November 25, 2013
On July 21, 1972, George Carlin performed at Summerfest. He was arrested for saying the seven dirty words you can't say on radio or television!
I was there that night and the last photo you see here is of George being arrested and hauled off stage!
George was funny that night as usual. I have seen him three times and this was his best night.
Busy weekend around here with a couple photo jobs and we are painting the inside of the house. Smells like paint and it looks great! Don't you love the weekends?
No major cleanup on the photos here because I have to get back to painting!!!
Have a great Thanksgiving everyone.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
April 20, 2013
My blog this week, that I have been working on for a while, is about a little blues band from Boston called the J. Geils Band. After a bad week in Boston, I felt it was rather fitting that we talk about some good people of Boston. John Geils and most of the band are actually from Worcester, Massachucetts.
John Geils, the guitar player and founder, started the band in the 1960's. He went through a few versions before getting it right in 1967 to form the band we are all familiar with.
Peter Blankenfeld, who we all know as vocalist Peter Wolf, was an ex disc jockey before joining the band.
Richard Salwitz, became the harmonica player and is one of the best in the world. He became "Magic Dick", and known for his "licking stick", on stage.
Danny Klein, known as "Dr. Funk", was the bass player of the band and Stephen Jo Bladd, was the drummer.
More people came and went with the band but this was the core and this band that I photographed at Summerfest in 1972, which is what you see here.
They got the crowd moving and everybody had a good time!
Enjoy a few photos from 1972 and if you would like some copies for your walls at home please contact us today.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
February 4, 2013
It's Mardi Gras time!! Dr. John, sometimes called Dr. John the Night Tripper, brought a little Mardi Gras to Milwaukee's Summerfest in July of 1972.
Being a New Orleans native, Dr. John brings the Mardi Gras with him wherever he goes. In these photographs you can just see the party atmosphere he brings with the glitter on his face and his great hat!
His band with two drummers and a nice chorus was excellent and we all had a good time. Such a good time that after Summerfest that night we continued to party at a bar near Marquette Unversity 'til early in the morning. I can still see Dr. John coming out of a dressing room in his sunglasses at that club and it was filled with incense smoke!
If you look in the background on one of my photographs here you can see some cranes off to the right side. That's when they were constructing Milwaukee's famous Hoan Bridge. The bridge is getting old now and parts of it are falling to the ground at Summerfest. It needs some repair work. The view from the bridge of a sunrise or of the Summerfest crowd is amazing, but another blog story.
Nothing like a little Mardi Gras in July to have a fun night!
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
