Post by the Scribe on Aug 7, 2017 5:59:26 GMT -5
Henry Stanford Diltz (born September 6, 1938, in Kansas City, Missouri) is an American folk musician and photographer who has been active since the 1960s. He has two children (Zoe Diltz Pratt and Nicholas Harrison Diltz) with Elizabeth Joy Grand Diltz.
Among the bands Diltz played with were the Modern Folk Quartet. While a member of the Modern Folk Quartet, Diltz became interested in photography, met The Monkees, played on some of their recording sessions, and took numerous photographs of the band, many of which have been published. His work also attracted the eye of other musicians who needed publicity and album cover photos. He was the official photographer at Woodstock, and the Monterey and Miami Music Festivals, and has photographed over 200 record album covers.
Diltz photographed 1960s folk-rock stars who lived in Los Angeles's Laurel Canyon. During that time, Laurel Canyon was a center of American music. Many rising stars were drawn to Laurel Canyon, a laid back neighborhood in the Hollywood Hills. "There was a sense of brotherhood in all of this - in the music scene, in Laurel Canyon, certainly at Woodstock. But all the people I photographed: I love their music."
In 1971 he and songwriter Jimmy Webb nearly died in a glider aircraft accident. Webb was piloting and Diltz was taking motion picture film from the rear seat. Both suffered significant injuries. The film did not survive.
Diltz contributed all the photographs to the 1978 book, California Rock, California Sound, which archived the Los Angeles music scene of the 1970s. British writer, Anthony Fawcett, provided the bulk of the text. He also has a book titled, "California Dreaming", from Genesis Publications UK. Self-published "Unpainted Faces" book of black and white photographs was released through Morrison Hotel Gallery.
Diltz is co-founder of the Morrison Hotel Gallery along with Peter Blachley and Rich Horowitz in SoHo, New York City and in West Hollywood. The galleries specialize in fine-art music photography, including his own works.
Diltz is still active, including a role as contributing photographer to The Henry Rollins Show. He was among the 43 photographers invited to donate a print to "FOCUS: an auction of the finest photography to benefit City Harvest...." The fund-raiser was on September 18, 2008 supported City Harvest, a food collection bank in New York City.
Diltz lives in California. The archive in his bungalow in North Hollywood, California holds some 800,000 photographs, alphabetized from "A" (for America) to "Z" (for Zappa).
Among the bands Diltz played with were the Modern Folk Quartet. While a member of the Modern Folk Quartet, Diltz became interested in photography, met The Monkees, played on some of their recording sessions, and took numerous photographs of the band, many of which have been published. His work also attracted the eye of other musicians who needed publicity and album cover photos. He was the official photographer at Woodstock, and the Monterey and Miami Music Festivals, and has photographed over 200 record album covers.
Diltz photographed 1960s folk-rock stars who lived in Los Angeles's Laurel Canyon. During that time, Laurel Canyon was a center of American music. Many rising stars were drawn to Laurel Canyon, a laid back neighborhood in the Hollywood Hills. "There was a sense of brotherhood in all of this - in the music scene, in Laurel Canyon, certainly at Woodstock. But all the people I photographed: I love their music."
In 1971 he and songwriter Jimmy Webb nearly died in a glider aircraft accident. Webb was piloting and Diltz was taking motion picture film from the rear seat. Both suffered significant injuries. The film did not survive.
Diltz contributed all the photographs to the 1978 book, California Rock, California Sound, which archived the Los Angeles music scene of the 1970s. British writer, Anthony Fawcett, provided the bulk of the text. He also has a book titled, "California Dreaming", from Genesis Publications UK. Self-published "Unpainted Faces" book of black and white photographs was released through Morrison Hotel Gallery.
Diltz is co-founder of the Morrison Hotel Gallery along with Peter Blachley and Rich Horowitz in SoHo, New York City and in West Hollywood. The galleries specialize in fine-art music photography, including his own works.
Diltz is still active, including a role as contributing photographer to The Henry Rollins Show. He was among the 43 photographers invited to donate a print to "FOCUS: an auction of the finest photography to benefit City Harvest...." The fund-raiser was on September 18, 2008 supported City Harvest, a food collection bank in New York City.
Diltz lives in California. The archive in his bungalow in North Hollywood, California holds some 800,000 photographs, alphabetized from "A" (for America) to "Z" (for Zappa).
Henry Diltz was on coast to coast am in a 3 hour (radio) interview this past Saturday night. When I saw the conversation was "Linda Ronstadtless" I decided to send an email to the host to ask a couple of questions. If you go to the youtube video below my question was answered just minutes after I sent it. Dave Schrader was the guest weekend host. Forward to 2:15:00 for the answer from Henry. I am not sure how long that video will be left on youtube. Sometimes they disappear. I just wanted to remind coast's millions of listeners that there was a Linda Ronstadt presence in those early years of Rock, Hippies, Love-ins, etc. Linda is never mentioned enough for my tastes. My questions were good enough for a few minutes of conversation.
