Tiny Tim at Humpin Hanna's in Milwaukee Wisconsin in 1975.

Pink Floyd doing the setup and rehearsal at Milwaukee County Stadium for the "Wish You Were Here" tour on June 22, 1975.

September 2, 2013

On June 15, 1975, Pink Floyd played at Milwaukee County Stadium with The Animals tour. It was a massive show and production that took several days to setup.

Good friends, Daydream Productions promoted the band for this show which was a huge success. A swimming pool was even setup behind the stage for everyone to cool off in during the setup period because it was very hot!

Years ago, I lent out what I thought was my whole collection of Pink Floyd photographs for a future book that was to be published. The person doing this book proceeded to misplace all of my original slides and negatives! A few weeks ago, I came across what you see here plus about 10 more photos in my photo storage closet! It was like finding treasure to me!!

So, enjoy my treasure find and look back at 1975's Pink Floyd show and sound check.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

August 26, 2013

Last weekend, I photographed the new Bill Camplin Band. They were doing a recording session in a beautiful barn in Palmyra, Wisconsin.

It was about a 45 minute drive into the country for me to get there and when I got out of the truck, I immediately relaxed hearing Bob Knetzger's pedal steel guitar! The guys were rehearsing and it sounded great! The night turned into morning and it was a long evening of fun!

I am only part of the way into editing but had to share some of the photos of old and new friends getting together. I hope everyone soon will be able to hear the recordings from that night.

Right now, I would love to hear that music and Bob's pedal steel again. It would relax me after today's stressful work day.

Well, back to some fun work since I have to finish editing the photos from Saturday night.

Enjoy these pictures and I will post more soon.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

August 19, 2013

In February of 1972, Bill Camplin and his band, Woodbine, played two shows. They played February 7 at the Jewish Communty Center in Milwaukee and then February 11 at the Oriental Theater, also in Milwaukee.

I learned that this coming weekend Bill and a few friends are getting together and recording, so I dug up these old images. The negatives are quite old and please forgive me for not doing any photoshop work on them. The weekend is just not long enough to be able to do it all!

The two color photos are in infrared film. That was a college thing I had going on in 1972!

Enjoy some memories of some great musicians.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

 

 

August 12, 2013

My new favorite radio show is on WMSE, 91.7 fm, at 11am on Monday mornings. It's called the Wild, Wild, Midwest Variety Show. It's a fun 1 hour show that opens up with Tiny Tim's "Tip Toe Through the Tulips" song!

That song takes me back to January of 1975 when Tiny Tim came to Humpin Hanna's in Milwaukee for a show.

Humpin Hanna's that night was a full house of people wanting to see this very interesting character and musician. With his ukulele and tulip themed suit he entertained us all. He even brought a few dancers with him and his band for this little nightclub show!

With his high falsetto voice and ukulele you didn't know if he was a serious musician or just a fun comedy act! Turns out he was a very serious musician and it was a fun show that every one would remember!

Tiny Tim was actually very tall and learned to play the ukulele with a method book that came with an Arthur Godfrey endorsed plastic ukulele! He was a huge fan of Arthur Godfrey I have learned!

We all remember his appearances on the Johnny Carson show where he actually married Miss Vicky on December 17, 1969. He was also on Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In many times.

His real name was Herbert Khaury and he passed away in 1996 after 2 more marriages and a bunch of record albums. He even had his own record label for a while, Vic Tim Records!

Have a great week and Tip Toe Through the Tulips if you can!!

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

July 29, 2013

Before I begin, let me thank Andreas Wiegel in Vienna, Austria, for letting me know that Roger Sutton was the bass player and Tommy Eyre played keyboards for the Mark Almond band. In my blog #68 on the Mark Almond Band, I was not sure from my research and asked for some information on that. Very cool to see that I reach out to Vienna, Austria and Andreas!!

This week's blog looks back at Elvin Bishop and his band that came to Summerfest here in Milwaukee in 1979. This was an awesome show and had a guy named Mickey Thomas playing Saxophone and doing great vocals. Mickey Thomas then went on to Jefferson Starship and nearly became a household name. He has such a great voice. I forgot that he played saxophone until I looked back at these photographs!

Elvin Bishop is coming back to Milwaukee for the Harley Davidson Anniversary concerts at the Summerfest grounds on August 29th! I am looking forward to the show because I haven't seen him since 1979 when he was sleeping in the dressing room! The band that night was worn out because they had just come from Hawaii I believe!

Have a great week and enjoy the photographs. The first photograph is a copy of a press kit Elvin had back then.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

 

July 22, 2013

A long time ago in 1971 when I was a junior in high school, my family moved across town. It was far enough away that I needed to attend a different high school. I lost all my friends!

I was mad, sad and buried my head into my love of photography and music! As I look back now, that move was probably one of the best things that happened to me in my youth!

One of my classmates was Steve Cohen. He had formed a band with some of our other classmates. The Stone Cohen Blues Band was it's name and they played some good blues.

The Stone Cohen Blues Band became Leroy Airmaster a little bit later and Steve was the leader playing harmonicas and doing vocals. Bill Stone plays guitar with Dave Kasik on the bass. Tom Wilson played drums for a while but Vodie Rhinehart is getting the job done now and fits perfectly!

The guys were influenced heavily by local bands The Ox and Short Stuff, and so was I!

Leroy Airmaster broke up for a while and since 2009 have been back together again. They are better and a little older now but it's all good.

The photographs here are from 1971 and from Summerfest this year where Leroy Airmaster opened for Jon Paris who opened for Buddy Guy on the Harley Davidson Roadhouse stage.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

July 15, 2013

Last Saturday night at the Harley Davidson Roadhouse stage at Summerfest, I had a bit of a reunion with some old friends!

Steve Cohen and his band Leroy Airmaster played and they were awesome! That is next week"s blog.

Good friend Jon Paris, brought Ed Sison to play drums with him and it was almost a reunion of The Ox Band. All that was missing was guitar player and vocalist Bob Metzger to make it a full reunion.

Dave Kasik played bass with the guys and it was a great show! Dave did double work that night playing for Jon and Leroy Airmaster!

Enjoy a few photos of the night!

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

 

 

July 8, 2013

On February 11, 1972, the Mark Almond Band played at the Oriental Theater in Milwaukee. The opening act that night was the local Milwaukee group Woodbine. I will be doing a blog on them on soon!

I first became aware of Jon Mark and Johnny Almond when they were playing with John Mayall on his album Turning Point.

The band had a nice smooth sound and one of my favorite songs of all time is The City. The vocals by Jon Mark on that song were great!

I am not sure of the names of the bass player and keyboard player but they too were very good. If anyone knows their names I would appreciate an email to update my records.

The jacket that Johnny Almond is wearing in these photos is interesting with little spacemen on it!

Enjoy the old photos and have a great week.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann