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August 26, 2013
Last weekend, I photographed the new Bill Camplin Band. They were doing a recording session in a beautiful barn in Palmyra, Wisconsin.
It was about a 45 minute drive into the country for me to get there and when I got out of the truck, I immediately relaxed hearing Bob Knetzger's pedal steel guitar! The guys were rehearsing and it sounded great! The night turned into morning and it was a long evening of fun!
I am only part of the way into editing but had to share some of the photos of old and new friends getting together. I hope everyone soon will be able to hear the recordings from that night.
Right now, I would love to hear that music and Bob's pedal steel again. It would relax me after today's stressful work day.
Well, back to some fun work since I have to finish editing the photos from Saturday night.
Enjoy these pictures and I will post more soon.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
August 19, 2013
In February of 1972, Bill Camplin and his band, Woodbine, played two shows. They played February 7 at the Jewish Communty Center in Milwaukee and then February 11 at the Oriental Theater, also in Milwaukee.
I learned that this coming weekend Bill and a few friends are getting together and recording, so I dug up these old images. The negatives are quite old and please forgive me for not doing any photoshop work on them. The weekend is just not long enough to be able to do it all!
The two color photos are in infrared film. That was a college thing I had going on in 1972!
Enjoy some memories of some great musicians.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
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August 12, 2013
My new favorite radio show is on WMSE, 91.7 fm, at 11am on Monday mornings. It's called the Wild, Wild, Midwest Variety Show. It's a fun 1 hour show that opens up with Tiny Tim's "Tip Toe Through the Tulips" song!
That song takes me back to January of 1975 when Tiny Tim came to Humpin Hanna's in Milwaukee for a show.
Humpin Hanna's that night was a full house of people wanting to see this very interesting character and musician. With his ukulele and tulip themed suit he entertained us all. He even brought a few dancers with him and his band for this little nightclub show!
With his high falsetto voice and ukulele you didn't know if he was a serious musician or just a fun comedy act! Turns out he was a very serious musician and it was a fun show that every one would remember!
Tiny Tim was actually very tall and learned to play the ukulele with a method book that came with an Arthur Godfrey endorsed plastic ukulele! He was a huge fan of Arthur Godfrey I have learned!
We all remember his appearances on the Johnny Carson show where he actually married Miss Vicky on December 17, 1969. He was also on Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In many times.
His real name was Herbert Khaury and he passed away in 1996 after 2 more marriages and a bunch of record albums. He even had his own record label for a while, Vic Tim Records!
Have a great week and Tip Toe Through the Tulips if you can!!
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
