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

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.

November 21, 2016

It finally feels like winter here in Wisconsin! Thursday it was 70F and Friday was warm in the morning but then it changed quickly. Saturday we woke up to snow flurries and a bit of snow on the ground.

Winter is coming and so are the Rich Zimmermann Photography 2017 8 X 11 Rock'n Roll Calendars!!!!!!

For 2017's calendar I went with the birthdays of musicians to pick out each months photo like last year.

The cover is Frank Beard of Z Z Top and his amazing drum kit. Again David Bowie is our January pick because we have so many Bowie lovers, including myself!!

February-Don Everly of the Everly Brothers

March-Rory Gallager

April-Peter Frampton

May-Mick Ronson-From his Ian Hunter tour

June-Jeff Beck-From 1972!!

July-Roger McGuinn of The Byrds

August-Madonna

September-Roger Waters-Pink Floyd

October-Elvin Bishop

November-Joe Walsh

December-Jim Messina-Loggins and Messina 1973

Attached are the photos for a preview for you. No watermarks will be on the calendar prints of course.

I think you will all love it for yourself or for a Christmas gift for someone!

They are $30.00 each and $6.00 for shipping. Again, they are printed by Shutterfly who prints on a heavy stock that makes the prints suitable for framing when the month is over. They really do an awesome job I think and everyone loves them based on the comments I received about the 2016 calendar.

Email me at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to place your order and we can get you a calendar before Christmas no problem.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

August 15, 2016

On April 30th in 1972 I was hired by The Bugle American newspaper to photograph the Byrds at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Accompanied by Columbia Records executive, John Hagar I had a night I would never forget!

Backstage I got to meet the band before the show and Roger McGuinn didn't want any photos taken during the show.

Guitar player Clarence White was sitting on a church table and said to Roger to let the kid (I was 18 years old) take some photographs.

Clarence was so nice to me and we talked a bit.

The photos here show Clarence playing his B Bender guitar that now is played by Marty Stuart. I recognized the guitar years later when I was photographing Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives at Summerfest.

The stickers of Frankfurt and Nudie on the guitar helped me recognize the legendary guitar with amazing sound. Clarence you see, invented the B Bender and this is the first one of many to come.

My first blog was on this guitar and Clarence.  Enjoy a revisit of Blog #1 with some added photos.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

June 30, 2014

It's a very exciting week here in Milwaukee with Summerfest going on at the lakefront. It is the largest music festival in the world!

Last night, I had the great pleasure of meeting and photographing the band Babe Ruth! They are some of the nicest people I have ever met and the world of rock'n'roll is full of a lot of egos and more.

Very nice people who I told I would do this week's blog on them. Unfortunately, I forgot that I was going finish part 2 of a 2 week blog on The Byrds from 1972. So, my Babe Ruth fans, please give me until next week and I will get that blog done then.

The photos last week were of Clarence White and here are the rest of The Byrds! Roger McGuinn, shown here is playing a beautiful Rickenbacher guitar. Skip Battin is playing bass and Gene Parsons is on drums.

Also, check out my friends The Familiar Looking Strangers, performing at the Briggs stage on Tuesday night, July 1, at 8pm at Summerfest. They always do a great show and have a lot of fun with the crowd.

Have a great week and please join me on Facebook at Rich Zimmermann Photography.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

Roger McGuinn, leading his band the Byrds in Wisconsin on April 30, 1972.

Clarence White and his B Bender guitar on April 30, 1972.

Clarence White of the Byrds.