December 1, 2025

Been a bit crazy around here with another urinary tract infection (#11) a week before chemotherapy (#17) on November 20th. I was sick from both and it was not fun.

First time I've gone this long without publishing a blog due to health. I didn't even sit at the computer for a while unless necessary.

Healed up just in time for Thanksgiving with some family which was great. We all went out for Thanksgiving dinner. There were no dishes to do and the food was delicious!

Hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving too.

Prior to all that, I was back into writing my autobiography which is up to 1975 and the band Queen that I photographed on March 7th 1975.

It's going to take a few years to do this autobiography on rock'n'roll in my life and a photo history but it's a project I've wanted to do for years.

The Queen show at the beautiful Uptown Theater here in Milwaukee was excellent of course. This was really at the height of their career I think.

Freddie Mercury was such a great vocalist, writer and performer who loved every minute performing.

The band with Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon were the perfect match for Freddie. Brian May and Roger Taylor with Adam Lambert still continue touring a bit making Freddie proud.

That concert for me was fun but I had one incident at that show.

Photographing from the orchestra pit filled with a lot of equipment cases I could not resist going on top of one of those cases to take some pictures. So I did and I got some shots.

Then at one point they fogged the stage and I was kneeling at that time. I shuffled to the left a few inches and dropped down with two cameras! Nobody saw me go down about 5 feet because of the fog.  But I was 21 years old and got right back up and started shooting again.

I recall being a little sore the next day but well worth it.  My Nikon and Hasselblad cameras also made it unscathed.  I remember that fall like it was yesterday!

Enjoy some photos of that show and have a great Holiday season.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

May 19, 2019

Sorry for being late with my usual blog!!! Never have I been this late but never have I had such homeowner chores! It's spring time and when you own a house you have a lot to do! Enough of that for now.

My blog here is on the band Queen when they were in Milwaukee at the beautiful Uptown Theater. That venue was torn down and is now a Milwaukee police station! Sad to see that because it was a beautiful old venue.

Personal story here-  I was photographing from the orchestra pit that was full of equipment cases from Queen for the show on March 7, 1975. Nothing strange about that except I remember some fog coming on the stage. Then I moved over on the equipment case I was kneeling on to get the perfect shot and fell a few feet down right off the equipment case!!!

Got back up and I was fine and the camera was fine so kept on shooting.

These are some of the photos from that night.

Enjoy and get ready for the Indy 500 coming soon.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

March 4, 2013

One could say that this week in Milwaukee is Queen week.  "One Night of Queen" with Gary Mullen and the Works is coming to The Northern Lights Theater for a couple of tribute shows on March 6 and 7.

Queen came to Milwaukee's Uptown Theater for a show on March 7, 1975.  The Uptown Theater was torn down a long time ago and is now a Milwaukee Police Station!  Too bad, because it was a beautiful old movie theater with a lot of history.  It was the theater where Bruce Springsteen played and had the famous bomb scare show that I also attended.  The Hunter-Ronson band also played a memorable show there.

The Queen show was an evening I will never forget.  The show was that good.  Freddie Mercury had so much presence on stage and you could tell that he absolutely loved what he did.

I will never forget that show for another reason too. I fell off an equipment case in the pit right in front of the stage when I was taking photos probably because they fogged the stage and I couldn't see!  I moved a little to the left to get a better shot and down I went about 4 feet!  Still got the shot.  The equipment and I were fine!

Also being circulated lately is a concert film of one of the last shows Queen did.  Called "Queen, Live in Budapest". It is from a live show on July 27, 1986.  It's getting great reviews and is a must see movie for any Queen fan.

You might enjoy going into my blog archives and looking at blogs#19 and #21.  They are both about Queen.  One features color photos and the other black and white photos.

All Queen photographs are on sale this week, just $50.00 for a limited edition 8 X 10 and 8 1/2 X 11's.

Pick a couple photos out and contact us for some nice prints for your home or office. Have a fun week of Queen memories.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

Queen, at the Uptown Theater March 7, 1975.