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Henry Diltz: The Accidental Archivist of Rock's Golden Era
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- Jun 9, 2026
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Summary
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. 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. He didn't plan any of it. That's what makes it remarkable. This episode covers: The Ed Sullivan moment that ended folk music overnight How the Laurel Canyon scene created the singer-songwriter era Being the official photographer at Monterey Pop and Woodstock Six decades of archiving the music that defined a generation His cameo in Spinal Tap II And how changing the words you use can change the way you see the world The Miss O'Dell Show is recorded at The Church Studio in Tulsa, Oklahoma , the legendary studio built by Leon Russell.