing at Road America in Elkhart Lake.

Had an even better year with photographing some great musicians we haven't seen in a long time!! John McLaughin, Kenny Loggins and Steve Miller being the most notable. Jeff Beck or John is a hard choice as to which is the best guitar player!

Happy birthday to Kenny Loggins who turned 70 on January 7th! You would never know he is 70 the way he sounded this past summer.

Our Marty party last year with Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives was the first time we saw him do an acoustic show! Great seeing my friend Marty who is sounding better every time. His new album Way Out West is the best one yet.

So, here are a few favorite photos of the past year. See how many folks you can identify.

We have;

Steve Miller

Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives

John McLaughlin

Jimmy Herring

John Oates

Hall and Oates

Roger Waters

Roger McGuinn

Michael McDonald

Kenny Loggins

Daya

Helio Castro Neves

Marco Andretti

Katherine Legge

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

March 27, 2017

Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives are one of the great country acts on the road these days. Always a great show and this one at the Stoughton, Wisconsin Opera House proved it again to me and my wife.

This was basically an acoustic show, because as Marty told me, if he brought the B Bender and other electric guitars out, "they would have blown the paint off the walls"!

"Cousin" Kenny Vaughan only gets better on guitar. "Handsome" Harry Stinson on a snare drum then switched to an acoustic guitar for a few songs while "Cousin" Kenny switched to the stand up bass! Awesome stuff!

Chris Scruggs played standup bass for most of the night but also played steel guitar and then did a few songs on his own. Grandson of Earl Scruggs, this kid did not fall far from the family tree at all.

It was an enjoyable night in a beautiful quaint theater.

Take a look at the pictures and go see these guys when you can. Their new album "Way Out West", made with the help of Mike Campbell of Tom Petty fame, is one of Marty's best.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives at the Stoughton Opera House on March 18, 2017.