June 12, 2017

While searching in the closet for something, I found an old roll of film.

It is from June 30, 1978 at Milwaukee County Stadium.  They are for the most part, shots of stage step up with a few photos of Heart and Cheap Trick from the press box. 

I need to find the film of Ted Nugent, because so far all I have found is this one roll of film. Fun to look at the speakers and workers with no hard hats!! That would NOT happen today and they would probably have safety glasses and steel toe boots on too, right?

Looking at those speakers makes me wonder if that is why my ears frequently ring these days!

Enjoy and what did you say? Can't hear you!

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

Heart with Cheap Trick and 1 shot of Ted Nugent!  Mostly setup shots.

June 5, 2017

I continue to dig through my archives for Summerfest.  The other day I heard that Brewer and Shipley are back on the road again. That is a good thing considering all the great musicians we have lost already this year...

Take a look at Mike Brewer and Tom Shipley from Summerfest in 1972. Check out the stage lights and rigging! We have come a long way.

You need to be a little older to remember these guys.  Remember the songs, One Toke Over The Line and Tarkio Road? Those were great tunes among the many others that they did.

Enjoy!

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

Brewer and Shipley at Summerfest in 1972.

May 29, 2017

Happy Memorial Day everyone. Be sure thank a veteran for his service today!

Yesterday, was the Indy 500 and it was an amazing action packed race! I couldn't sit still watching this one!

My pick, Scott Dixon, went flying through the air and hit the wall. Fortunately he survived and is fine. Second pick, Fernando Alonso, had a Honda engine blow up after a great run and my third pick, Helio Castronieves, came sooooo close to winning! Congrats to Takuma Sato or Tako as we call him. Helio will have to try for his fourth win at Indy next year.

Anyway and on another noted, here is Hall and Oates from the Tears for Fears and Hall and Oates show I shot a few weeks ago. I had a song and a half to photograph the band standing on a chair at the soundboard way back!

Great show and I still think that Tears for Fears was better than Hall and Oates on this particular evening.

Enjoy, and have a great week.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

Hall and Oates at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee on May 13, 2017.

May 22, 2017

Well, I can finally cross off seeing Tears for Fears from my bucket list! I got to see them on May 13, 2017 with Hall and Oates! Next week we will look at Hall and Oates.

Tears for Fears has been around since 1981 and I have always like their music. This show was their third of the tour with Hall and Oates and they were awesome!! Personally, I think they stole the show. They rocked it!

Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith, both guitarists, did a great show as well as the rest of the band, of course. The encore song was "Shout".  It was just awesome!

Check out a few shots of the band taken from standing on a chair near the soundboard.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

Tears for Fears at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee on May 13, 2017.

May 15, 2017

Last night I had the opportunity to see and photograph Tears for Fears and Hall and Oates at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee. It was a great show. That will be next week's blog after some editing.

This week we have Joe Walsh at Summerfest in 1973.

Take a look at one of my favorite musicians when he was just few years younger. I was young too at almost 19 years old!

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

Joe Walsh at Summerfest in 1973.