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Dave@DarknessRadio.com
Aug 6 at 1:28 AM
My favorite photo of Linda Ronstadt was one you took of her early on in her Different Drum dress in the late 1960's.. Weren't you neighbors with Linda and do you have any stories about her or how you two met?
What artist who passed on do you miss the most?
Thanks Dave.
Dave@DarknessRadio.com
Aug 6 at 1:28 AM
My favorite photo of Linda Ronstadt was one you took of her early on in her Different Drum dress in the late 1960's.. Weren't you neighbors with Linda and do you have any stories about her or how you two met?
What artist who passed on do you miss the most?
Thanks Dave.
Date
Saturday - August 5, 2017
Host
Dave Schrader
Guests
Henry Diltz, Bobby Hart
Extraordinary rock 'n' roll photographer Henry Diltz joined Dave Schrader (email) to discuss photographing rock's biggest acts and how a $20 secondhand camera turned into a photographic career with album covers for The Doors, Crosby, Stills & Nash, The Lovin' Spoonful, and many more. "It just kind of happened," Diltz admitted about his stunning career photographing music icons. "The people I shot were my friends... they were fellow musicians, they were people in Laurel Canyon," he added.
Diltz, who has photographed legends including Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, The Who, and Neil Young described his shooting style as informal and more like hanging out. "It's the unfamous part that I'm interested in, what's makes them just like everybody else," he revealed. Diltz detailed what it was like shooting the Eagles in the desert, Crosby, Stills & Nash on a old couch in front of an abandoned house, and The Doors inside the transient Morrison Hotel, where they snuck in for a photo after the lobby was empty. According to Diltz, the back of the Morrison Hotel album cover featured a bar called Hard Rock Cafe which is where the now famous restaurant chain took its name. He also spoke about this work on The Monkees television series.
Boyce & Hart and The Monkees
In the first hour, the man who wrote the music that outsold The Beatles and The Rolling Stones in 1967, Bobby Hart, shared an exclusive glimpse into his life and career. Hart, who wrote songs with partner Tommy Boyce, recalled auditioning for the producers of The Monkees television show. "We had no idea how big it was going to be... it was ten times bigger than we even envisioned," he said. Hart recalled how he and Boyce lost control of the first recording session with the playful, high-energy members of The Monkees, prompting the duo to bring them in separately for future sessions. "Tommy and I decided early on that we didn't want to get too close to The Beatles' sound," Hart explained, noting they did try to emulate the Fab Four's album formula. Hart also spoke about this involvement in Let Us Vote movement to lower voting age to 18.
Website(s):
• henrydiltz.com
•officialboyceandhart.com
Book(s):
•Unpainted Faces
•Psychedelic Bubble Gum
Bumper Music
Bumper music from Saturday August 05, 2017
•Midnight Express (The Chase)
Giorgio Moroder
•Come a Little Bit Closer
Jay and the Americans
•Last Train To Clarksville
The Monkees
•I Wonder What She's Doing Tonite
Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart
• This Could Be The Night
Modern Folk Quartet
•Make Your Own Kind of Music
Mama Cass
•Roadhouse Blues
Doors
•Daydream Believer
Monkees
•Purple Haze
Jimi Hendrix
•Can't You Hear Me Knocking
The Rolling Stones
•Sweet Baby James
James Taylor
•Desperado
Linda Ronstadt
•Cry Baby
Janis Joplin
•Too Many People
Paul McCartney
•Ohio
Crosby, Still, & Nash
•Inca Dance
Cusco
Coast To Coast AM - August 5, 2017 Vintage Rock & Roll
Published on Aug 6, 2017
Coast To Coast AM - August 5, 2017 Vintage Rock & Roll
Extraordinary rock 'n' roll photographer Henry Diltz joined coast to discuss photographing rock's biggest acts and how a $20 second-hand camera turned into a photographic career with an album cover for The Lovin' Spoonful.
In the first hour, the man who wrote the music that outsold The Beatles and The Rolling Stones in 1967-1968, Bobby Hart, shared an exclusive glimpse into his life of extravagance, disillusionment, and personal struggle to find balance, and love in the era of free speech, mysticism, and psychedelic pop culture.
Coast To Coast AM - August 5, 2017 Vintage Rock & Roll
Images of rock legends from Laurel Canyon
Published on Feb 8, 2015
Correspondent Anthony Mason takes us on a picturesque tour of L.A.'s iconic Laurel Canyon, home to rock and roll royalty, with photographer Henry Diltz.
www.cbsnews.com/pictures/iconic-rock-star-photos-by-henry-diltz/13/
