September 16, 2013

Very busy around here lately. I've been photographing a new band out of Liverpool, England, called Familiar Looking Strangers. Hope you all get to hear and see these guys soon. They start up a tour opening for the band Hawkwind, on October 5th in Canada, and then move through the U.S. Check them out!!

Here are a few photos of Rory Gallager from November 11, 1972 at the East Village. He has been in my head lately because of his beat up guitar. I saw Stevie Ray Vaughn's guitar in a photo last week and it looks about as beat up as Rory's seen here.

Rory was an amazing guitar player.

Enjoy a little bit of Rory and have a good week.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

September 9, 2013

In the early 1970's, I was on the Alpine Valley National Ski Patrol as a Junior Ski Patrolman on the ski hill in East Troy, Wisconsin!

In 1987, I returned to East Troy, Wisconsin, as the house photographer for the Alpine Valley Music Theater which is on the other side of the ski resort! It is one big valley of fun wether it's winter or summer here in Wisconsin!

One of the best shows in 1987 was Fleetwood Mac even though Lindsey Buckingham wasn't in the band. It took two guys to try to replace Lindsey and it was a different sound.

Enjoy some photos and notice that you can see their breath! Stevie even wore gloves because it was so cold that night in the valley!

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

Bob Metzger and Fred Bliffert of Bobby & the Helmets at the Catacombs Coffee House in 1972.

Johnny Almond with his saxophone.

Elvin Bishop at Summerfest in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1979.

Woodbine, in an infrared film photo in 1972 at the Jewish Community Center!

Bill Camplin at work!

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