Jerry Garcia and his Legion of Mary at the Oriental Theater on April 19, 1975.

The Grateful Dead performing during a two night stand at the beautiful Milwaukee Performing Arts Center.

The Grateful Dead playing the Dane County Coliseum in Madison, Wisconsin on February 15, 1973.

Not the greatest photos I ever took but a look at early Grateful Dead history in November of 1973.

October 30, 2017

I have been busy this past week rescanning the Grateful Dead show from February 15, 1973!

In doing the research for this show, I found a few other shows from that time period that will be coming up soon.

What I remember most about this show is the red spotlight and it went on for HOURS!

Did you ever know that Jerry Garcia is missing a finger? I didn't until looking at these photos.  Still photography is great in that it gives us that moment frozen in history forever!

Enjoy a look at the band in 1973.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

June 16, 2014

Our blog today is about a Grateful Dead show at the Dane County Coliseum on February 15, 1973.

Starting today, my photographs on my website will have a watermark on them for many reasons. The biggest one being that I am in this whole business to sell some photographs and not be a starving artist!!

I never knew that Jerry Garcia was missing part of a finger until someone mentioned it and I looked at my photographs of this show. This proves that you don't need all of your fingers to play great guitar!

Enjoy some photographs from a great show that I remember being a very long performance. The Grateful Dead was known for playing long shows.  They frequently went into long jam sessions.

If my memory serves me correctly this was a two night show.

Have a great week.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann