02-26 - Rock photographer Henry Diltz talks about his history with The Doors, CSN, James Taylor, Woodstock and more!

Henry Diltz is one of the most iconic rock and roll photographers today. He has shot over 200 album covers and countless photographs that you would recognize. Morrison Hotel for the Doors is one of his most famous works of art. So famous that he has opened 3 Morrison Hotel photograph galleries that feature over 125 music photographers with great works for sale. Henry tells us some of the stories behind his photography, hanging on the set with the Monkees, Jackson Browne and many more!

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Show Notes:

Check out Henry’s Work at the Morrison Hotel Gallery. Here you can purchases limited edition photographs of Henry’s work: https://www.morrisonhotelgallery.com/photographers/HZF6ag/Henry-Diltz

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You can find some of Henry’s band’s music (The Modern Folk Quartet) at Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=modern+folk+quartet&ref=nb_sb_noss_1

Henry’s work has been featured in many books, some out of print. So you may have to search for some of the books, but Amazon will give you an idea of what is or was available: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=henry+diltz&i=stripbooks&ref=nb_sb_noss_1

Henry speaks a lot about his business partner, Gary Burden. Here is a brief description of Gary from Wikipedia: Gary Burden (May 23, 1933 – March 7, 2018) was an American artist specializing in the field of album covers. He is considered one of the pioneers of the concept of album cover art.

Gary Burden was born on May 23, 1933, in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Lowell and Agatha Burden, and grew up mainly in south Florida. At the age of 16, he joined the Marine Corps. He studied architectural design at UC Berkeley.

In the 1960s and 1970s, he designed covers for many rock stars, such as Mama Cass, Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, Joni Mitchell, The Doors, The Eagles and Jackson Browne. He created album covers for Neil Young for 35 years.

His works were nominated for four Grammy Awards, and, at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards in 2010, he won the award for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Packaging for the Neil Young The Archives Vol. 1 1963–1972.

Burden collaborated with photographer Henry Diltz. In 2000 they made a documentary California Rock: Under the Covers, depicting their album cover works and participation in the Los Angeles rock scene.

You can also catch Henry on the Laurel Canyon Documentary (By the way Rita and CW interviewed director Alison Ellwood on a previous interview which you can find where ever you found the current episode); which can be found on the EPIX channel.

Videos:

Henry talks about the cover of Helplessly Hoping by CS&N - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtX1r0SzxlI

One of Henry’s lecturers with photo slide show: California Dreamin' - A Talk with Music Photographer Henry Diltz - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrG2rv6YLfQ

Take a look at Henry’s archives in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6OXzsUQWpg