January 11, 2021
Happy New Year everyone and let's hope it's a better year for all of us!
Today, we take a look back at June 8,1975 for The Eagles show at Milwaukee County Stadium when they played with the Rolling Stones and Chaka Kahn.
It was a very, very hot June day and the house was packed.
I remember that the press box where I shot these photos from was shaking so much, because of the crowd in the grandstands, that my cameras actually shook!!
These photos from June were just before the band members changed. Bernie Leodon was about to leave and Joe Walsh was coming at the end of 1975. Timothy B. Schmit would come in a couple of years and the sound of The Eagles was complete.
Enjoy a look back to our old Milwaukee County Stadium and the Eagles.
Be safe everyone!
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
December 7, 2020
As I wrote that date, December 7th, I realize that it is the anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Very sad day to go down in history. Many thanks to all the servicemen.
This is my last blog on Joe Walsh!! Four is enough and that's all I've got of Joe in photos. Once he joined the Eagles he and the band became very hard to photograph. Even with Vince Gill as an old friend from his Pure Prairie League days it just got really hard to get access.
They have also become the most expensive tickets to buy for a show I hear. Great band but $1000. or more for a good seat is crazy!
This show I photographed was in Milwaukee in 1980 according to my records but that doesn't work out with the tour list! So, if anyone knows a Milwaukee date let me know please. The slides are stamped August 1980!
The band here was great with Don Henley, Joe Walsh, Timothy B. Schmit, Don Feldner and Glen Frey. Joe Walsh joined the band in late 1975 and they broke up in late 1980 a few months after this show.
Enjoy a look at the boys from my one seat way back with a long lens! Wish I had my present gear back then. Photos would be a lot better!
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
October 3, 2016
The Eagles started out as Linda Ronstadt's band and became a huge arena and large stadium packing band.
Hotel California was probably their biggest and most successful song and album.
The little backup band by 1980 was huge. Many guitars and Joe Walsh were added along with Timothy B. Schmidt from Poco.
My blog last week was about the Eagles of 1975 and here is the 1980 lineup. It has less banjo and more electric guitars.
This little band from California had now become one of the biggest bands ever. I think that they were the biggest band around until Fleetwood Mac with Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham came along.
Enjoy a look back at 1980.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
September 26, 2016
In 1975, the Eagles did a stadium tour in the United States with the Rolling Stones and Rufus with Chaka Kahn.
It was a very hot day in June when they played Milwaukee County Stadium.
The crowd was huge and the place was packed.
The backstage area had Winnebago recreational vehicles for dressing rooms and lounges for the bands and crew.
Enjoy a look back to a hot summer day like today here in Milwaukee!
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
The Eagles in 1975 at Milwaukee County Stadium with the Rolling Stones.