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July 30, 2012
In 1971, Queen, one of the world's greatest rock'n'roll bands was formed. Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon traveled the world extensively touring through the years.
On March 7, 1975, I had the pleasure of photographing Queen at the Uptown Theater in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The night before they played Chicago and the night after Milwaukee they played Madison, Wisconsin heading west.
For me it was a very memorable show. I was photographing from the orchestra pit in front of the stage which was filled with equipment cases from the band. During one of the songs they used a fog machine to fog the stage. The orchestra pit and the front of the stage were filled with fog. It was beautiful and I tried to get the perfect shot by moving over to the left a little on my knees. I proceded to fall about 4 feet down off of an equipment case going off the edge of the case! I was fine, the camera was fine and no one saw a thing because of the fog! It was worth it too because the shot was exactly what I was trying to get.
I just got back up and kept on photographing like nothing happened and I will never forget that incident.
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July 23, 2012
My blog today is about Elkhart Lake's Road America. The first road race was in 1950 going down the county roads and through the streets of Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. It totaled 3.3 miles. In 1951 and 1952 a different 6.5 mile course was used. One can still drive most of the original course which was registered on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. Signs have been installed marking key locations on the course. It is on my bucket list to drive the original course one of these days.
In 1955 Clif Tufte started what is now known as Road America. The track is a little more than 4 miles long and reminds a lot of drivers of the tracks in Europe like Spa in Belgium and Monza in Italy.
A lot of trees have come down and fencing has gone up for safety but the sounds of the race cars coming through the trees is still awesome.
All kinds of food is available at every turn on the track and it's all great track food. The food stand at each turn on the track, seems to have a different specialty and taste. Turn 1 is probably my personal favorite. It features Mexican food and the tacos are great. At this track leave your food at home and enjoy the track food!
The attached photographs show the track in 1973 during my first visit. The original start house had a lot of character. It was was replaced years ago with a nice air conditioned building on the other side of the track. Pit lane is also a lot different now and has been moved up the hill.
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July 16, 2012
He was born Ronald Clyde Crosby in Oneonta, N.Y. but adopted the stage name Jerry Jeff Walker in 1966. Jerry Jeff Walker plays an outlaw style of country music that I have always loved. I have seen him refer to his music as "Cowjazz"!
Jerry Jeff is most famous for a song he wrote called "Mr. Bojangles" that is about an obscure, alcoholic, tap dancing drifter that he met and not the actual Bill "Bojangles" Robinson the famous black, stage and movie dancer. Jerry Jeff's song has been covered and performed by Bob Dylan, Neil Diamond and many others.
My personal favorite Jerry Jeff song is "Up Against the Wall Red Neck Mother"! It's one of those songs that just gets you singing along with him and the band. Jerry Jeff and his Lost Gonzo band also perform some Townes Van Zandt songs that I like and got to see them perform at "The Amazing Grace" in Evanston, Illinois on February 7, 1975. The attached photographs are from that show.
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