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March 31, 2014
To all of my rock'n'roll friends, we need to take a break from my rock blogs please! The Indy car season starts today as I am writing this blog on Sunday afternoon!
Juan Pablo Montoya, raced Indy cars a while back when the cars looked and sounded a lot better.
In the attached photos you will see that he was driving for Target and Chip Ganassi Racing in 1999 and 2000. He won the championship, many races and the Indy 500. Then he went to Formula 1. After that, he came back to the States and tried Nascar. He didn't do as well as he did in an open wheel car.
Thankfully, he has come back to Indy cars and team Penske, which is Target Racing and Chip Ganassi Racing's rival! He is older, wiser and a married man with kids now.
I wish him the best of luck. He will help to make the season exciting!
Time for me to go watch the race and I hope Juan Pablo does well.
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Have a great week.
Rich Zimmermann
March 24, 2014
At Summerfest in 1972, the Mahavishnu Orchestra with John McLaughlin in charge put on a wonderful show.
There are not many acts that come to Summerfest without vocals or a vocalist. This is one such band! No need for a singer when all your compositions are this beautiful!
The 1972 version of this band was it's best for many reasons, but mostly because of Billy Cobham who played drums. Billy is one of the best drummers in the world. Jan Hammer on keyboards is terrific too.
John McLaughlin and his Gibson EDS-1275 double neck SG guitar pictured here produce some amazing sounds!
Enjoy some photographs of the men at work on a nice summer day in 1972.
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Rich Zimmermann
March 17, 2014
At Milwaukee's Summerfest in July of 1972, one of my favorite bands played, Quicksilver Messenger Service.
They shared the stage that night with The Doors and if I remember correctly, there was a bit of a fight that night. The reason was because Quicksilver played too long and went into The Doors time slot! I remember it getting ugly.
The band and the lineup has changed a lot over the years. They have reformed and toured as recent as 2010, along with old San Francisco friends Jefferson Starship. I hope they get together again and show up in Milwaukee soon.
Enjoy a look at the band in 1972 and have a great week.
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Rich Zimmermann