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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
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
