March 20, 2023

More of some Summerfest photography for you today with my friends, The Tubes!

Fun band that I've photographed a few times since 1975, and this is the most current version of the band on July 7, 2022 at Summerfest.

Gave Fee Waybill, the singer and main man of the band some old photos of himself and he flipped out!  He loved them! Fun guy and he even signed one for me. He showed his wife and she was impressed at his then "Quay Lewd" character and outfit.

Fee said that character only comes out late at night now!

Checkout Fee Waybill, Prairie Prince, Roger Steen and the band here and anytime you can. They do a great show.

This show had a ton of fog rolling in off of Lake Michigan at 4:30pm and it took some Photoshop cleanup to cut through it.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

January 11, 2016

Today's blog is about a band that I thought would definitely not be performing anymore. After doing some research for today's blog I see that they are alive, well and performing around the world!

They formed in 1972 and in 1975 Al Kooper produced an album for them. The album did very well, they toured and were a little like Saturday Night Live with a mix of Firesign Theater comedy.

The stage show was a bit bizarre. Drugs and porn were referenced frequently in their costumes.

Fee Waybill and his character Qualude, was a big part of the stage show. He had huge hair and a guitar shaped like the letter Q.

Enjoy a look at this bizarre show that I photographed at the Uptown Theater in Milwaukee on October 9, 1975.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

The Tubes, Fee Waybill performing at Milwaukee's Uptown Theater in 1975.