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

September 18, 2017

Had fun night last night with a very good friend from my high school days. We took a little road trip to see Roger McGuinn at the Stephanie H. Weill Center for the Performing Arts in Sheboygan, Wisconsin.

Roger McGuinn of the Byrd's fame can still finger pick, sing and play really well!  It was a great show!

This was the first show of the season at the Stephanie H. Weill Center for the Performing Arts in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Built in 1923, it is a classic and it's beautiful. Check it out. Todd Rundgren is coming later in the season!!

A couple of my photos here are of Roger in 1972 at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin when the Byrd's played there.

Enjoy three photos from 1972 and the rest are from last night.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

Roger McGuinn performing at the Stephanie H. Weill Center for the Performing Arts on September 16, 2017.

Tim Weisberg and Dan Fogelberg in Madison, Wisconsin 1977.

August 28, 2017

Hope everyone is having a fun and busy summer like me.  There's too much going on and not enough time for fishing!

Musician Tim Weisberg's administrative assistant contacted me about some of my photos that I did in 1977 in Madison, Wisconsin of Tim and Dan Fogelberg.

Thank you to them for the compliments on these old photos of a good and very intimate show. The venue was very small.

I remember sitting cross legged on the floor for most of the show! It was like they were playing in your living room.

This was during the time period when Twin Brothers of Different Mothers was released by the guys. That was great music.

Tim is still playing and sadly, we lost Dan in 2007.

Enjoy a look at an intimate little show by two master musicians.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

July 31, 2017

Another fun, but crazy week of photography!!

Here is Roger Waters of Pink Floyd at a show here in Milwaukee this past Saturday night.

I was allowed to photograph songs #2, 3 and 7! These songs were, One of These Days, Time, and Deja Vu. Usually, it is always the first three songs I get to photograph so this was a bit strange. After song #7, we photographers were escorted out!

Rock'n' roll is different every day but check out a great show that I saw a bit of.

It will be two weeks until my next blog because of Road America is next weekend,  3 days of IMSA racing fun!

Enjoy a bit of Roger Waters.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann