Richie Havens at the Wisconsin Music Festival on April 15, 1972.

January 28, 2013

Richie Havens had a birthday last week.  He is a young 72 years old! 

My first meeting with Richie was at the Wisconsin Music Festival in 1972 in his dressing room.  I remember that he was so nice to me that night.  I was just a young 18 year old photographer wandering around a bunch of rock stars!

Every time I saw Richie he was singing, playing guitar and practicing.  He was having fun with Kris Kristofferson, Linda Ronstadt, Ramblin Jack Elliott and others.

Enjoy a few photographs from 1972 and Happy Birthday Richie.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

August 27, 2012

On April 14 and 15, 1972, the Wisconsin Music Festival was held at the University of Wisconsin Fieldhouse in Madison.

The show consisted of about 10 acts performing each day. On the first day day I photographed Bob Brown, Nick Holmes, Dave Van Ronk, McKendree Springs, Rosalie Sorrels, Ramblin Jack Elliott, Richie Havens, The Earl Scruggs Review and Uncle Dirty who was the MC for both days.

Being just 17 years old and hanging out in the dressing room with these musicians is still a great memory for me.  I was a music photographer for the Bugle-American newspaper at the time, and with this two day show I got two pages of photographs in the magazine!   It was a wonderful time and everyone was so nice to me.  These days, it would never happen for a young photographer to be able to roam around and mingle like I did.

Enjoy the seven photographs attached of Bob Brown, The Earl Scruggs Review, Ramblin Jack Elliott, Richie Havens, Rosalie Sorrels and a photo of Earl Scruggs' sons.

Next week I will feature the second night of the festival in my blog which has some more memorable pictures that I took.

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Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann