July 10, 2023

This year I only made it to the Road America Indy Car weekend for one day, Sunday, June 18th for the race.  I also got to see and visit with my Vintage Indy Registry friends.

Vintage Indy Registry was started in 2017 by Ron Nelson and Mike Lashmett to preserve, record and organize events of the older Indy Cars. Keeping records of these cars is the big part of it. I believe that is because a lot of the cars get changed about through the years. Good to know what's original in a car or a replica.

Each year a few new cars appear that have been restored to perfection. It is a great sight to see these beautiful cars running on track every time. 

It's not a race but a good time to get your older vintage Indy Car on track. They all sound beautiful especially the Lotus jet car that has a very unique sound unlike any Indy Car.

Enjoy a look at these beautiful cars that are running other events not just at Road America. This past weekend they were at Indianapolis Raceway Park running with the Harry Miller Indy Cars. Wish I could have been there.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

June 28, 2023

This is the first blog that I have ever done that has been late.  Sorry about that!  I've just been busy.

I'm having surgery in a few weeks to remove my right kidney due to a malignant tumor.  That is basically what I have been up to.

I did make it to the Indy Car race on Sunday, June 18th to see them race along with my Vintage Indy Registry friends. The Vintage Indy Registry cars will be the next blog for sure.

Enjoy a look at the race where Colton Herta had the pole position and was leading most of the race. However, Alex Palou was on his tail and led the final 10 laps for the win.

I also have some of the Indy NXT cars included here where #39 Nolan Siegal won the race.

Be safe, healthy and have a great Fourth of July.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

The Sonsio Grand Prix at Road America.  Pole sitter was Colyon Herta and race won by Alex Palou.

The annual SVRA 2023 event at Road America is always fun!

May 29, 2023

Happy Memorial Day to everyone and thank you to all who have served our country including my father. Without them and their service we all might not be here.

So yesterday was one of the craziest Indianapolis 500 races I've ever seen! Won by Josef Newgarden on the last lap when he passed Marcus Ericsson. Congratulations to Josef who has now won the Indy 500 on his 12th try!

After that pass was the now famous "Dragon Move" to keep the lead and win. This move has been used for the third year now and apparently is here to stay. It breaks the air on the car following you so the following car doesn't get in your draft for a pass.

Josef won the race for Team Penske and it's Roger Penske's 19th win at the famed speedway that he now owns.

The race had a bunch of wild crashes and a tire that flew off and landed on a spectator's car thankfully and didn't hit anyone!

The photos here are from last year's race at Road America. Josef Newgarden won the race and got some donuts done in turn 5 which he didn't get to do at the Indy 500.

Enjoy a look at the players from the Indy 500 this year with last year's Road America race photos.

There are also photos here of Alex Palou who won the pole position at Indy plus Pato O'Ward, Felix Rosenquist and Marcus Ericsson.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

The Doobie Brothers in 1975 with Jeff "Skunk" Baxter and Tom Johnston at Milwaukee's PAC.

May 15, 2023

On July 7, 2023 at Milwaukee's Summerfest we all got a great treat with Rod Stewart and his band.

It was a great show with a HUGE stage setup. His band included a harp and four girls playing and singing that helped him open the show with Robert Palmer's song "Addicted To Love".

With the two girls on either side of Rod all in the same outfits, it looked just like Robert Palmer's MTV video years ago of the song.

Exceptional band and show!

Enjoy these photos of the show.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

May 1, 2023

On March 6, 2023 a photo display was completed for the Bruce Springsteen concert at FiServ Forum here in Milwaukee.

Some awesome fellow photographers and I contributed some images and the FiServ folks went to work making an incredible display for the band to see.

Bob Cavallo, David Bernacchi, Rick Kohlmeyer, Gary Dineen, myself and the Milwauke Journal team provided the images. They were of the Boss and the E Street Band in Milwaukee through the years.

The large prints were put into the individual dressing rooms of the band members.

The hallway photos are going from where the buses park to the dressing room entrances. They made a really nice wrap on the walls and lit them nicely hiding the cords perfectly.

Above the doorway going to the dressing rooms they even had a neon sign made saying their famous line made famous in Milwaukee in 1975, "Are You Loose?". This is from the 1975 bomb scare show at the Milwaukee Uptown Theater.

In 1975 the show was shut down with a called in bomb scare. They said they will come back later that tonight once the place was cleared and searched. So, the band went back to the Pfister Hotel and had a few drinks and got loose!

When they returned at about 1am the first words out of Bruce Springsteen's mouth were "Are You Loose?"! The show was awesome and I think everyone was loose!

Enjoy a look at these photos of Bruce and the E Street band in Milwaukee from 1975 to 2023.

The band liked this photo tribute so much thtat they put it on their Instagram account @StevieVanZandt! The last photo here shows that post.

Also, checkout the film reel they did on Instagram @bsesb_tour! They did a better film job of the hallway than my still photos.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

Cheap Trick playing at Milwaukee's Summerfest on July 7, 2022.

April 17, 2023

Since 1973 the band Cheap Trick has been a large part of Milwaukee's rock'n' roll scene. In my college days they would perform at Humpin Hanna's here in Milwaukee.

They are based out of Rockford, Illinois with two of the original members from Milwaukee. Bun E. Carlos the original drummer still lives in Milwaukee but parted from the band in 2010. Xeno (Randy Hogan) was the original vocalist from 1973-1974 and then Robin Zander took over on vocals and guitar.

The band began with Rick Nielsen and Tom Petersson who had a couple of bands before Cheap Trick. They changed the name of their band to Cheap Trick after watching the band Slade and said they used every cheap trick in the book!

I've photographed the band a lot through the years and this lineup is the best now I think.

It is Rick Nielsen on guitar with his son Daxx on drums, Tom Petersson is still on bass, Robin Zander on vocals and his son Robin Taylor Zander plays guitar. Robin Taylor Zander has played every instrument in the band. For years he has been filling in for someone when they were sick and most recently when Tom Petersson had open heart surgery a few years ago.

Nice to see Rick and Robin's sons playing in the band. Daxx on drums is just awesome!

Enjoy a few photos of the men at work.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann