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January 28, 2013
Richie Havens had a birthday last week. He is a young 72 years old!
My first meeting with Richie was at the Wisconsin Music Festival in 1972 in his dressing room. I remember that he was so nice to me that night. I was just a young 18 year old photographer wandering around a bunch of rock stars!
Every time I saw Richie he was singing, playing guitar and practicing. He was having fun with Kris Kristofferson, Linda Ronstadt, Ramblin Jack Elliott and others.
Enjoy a few photographs from 1972 and Happy Birthday Richie.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
January 21, 2013
In June of 1990, the CART Indy Cars came to the Milwaukee Mile for their traditional visit the weekend after the Indy 500. The cars in 1990 were full of horsepower and had a sexier look compared to those of today. The helmets were also very different back then and this was before the now manditory HANS device for neck support. Back then, drivers simply used a foam donut collar for support!!
Emerson Fittipaldi was, and still is, my favorite race car driver. In 1990 he had the number 1 on his car after winning the Indy Car Championship the year before. He had won in Formula One cars, retired and then came back in winning form with Roger Penske's racing team. Emerson raced for a few more years and even tried being an Indy car team owner with Tiago Montiero as a driver for a year. I miss seeing Emerson drive these days because he really had determination to win whenever he was in the race car.
Attached are a few photographs from the race at the Milwaukee Mile in 1990 and a photo of the qualifying speeds on the board that was used that day. This was still a time when we just had a board instead of computer screens everywhere with information for us all to see!!
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Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
January 14, 2013
The place was the Uptown Theater in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The date was April 19, 1975, and the Hunter-Ronson band was playing. Ian Hunter of Mott The Hoople and the core of David Bowie's band, Mick Ronson, were at work here.
Mick Ronson was with Ian Hunter touring around America as the Hunter-Ronson band. Mick had just finished working with David Bowie who identified Mick as "the perfect foil for the Ziggy character". He was referring, of course, to Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars. As a rock duo, Mick Ronson and David Bowie were like Mick Jagger and Keith Richards being a great rock duo. Ian Hunter and Mick Ronson were also a good duo that night.
In researching for this blog, I discovered a couple of interesting facts about Mick Ronson other than the fact he was one of the best guitar players of all time. Mick worked on Pure Praire League's 1972 album Bustin' Out with guitar, vocals and string ensemble arrangements! He also worked with John Mellencamp on his album American Fool and was instrumental in helping John arrange Jack & Diane, one of his most famous songs. Mick, put in the baby rattles and sang "let it rock, let it roll" on that song.
The week of this concert was a busy week for me as I look back on my photo records. March 19, 1975 I was photographing Joe Walsh at the Riverside Theater and then I had to go to Marquette University to photograph my friend Uncle Vinty! March 21, I was photographing John Mayall at the Uptown Theater where the Hunter-Ronson band was the night before! It was a busy time and a good time for me being a rock'n'roll photographer.
Attached are a few photographs for you to enjoy from the Hunter-Ronson show.
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Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
