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Grateful Dead-October 23, 1972-Milwaukee Performing Arts Center
The Grateful Dead performing during a two night stand at the beautiful Milwaukee Performing Arts Center.
November 15, 2021
Willy Porter is one of Milwaukee's outstanding musicians who has been around since the early 1980's.
He has toured extensively across the country and Europe but keeps his base in Milwaukee after 11 albums.
Opening and touring with my favorite guitarist, Jeff Beck, and others like Sting, Paul Simon and Tori Amos, he keeps busy. Wish I had seen that Jeff Beck show with Willy!
In 2005, Willy was smart and started Weasel Records, a label of his own and he hasn't looked back after making several albums.
Together with the great vocals of Carmen Nickerson they are an awesome duo. Add Eric Madunic on bass, Dave Schoepke on drums and Dave Adler on keyboards and you have the full show.
Enjoy Willy and Carmen and his band whenever you can to see a great show!
If you feel like going to Ireland, you can go on Willy Porter's Ireland tour that he has done for a few years. Checkout www.willyporter.com for all good Willy Porter news.
Here are the photos from this year at Summerfest on September 4th. The Briggs and Stratton stage at Summerfest is one of the newer stages and it was great seeing him there.
During the show, I noticed the cutest photo opportunity for me! There was a young boy strumming his guitar standing on a bench in front of the stage. He was playing along with Willy and wearing his earmuffs and mask. Maybe a future musician we may see at Summerfest some day?
Enjoy these photos of the Willy Porter and his band.
Thanks,
Blog #384 Alice Cooper at the BMO Harris Pavilion- Milwaukee, Wisconsin 10-1-2021
October 18, 2021
I finally took another item off of my bucket list by photographing Alice Cooper and his band on October 1, 2021. They played at the BMO Harris Pavilion on the Summerfest grounds.
I have wanted to photograph the show that I have seen before with my wife. It is a visual treat and his band members are some of the best musicians in the world!
Nita Strauss is rated the #1 female guitar player and I can see why. She is busy with Alice Cooper and also worked as the guitar player with the Arena Football team KISS, owned by Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley of KISS!
Chuck Garric, Ryan Roxie, Tommy Henricksen are all great (gunslingers) guitar players. They play with Alice Cooper and all have other bands and projects when not working with Alice. The drummer, Glen Sobel, is the same in that he has other projects as well.
The band has always been top notch and a family affair with Alice's wife of many years, Sheryl Goddard Cooper, in the act. She is an accomplished ballerina fits into the stage show very well.
Thank you to the people at Summerfest for letting me photograph Alice Cooper. If you get the chance go see the show, you won't be disappointed!
Enjoy a look at the band having fun.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
Alice Cooper and his band rocking the BMO Harris Pavilion on the Summerfest grounds in Milwaukee on October 1, 2021.
October 4, 2021
On September 1, 2021, the Summerfest music festival started up again in Milwaukee after a one year absence due to COVID-19. It was great to be back in the house!
This blog is on one of the MANY bands I photographed. Night Ranger who played on September 3, 2021.
Night Ranger has been around in various forms since 1979. Jack Blades keeps the band rocking. The show is high energy and the guys really work it as you can see in the photos.
They were working the crowd with some of their legendary songs like "Sister Christian".
I will let the photos do the talking now. Enjoy a look at them having fun and sweating it out while rocking the house with possibly more energy than what they had in 1979!
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann