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October 22,, 2012
It was a hot day on June 7th 1987 when I went to the Milwaukee Mile to see the CART Indy cars race. I have always loved Indy cars but had not been to a race in years because I was too busy trying to make a career as a rock 'n' roll photographer!
I took my Nikon camera and sat in the grandstands with some friends who were there to cheer for Rick Mears. It was hard for me to just sit there in my seat! I wanted to be closer to the action to get a better photograph with all the colors of the cars. The best I could do was walk down to the fence and try to shoot through it, or somehow use the fence in the photograph.
Rock 'n' roll photography was going to the back seat for a while because now I wanted to be an Indy car racing photographer for a magazine or the Milwaukee Mile or anyone!
The race itself that day was a good one with Michael Andretti, the son of Mario Andretti, starting fourth and winning the race in his Kraco car. Roberto Guerreo started on the pole in his True Value car but finished 16th. Bobby Rahal in his Red Roof Inns car started second and finished second. Derek Daly came in third and then went on to become an announcer. He has a son, Conor, who races just like Bobby Rahal's son Graham races, Arie Luyendyk's son, Arie Jr., and Michael Andretti's son, Marco! Rick Mears did not finish the race that day. He crashed. Many fans at the race came to see Arie Luyendyk who was living not far from the track and was sponsored by the local company Provimi Veal. Arie started sixth and finished fourth.
Attached are a few photographs from the race that day for you to enjoy.
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Rich Zimmermann
October 15, 2012
Last week, a good friend and great musician, Jon Paris, (check out jonparis.com), posted a photograph of John Lennon on Facebook. In the photograph, John Lennon is having some scrambled eggs for breakfest and a copy of a record album by the Wisconsin band Soup is seen.
Soup, was a popular band in the early 1970's. It consisted of Doug Yankus on guitar, with Dave Faas on bass and Rob Griffith on drums. Doug Yankus did the main vocals and the majority of the song writing.
Their first album was a plain brown jacket with a bright green insert listing the songs and credits. The insert said the cover art was to be done by "You"!
The attached photographs show my own personal cover art and photographs from a show they did with the Dutch band Focus at the Performing Art Center in Milwaukee, March 25, 1973.
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Rich Zimmermann
October 8, 2012
In 1987, I was fortunate enough to be the house photographer at Alpine Valley Music Theater in East Troy, Wisconsin. It was a great job, with no pay, but it was fun. When I was a bit younger and in high school I was on the Alpine Valley Ski Patrol at the ski hill at the same resort! That could be a whole different interesting blog with some good stories.
Alpine Valley is legendary for all the acts that have performed there, but Madonna's show on August 2, 1987 was truly amazing.
When she came to Alpine Valley on her True Blue Tour, construction had to be done because she required a bigger stage. They took out the back walls and made the stage deeper for her big show. She had a huge band and showed a lot of video on a large screen during her show which was why the stage had to be expanded.
She did not disappoint. The crowd loved her singing and every costume that she wore.
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