August 15, 2016
On April 30th in 1972 I was hired by The Bugle American newspaper to photograph the Byrds at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Accompanied by Columbia Records executive, John Hagar I had a night I would never forget!
Backstage I got to meet the band before the show and Roger McGuinn didn't want any photos taken during the show.
Guitar player Clarence White was sitting on a church table and said to Roger to let the kid (I was 18 years old) take some photographs.
Clarence was so nice to me and we talked a bit.
The photos here show Clarence playing his B Bender guitar that now is played by Marty Stuart. I recognized the guitar years later when I was photographing Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives at Summerfest.
The stickers of Frankfurt and Nudie on the guitar helped me recognize the legendary guitar with amazing sound. Clarence you see, invented the B Bender and this is the first one of many to come.
My first blog was on this guitar and Clarence. Enjoy a revisit of Blog #1 with some added photos.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
June 30, 2014
It's a very exciting week here in Milwaukee with Summerfest going on at the lakefront. It is the largest music festival in the world!
Last night, I had the great pleasure of meeting and photographing the band Babe Ruth! They are some of the nicest people I have ever met and the world of rock'n'roll is full of a lot of egos and more.
Very nice people who I told I would do this week's blog on them. Unfortunately, I forgot that I was going finish part 2 of a 2 week blog on The Byrds from 1972. So, my Babe Ruth fans, please give me until next week and I will get that blog done then.
The photos last week were of Clarence White and here are the rest of The Byrds! Roger McGuinn, shown here is playing a beautiful Rickenbacher guitar. Skip Battin is playing bass and Gene Parsons is on drums.
Also, check out my friends The Familiar Looking Strangers, performing at the Briggs stage on Tuesday night, July 1, at 8pm at Summerfest. They always do a great show and have a lot of fun with the crowd.
Have a great week and please join me on Facebook at Rich Zimmermann Photography.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
