August 1, 2016
It's already August 1st and I can't believe how fast the summer is going by. Maybe it's the weird weather that has made it fly by. School starts in a month boys and girls so get your backpacks ready!
There have been a lot of good shows and good racing this summer. The Gathering On The Green was one of the good shows that happened in Mequon, Wisconsin on July 15 on a beautiful night.
Zach Pietrini performed as a duo instead of his usual group and opened the show for Huey Lewis and the News.
I have many pictures of this event so this will be part 1 and next week's blog will be part 2 on Huey Lewis and the News.
Enjoy a look at a nice evening.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
April 18, 2016
In June of 1974, I was asked to photograph Eddie Harris for the Bugle American newspaper.
Little did I know what I was in for! I had never heard of Eddie and was amazed at what the man can play!
You see, Eddie was really one of the first guys to take a little rock with some electronics and jazz and mix them all up! I guess that is what they now call fusion.
He was inventing things as he went along and was very good at it. He put a reed mouthpiece on his trumpet for instance! In some of my old photos here, you can see his electronic case full of all kinds of things. Whatever was in there really worked with his saxophone , keyboards and trumpet!
Enjoy a look back at Eddie from a nice June night in 1974 at Teddy's in Milwaukee. Teddy's is now called Shank Hall, and owner Peter Jest keeps bringing in wonderful acts every week.
It's like summer here in Milwaukee this week! Have a good week everyone.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
Eddie Harris, at Teddy's nightclub in Milwaukee, in June of 1974.
March 28, 2016
Hope everyone had a nice Easter with family and friends.
This week's blog was going to be on some baby robins that I photographed. I have 409 images of them growing up from the egg to flying away! With 409 images I need a little more time to sort through them, so that will be next week's blog. Today we have Robin Trower from 1974!
It's a different kind of robin! This one rocks and is still rocking today. I have photographed him a lot, and had the pleasure to meet him and he is one nice guitar player!
These photos show James Dewar on bass guitar. He was also Robin Trower's vocalist until his passing years ago.
Enjoy a look at Robin in 1974, and word is- he is getting ready for a new tour of America! Be sure to catch him this summer if you can.
Have a great week.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
Robin Trower at Milwaukee's Performing Arts Center on June 27, 1974.
March 21, 2016
I was lucky enough to get to know the band members of Heartsfield in the 1970's. They all became very good friends to this day!
They are an awesome band that recorded a few albums that should have gotten a lot more air play on the radio.
The guys were from and also based out of Chicago. Although for a while they were in California trying to work.
These photos I just came across the other day looking for some other photos and it's great to look at them again.
A lot of my color photos of the guys were given to their manager (don't EVER do that), in hopes of being used for an album jacket or cover being worked on. I never saw them again! I have learned to give duplicates and not originals to anyone!
Enjoy a look at the guys at Humpin Hanna's in Milwaukee on a June night in 1974.
Have a great Easter everyone.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
Heartsfield, at Humpin Hanna's in Milwaukee in June of 1974.
March 14, 2016
This week's blog takes us back to one of my favorite groups at one of the best music festivals I've ever photographed!
It's A Beautiful Day is the band at the Wisconsin Music Festival in Madison, Wisconsin in April of 1972. It was a three day festival of music and fun.
My blog number 203, is about It's A Beautiful Day when they played with the Siegal Schwall band. One of you fine folks asked if I had any other photos of It's A Beautiful Day, and here you are!
As a 17 year old kid photographing and listening to Pattie Santos sing the main vocals, I think I may have fallen in love with her a little bit! She was a very pretty lady and that voice, wow!
Linda Ronstadt played the same weekend so I was having a great time!
Enjoy a look back at the band and at Pattie Santos who is no longer with us due to a car crash long ago in California. Miss her.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
It's A Beautiful Day, at the Wisconsin Music Festival in Madison, Wisconsin in 1972.
March 7, 2016
Last week Monday on my favorite radio show, "The Rock Ride", on WMSE here in Milwaukee, host Tom Crawford played some Silverhead. They were a British band that you just don't hear about anymore.
Being a hard rock "glam band" that wasn't that good and only lasted a couple of years, may have had something to do with it! Only a couple of albums were made and then they disappeared.
Front man of the band was sometime actor Michael Des Barres. He wore a lot of makeup and that is where the glamour rock part came from.
They came to Milwaukee on February 28, 1973, opening the show for Uriah Heep at the Milwaukee Auditorium.
Take a little peek at a few photos from long ago.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
