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February 8, 2016
Last week's blog was about The Jeff Beck Group at the Riverside Theater on May 10, 1972. The opening act that night was The Siegal Schwall Band. I feature them today in my blog.
Corky Siegal and Jim Schwall formed the Siegal Schwall Band in the 1960's and were a popular Chicago house band. They played in Wisconsin a lot, and were the opening act for many shows in the 1970's.
In the next few weeks, we will explore a few more of those shows.
Enjoy a look back and have a great week.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
February 1, 2016
If you have followed my blogs and photos, you know that I like what Jeff Beck can do on a guitar.
On May 10, 1972, The Jeff Beck Group played at the Riverside Theater. They opened for The Siegal-Schwall Band.
I have shown photos of Jeff Beck and his band before, but always knew that I had more pictures somewhere. I did.
I have been scanning the Siegal Schwall band lately and was surprised to find my lost Jeff Beck photos! It's only five shots, but they are pretty good. In fact, I think that they are better than the other ones.
Enjoy a look at The Jeff Beck Group and the lost images from 1972!
Next week, the blog will be about the Siegal Schwall Band from that show.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
January 25, 2016
Wow, it's blog #200!!!! That's a lot and I haven't repeated one yet! Goal accomplished.
Anyway, this week's blog is about one of my first paying photo jobs. It was the day that the Serendipity Singers came to the Dave Kennedy Recording Studios in Milwaukee on June 7, 1972.
More cowbell please. We hear that a lot these days. However, on this day it was more kazoo please! They spent a lot of time working on a kazoo riff and vocals. The only instruments they had that day were kazoos. There were no other instruments.
As to who is who in these photos, I haven't a clue. This group changed members so frequently through the years. They have been around for a long time and they are still going today.
My job that day was interesting. I borrowed another camera from my boss at Camera Corner to have as a backup. I used it with a different lens so I had another camera ready to go. Well, it was really ready to go because I set it down on a couch by the reception area and when I came back two minutes later it was gone!! Someone stole it and of course it had the film in it with the shots I had just taken. My boss at Camera Corner, Jon Dunar, was really nice about it and he didn't even fire me!
Enjoy a look at the film that didn't get stolen from the one camera that didn't get stolen.
Have a good week and if you know anything about who is who in these photographs, let me know please.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann