Cameo, at Summerfest in 2008.

June 8, 2014

With all the Jeff Beck blogging lately, I forgot to add this full group of photos from his show in 2009 at Turner Hall here in Milwaukee.

It was a great show with Davey Knowles, of Back Door Slam fame, as the opening act. Davey will be a blog coming soon.

Jeff always has a great band and this band was no exception. Tal Wilkenfeld, was on bass with Vinnie Colaiuta on drums.

Enjoy a few more of my favorite photos of Jeff Beck and have a great week!

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

Jeff Beck at the PAC in Milwaukkee in 1972!

June 1, 2015

On May 22, 2015, I had the pleasure of seeing and photographing my favorite guitar player of all time, Jeff Beck! Buddy Guy, would be my number two guitar player.

Billy Raffoul, from Canada, was the opening act, and is seen here in my photos. He is young, and very good, and didn't deserve the heckling about his hair.

Jeff Beck seems to have a different band every time I see him. This band consisted of Rhonda Smith on bass, Nicholas Meir on guitar and keyboards, and Jonathan Joseph on drums. They were all excellent of course, just like every band Jeff puts together.

This week, I am having a sale on 16" X 20/16" X 24" prints. The limited edition, certified, gallery prints are $ 75.00 plus shipping!! Normally, we sell these prints for $150.00!

So, check out some good Jeff Beck photos, and pick out one or two for the walls of your home or office.

Also, please join me on Facebook at Rich Zimmermann Photography, or Twitter at Rich Zimmermann.

Have a great week.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

Jeff Beck, at Milwaukee's, Riverside Theater on May 22. 2015.

May 25, 2015

It's Sunday evening here as I write my blog in Wisconsin.  It's  a cool, rainy, sleepy day, and good day to sit and watch the Indy 500.

My blog today takes a look at Jeff Beck, who I had the pleasure of photographing Friday night at Milwaukee's Riverside Theater. He is so good and my favorite guitarist.

We sat and watched Juan Pablo Montoya win the Indy 500 today! He was in last place for a bit, and then wins it all!! Congrats to him, wife Connie and family.

For fun, I have included my first ever Indy car photos from the Milwaukee 1971, Rex Mays Classic race at the Milwaukee Mile. Dad wouldn't take me, so the photos are done with a tripod and shot through the television!!! Bobby Unser won it and looks so young!  A.J. Foyt has a plain old white helmet with AJ written on it! Funny stuff to look at until you see the one photo of someone's car in flames on the track. Love the #1 Bardahl car of Joe Leonard!

Thanks and have a good week,

Rich Zimmermann

May 18, 2015

At Summerfest in 1972, on the Schlitz Country Stage, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee performed.

The duo are folk legends, having worked with Woddy Guthrie, Big Bill Broonzy and touring constantly for years.

Brownie McGhee on guitar, and Sonny Terry on harmonica, are both self taught musicians! That's amazing and awesome!

They have appeared on Broadway, and as themselves, with Steve Martin, in the film, The Jerk.

When I photographed them, I did not know about them, but really enjoyed their playing and should have photographed them more!

The photos are old, and not the greatest, but the one photo of the old Schlitz Country Stage, is fun to see what is looked like back then! I'm so old!

Enjoy and have a great week.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, at Summerfest's, Schlitz Country stage in 1972.

May 11, 2015

Ok, I promise that this is the last blog on the 1990 CART race at the Milwaukee Mile!

I finally scanned all the film, and I just kept coming across some good memories of good times in Indy car racing!  Here are a few of my favorites.

Michael and Mario Andretti sitting on the pit wall having a talk with an engineer.

A. J. Foyt and Mario on their motor scooters having a discussion about who knows what. Would love to know what it was about. Next to them, is legendary engineer, Jim McGee.

Scott Brayton in his Amway car is no longer with us and the photo of Jeff Andretti is the last photo I took of him racing.

Pancho Carter, Danny Sullivan, Rick Mears and Eddie Cheever are looking good in their cars.

So, enjoy the last look of 1990 at the Milwaukee Mile, when they used a board to list qualifying speeds!!!

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

May 4, 2015

Last week was so much fun with scanning old film from the Milwaukee Mile, Miller 200, 1990 CART race, that we are going to do this for a while!

So this week, we are looking at a few images of Danny Sullivan, Rick Mears and Emerson Fittipaldi. This is the power house Team Penske of 1990.

This team, was full of Indy 500 winners and CART champions.

They are all personal favorites, especially Emerson Fittipaldi, whose helmet I adored! I still think it's one of the most beautiful helmet designs around!

The aero devices on Emmo's helmet are the earliest form of aero dynamic work.

Enjoy a look at some of the fastest cars EVER made and a beautiful helmet!

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann