Henry Diltz: The Accidental Archivist of Rock's Golden Era

JUN 9, 202640 MIN
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Henry Diltz: The Accidental Archivist of Rock's Golden Era

JUN 9, 202640 MIN

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<p>Henry Diltz, famous rock photographer and archivist, bought a $20 secondhand camera on a whim in Michigan. What followed was a 60-year photographic career that captured Woodstock, Monterey Pop, Laurel Canyon, and nearly every defining album cover of rock's greatest era.</p><p>In this conversation with Chris O'Dell at The Church Studio in Tulsa, Henry tells the full story — from watching The Beatles on Ed Sullivan from a New England motel room as a folk singer, to living among Joni Mitchell, Stephen Stills, and Neil Young in Laurel Canyon, to getting a phone call from Michael Lang and a $500 airline ticket to some concert called Woodstock.</p><p>He didn't plan any of it. That's what makes it remarkable.</p><p><strong>This episode covers:</strong></p><ul><li>The Ed Sullivan moment that ended folk music overnight</li><li>How the Laurel Canyon scene created the singer-songwriter era</li><li>Being the official photographer at Monterey Pop and Woodstock</li><li>Six decades of archiving the music that defined a generation</li><li>His cameo in <em>Spinal Tap II</em></li><li>And how changing the words you use can change the way you see the world</li></ul><p><em>The Miss O'Dell Show is recorded at The Church Studio in Tulsa, Oklahoma , the legendary studio built by Leon Russell.</em></p><p></p>