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March 23, 2020
On March 8, 2020 a very nice memorial tribute was held at Anodyne Coffee in Milwaukee to honor the Mighty Stokes who passed away several weeks earlier. Stokes was a major blues man in Milwaukee who influenced many people.
The last time I saw Stokes was at The Up and Under club on Brady Street about 25 years ago! Sad to say I never photographed him.
He influenced all the performers at this tribute for sure.
We stayed for a good portion of the night and got to see and hear some great music.
My good old high school mates Leroy Airmaster performed with Steve Cohen, Bill Stone, Marc Wilson and Dave Kasik doing some great music as usual.
Jim Liban and his blues combo played some rockin' blues with Perry Weber and Kurt Koenig. Milwaukee Slim even joined them for a while!
Stokes was smiling upstairs for sure.
Enjoy a look at the evening.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
March 9, 2020
On March 4, 1973, Pink Floyd arrived at the Dane County Coliseum for a show that would become a favorite show for a lot of people.
The "Dark Side of the Moon" album had just been released and the show centered around that music.
A large rotating disc with fog behind it rotated behind the band for some nice lighting during some of the show.
I remember driving in my 1972 Volkswagen Squareback with some friends from Milwaukee to Madison for the show. Loved that car and it had a great heater but we all froze waiting outside for the general admission show doors to open!
Then we ran inside when the doors were opened to get as close to the stage as possible.
The original film of black and white negatives were given to a friend years later who was doing a book on the band. She didn't look after my kids (the film), and they were never seen again!!
Recently, I found a few 5 x 7 prints and the proof sheets from the show! It's better than having nothing at all but hard to duplicate the original film.
I photographed the 5 x 7 prints and they came out alright considering they were printed on matte finish paper in 1973. Matte paper shows a lot of grain in the fibers unfortunately.
We are working on the proof sheets but they are stuck in plastic and also printed on matte paper!
Check out what I have so far and maybe more photos will happen down the road.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
February 24, 2020
Lifetime Achievement Grammy Awards will be presented to Isaac Hayes and John Prine soon with a television ceremony in April.
This blog looks at Isaac Hayes when he played Summerfest in 1973. I remember it as a very hot and humid night with Isaac having a lot of fun.
Isaac continued his music career for many years with the theme song that he wrote and performed for the movie "Shaft" and then became the voice of Chef on "South Park".
Check out that hot night in July of 1973 with Isaac playing keyboards and saxophone and singing away!
He was a legend!
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
