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February 24, 2025
My last blog on Kenny Loggins from 2017 reminded me that I photographed Loggins and Messina a lot.
Always a favorite band and on September 23, 1972 I got to photograph the band after my senior year of high school.
My family moved in 1971 and I basically lost all my friends. After 11 years of Catholic school and nuns, attending public school for my last year and a half of high school was definitely a change.
The east side of Milwaukee was full of music and opportunity for me and I began photographing for the Bugle American newspaper and doing public relation photo work for Columbia records.
School was difficult because of early mornings and late nights photographing music. I usually did it 3 nights a week. It really was the time of my life and a great music era.
Loggins and Messina played UW Oshkosh with Casey Kelly opening the show for a small crowd in the gymnasium.
What a wonderful show and I got to meet the guys after the show for the first of several shows through the years.
Learning to photograph music was progressing and I attended photography classes at Milwaukee Area Technical College.
Checkout some early photos of Loggins and Messina and enjoy a look at when we were much younger!
This has made me organize my Loggins and Messina photos that were mixed up a bit. A few are are being used by Dramatic Forces for a documentary, Conviction of the Heart.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
Kenny Loggins and his band headlining for Michael McDonald at the 2017 Gathering on the Green in Mequon, Wisconsin.
February 10, 2025
Hope everyone is in good health. Around here I have been fighting bladder cancer and then 2 urinary tract infections and COVID lately. More procedures coming up in March for the cancer and hopefully I get better!
I'm working with some people who are doing a documentary on one of our greatest musicians around for many years, Kenny Loggins.
I started working with Loggins and Messina in 1974 and they have always been one of my favorite bands.
Kenny has been a solo act for many years and I got the pleasure of photographing and saying hi to him in 2017 when he headlined a show with Michael McDonald as the opener. Next blog will be on Michael McDonald.
I gave Kenny a few prints from the Loggins and Messina days in 1974 when I photographed a few of their shows.
One of the prints he said they used for PR in Europe way back then! I was working as a PR photographer for Columbia Records on and off through my early years and never knew or got paid of course. That's rock'n roll and it hasn't changed.
Enjoy a look at Kenny in 2017. Loggins and Messina is in my Rock category for a look at the old days if you wish.
Stay healthy all and thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
December 30, 2019
Hope everyone is having a nice holiday season with family and friends!
While cleaning up the photo closet lately, I came across some forgotten film and movies.
Here we have part of that find with a few photos of a show at Milwaukee's Performing Arts Center in 1978 with Steve Forbert and Kenny Loggins.
Always have loved them both!
Check out a few photos and have a Happy New Year!
Just an added discovery that our great Milwaukee local promoter Peter Jest and Shank Hall are bring Steve Forbert to town January 11th!!!! Come on down for a great show.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
January 8, 2018
Happy New Year everyone! Hope everyone had a very nice holiday season.
I had a pretty nice year of photographing Indy Cars and IMSA racing at Road America in Elkhart Lake.
Had an even better year with photographing some great musicians we haven't seen in a long time!! John McLaughin, Kenny Loggins and Steve Miller being the most notable. Jeff Beck or John is a hard choice as to which is the best guitar player!
Happy birthday to Kenny Loggins who turned 70 on January 7th! You would never know he is 70 the way he sounded this past summer.
Our Marty party last year with Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives was the first time we saw him do an acoustic show! Great seeing my friend Marty who is sounding better every time. His new album Way Out West is the best one yet.
So, here are a few favorite photos of the past year. See how many folks you can identify.
We have;
Steve Miller
Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives
John McLaughlin
Jimmy Herring
John Oates
Hall and Oates
Roger Waters
Roger McGuinn
Michael McDonald
Kenny Loggins
Daya
Helio Castro Neves
Marco Andretti
Katherine Legge
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
July 17, 2017
Wow!! I need more time in life and a minion to help me out! I'm a busy photographer in addition to regular life stuff. It's all good though.
This past weekend was Gathering On The Green in Mequon. Rob Kos and his crew do such a great job of putting this together.
Friday night was Michael McDonald and then Kenny Loggins!! During each of their sets, one came out to play with the other which made for a great show.
Saturday, you had to be a young one to know who Daya was but check her out! She's very good and I was impressed with the young girl!!!
Enjoy and I have to get back to editing this fun weekend! Here is a bit of it with more to come.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann