July 7, 2014

On June 28, 2014 we had the Babe Ruth band visit Summerfest here in Milwaukee, Wissconsin!! They came to America for one show.! Yes, they traveled all the way from England to perform the one show for us loyal fans!

I have photographed rock'n'roll for a very long time (1971) and have had the chance to meet all types of bands and rockers. Jenny, Alan and the entire Babe Ruth band are some of the nicest rockers I have ever met!!!! My request for photo credentials started weeks ago when I sent Jenny an email along with some shots of the show I photographed in 1975 when they played here with Roxy Music. Those photos are in a previous blog and are on my website.

Last week when they were here, I got together with them before the show and gave them a disc with images of the 1975 show.  They loved it and invited me to come back after the show. After their terrific performance I went backstage and had some fun with the band. Then I went with them for an autograph signing session. They were so nice to everyone and signed everything possible! Not in a big hurry, they really signed everything they could!

Enjoy the photos of my new friends.  I'm getting used to my new watermarking system. It will get better, so please bear with me as I work out the kinks. All photos are for sale on my website.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

Janita Haan leading the Babe Ruth band at Summerfest on June 28, 2014.

June 30, 2014

It's a very exciting week here in Milwaukee with Summerfest going on at the lakefront. It is the largest music festival in the world!

Last night, I had the great pleasure of meeting and photographing the band Babe Ruth! They are some of the nicest people I have ever met and the world of rock'n'roll is full of a lot of egos and more.

Very nice people who I told I would do this week's blog on them. Unfortunately, I forgot that I was going finish part 2 of a 2 week blog on The Byrds from 1972. So, my Babe Ruth fans, please give me until next week and I will get that blog done then.

The photos last week were of Clarence White and here are the rest of The Byrds! Roger McGuinn, shown here is playing a beautiful Rickenbacher guitar. Skip Battin is playing bass and Gene Parsons is on drums.

Also, check out my friends The Familiar Looking Strangers, performing at the Briggs stage on Tuesday night, July 1, at 8pm at Summerfest. They always do a great show and have a lot of fun with the crowd.

Have a great week and please join me on Facebook at Rich Zimmermann Photography.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

Roger McGuinn, leading his band the Byrds in Wisconsin on April 30, 1972.

June 22, 2014

I have done a blog before on Clarence White of the Byrds, but it only included one picture, and it was my very first blog. Clarence is one of my favorite musicians. I got to meet him when I took these photographs on April 30, 1972.

The place was Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin.  He was sitting on a church table backstage when I met him that night. He was very nice to a young 18 year old photographer who wanted to be a rock photographer and was tagging along with a Columbia Records rep.

Clarence is playing his B Bender guitar in these pictures. He developed it and it is legendary. The guitar is now being played and used frequently by country star Marty Stuart. I have gotten to know Marty and we have talked about Clarence. Marty has these photos in his collection! It's so good to see this guitar used again and I recognized it when I photographed Marty in 2008 and saw the Frankfurt sticker on it.

One of the photos I have shared before but the rest have never been seen 'til now.

Enjoy these photos of Clarence and next week I will show the rest of what I have from this show.

Have a great week and of course all photos are for sale! Just contact us and we can help you out.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

Clarence White and his B Bender guitar on April 30, 1972.

June 16, 2014

Our blog today is about a Grateful Dead show at the Dane County Coliseum on February 15, 1973.

Starting today, my photographs on my website will have a watermark on them for many reasons. The biggest one being that I am in this whole business to sell some photographs and not be a starving artist!!

I never knew that Jerry Garcia was missing part of a finger until someone mentioned it and I looked at my photographs of this show. This proves that you don't need all of your fingers to play great guitar!

Enjoy some photographs from a great show that I remember being a very long performance. The Grateful Dead was known for playing long shows.  They frequently went into long jam sessions.

If my memory serves me correctly this was a two night show.

Have a great week.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

June 9, 2014

On December 5, 1973, The Beach Boys headlined a show with The New Riders of the Purple Sage at the Dane County Coliseum in Madison, Wisconsin.

It was a cold, wintery, snowy night in Wisconsin, but The Beach Boys turned up the heat! It was a great show for a big crowd.

Enjoy some photos of that evening. Next week we will have the opening act of this show, The New Riders of the Purple Sage!

Have a nice week and join me on Facebook at Rich Zimmermann Photography if you haven't already.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

The Beach Boys at the Dane County Coliseum on December 5, 1973.

June 2, 2014

Almost forgot my blog today!! It has been a very busy weekend with moving my Mom and going through lots of old stuff. Found my Dad's Army papers and his U. S. Army uniform!

Back to my rock'n'roll world here and we are looking at REO Speedwagon from a show at UW Oshkosh on September 4, 1972. They played with the Brian Lee Band and a band called Flash from England outside at UW Oshkosh.

REO Speedwagon is coming to Summerfest on June 28th with Babe Ruth opening the show. Should be an awesome show with 2 great bands I have not seen in years.

Enjoy some photos from a nice day for an outside concert.

Have a great week.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann