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June 26, 2025
Our music world lost another great musician on June 12, 2025,Brian Wilson. He was the leader and main writer of the Beach Boys songs.
Brian was a legend and his controversial album was "Pet Sounds".
He was one of three Wilson boys and they with the rest of the band were managed and coached by their father, Murray. Murray was a singer and songwriter and thought he knew what was best for the young boys.
All the Wilson boys had issues in life especially Brian. He suffered from depression and seemingly had a questionable doctor that they finally put a restraining order against. His methods were not so good.
I had the pleasure of photographing the Beach Boys twice. Once was in June of 1975 at Milwaukee County Stadium for a Gathering on the Green show. Then again when they headlined at the Dane County Coliseum in Madison, Wisconsin December 5, 1973. The New Riders of the Purple Sage opened that show.
I missed a chance a few years back to photograph Brian Wilson with my friend Jeff Beck because I was sick. That sucked and I know I missed a great show.
Enjoy a look at the men in 1973 and 1975. Unfortunately, Brian was already gone at this point so I have no photos of him.
Thanks,
Rich
June 2, 2025
What a couple weeks of racing in the Indy Car world!
Alex Palou won the Indy 500 and probably has the championship wrapped up for him as winner this year.
Alex has had an amazing career in racing and has been very successful in Indy Car with championships in 2021, 2023, 2024 and most likely again this year.
In 2024 he also won the Million Dollar Challenge at Thermal Park in California.
He is still very young and has a great future as one of the nicest guys on pit lane with a great attitude. Doesn't have an F1 Max Verstappen attitude when driving because he races clean.
Cancer has slowed me down a bunch and I missed Indy because of it. But we keep fighting. I have great support with my wife and we just keep on going.
Enjoy some photos of Alex from the Dale Coyne racing days in 2020 when he won at Road America and others through last year.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
May 19, 2025
One of the best auto racers to ever drive an open wheel race car was Jacques Villeneuve who was born to race.
His father Gilles Villeneuve past away when Jacques was very young in 1982 driving for Ferrari. That took the racing bug out of Jacques for just a little while.
By 1994 he was driving a CART Forsythe/Team Kool Green Indy Car. In 1995 he was driving for Team Kool Green and won the Indy Car Series Championship and the Indy 500!
1996 he moved to F1 and won the F1 Championship in 1997 for Team Williams.
Seemed like he could win in anything and tried NASCAR, Sports Cars and more.
Born in Canada but moved to Monaco when he was 7 and was raised in a Swiss boarding school until the racing bug took over at 17.
I had the pleasure to watch him drive in the Indy Lights and then the 1994 and 1995 seasons in an Indy Car.
Enjoy a few years of some great memories of a great racer and beautiful race car.
Thanks,
Rich
