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September 20, 2021
Summerfest just finished it's third and last weekend of fun and music after no music festival last year.
One band that has been on my bucket list to photograph is ZZ Top. I've now photographed the guys three times and love to see what the guitars and drum kits look like because they different for each tour.
Bass guitar player, Dusty Hill, passed away not too long ago and before he died, he ordered the band to keep on going after his death! So, Elwood Francis is the new bass player. He was their guitar tech for over 30 years and fits right in.
Prior to COVID-19, Elwood did not have a beard! He didn't shave during COVID and so he now has a beard to equal Dusty and Billy!!
Enjoy a look at some great guys with some interesting looking guitars and drum kit. As the drum kit says on the bass drum, "Aged to Perfection"! I have to agree!
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
September 6, 2021
Been a bit crazy since our big storm on August 10th here in Brookfield, Wisconsin. It's not hard to get frustrated with insurance companies and replacing appliances!!
Finally got some time to finish editing part 2 of the IMSA race weekend at Road America. It was great fun with the Whelen guys and congrats to Pipo Derani and Filipe Nasr!!
Enjoy a look at that weekend and the winners circle celebration.
Now I'm getting ready for Summerfest music photo fun!!
Be well, safe and enjoy the photos.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
August 23, 2021
Hi folks, and wow have we had fun around here lately!
The three days of IMSA at Road America were fantastic with my friends at Action Express and Whelen Racing getting the win.
Drivers Pipo Derani and Philipe Nasr with the team led by Tim Keene got it done and won! Very happy for them and well deserved.
Had a great time with Pipo and the team in between shooting a ton of photos which is why this blog has 2 parts. The second half will be coming up next.
The photos here are mostly of Friday and Saturday but a couple are of the victory celebration. I had to show Pipo being tossed into his crew in the winners circle. Good thing they caught him!
After the racing on the evening of August 10th we got a huge storm in our neighborhood here in Brookfield, Wisconsin. Trees took out the power wires a few doors down and tore the power pole off of our house and we had no power for four days. Thankful that we have a generator but the power surge blew a lot of appliances and we are still trying to figure things out. VERY thankful the surge protector in the office here did it's job saving the computers and hard drives.
Haven't had enough time to edit everything yet because of the storm but enjoy these photos and more are coming soon.
Be safe everyone.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann