February 19, 2017

This week's blog is about the band Heart in 1977 at the Milwaukee Arena.

I thought these photos were already on my website and they were not!!

Check out the young sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson in 1977. Next week I'm doing some photos of Heart from 2009 at Summerfest.

Enjoy and have a great week.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

Heart at Summerfest in 2009.

Heart at the Milwaukee Arena in 1977.

February 5, 2017

Hope that everyone out there is healthy with all the flu and cold viruses going around. My wife and I have had a really bad cold for a while now. Sucks!

Something good happened. I found a new friend, Konstantinos Takos, in Greece! He is an archivist and historian of everything Uriah Heep. Check out www.uriah-heep.com and if you can contribute anything Heep, please do so.

He made me aware that I didn't have them on my website and I thought I did! So here you go with pictures from a show on February 28, 1973 in Milwaukee.

Dave Byron was their main vocalist.  He passed away many years ago.

Check out Uriah Heep here and I'll do some photos from a 2010 show they did at Summerfest soon.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

Uriah Heep rockin' the Milwaukee Auditorium on February 28, 1973.

January 22, 2017

Last week we lost another legend in the world of racing with the passing of Dan Gurney at the age of 89.

Dan was a racer like no other. He is the only American to win in Formula 1 with his own car. That very car and Dan were such a big part of my childhood racing memories. He and Jim Clark were and still are my heroes of Indy car and Formula 1.

Did you know that we can thank Dan Gurney for the opening of a champagne bottle after you win a race? He started that tradition with a win long ago.

Here is a look at Dan in 1991 at Road America with his very fast and race winning Toyota Eagles. The other photo is from the Milwaukee Mile and I'm not sure of the year.

Miss you Dan and thank you for all you have done for racing. AAR racing developed some great machines with your wizard ways.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

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

December 25, 2017

Merry Christmas!

Got to photograph and listen to my old friend ,Fred Dobrinski ,with his new version of the band Heartsfield. They actually have been around a few years but I haven't been able to see them.

They all played close enough to our neighborhood to go see on December 9th in Racine, Wisconsin at George's Tavern.

Heartsfield has had a few versions since the original group in 1975 when I first saw them.

Great to hear all those wonderful songs again and Freddie's wonderful voice. Check them out when the are in your neighborhood.

Enjoy a look at the guys.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

Fred Dobrinski and Heartsfield in Racine, Wisconsin on 12-9-2017

December 11, 2017

I hope that everyone had a nice Thanksgiving with family and friends.

Time to get ready for Christmas and watch our favorite movie "National Lampoon Christmas Vacation"! We watch it every year and laugh away!

My last blog was on John McLaughlin playing in Chicago, today's blog is part two of that.  Jimmy Herring opened the show with one set. John McLaughlin and his band ,The 4th Dimension, did a set and then they all did a set together. What a show this was!!

Jimmy Herring seen here has such a history I never knew about!

He played in Widespread Panic, the Grateful Dead, the Allman Brothers and many others.

Check out Jimmy here and enjoy.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann