urn:taro:utexas.cah.01096 A Guide to the Coke H. Dilworth Photograph Collection, 1972-1977 Dolph Briscoe Center for American History Encoded in XMetal 3 by Nicole Davis according to instructions in TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions October 2, 2008 Finding aid written in English. June 2010 Revised by Linda Peterson Descriptive Summary Dilworth, Coke H. Dilworth (Coke H.) Photograph Collection, 1972-1977 4 inches AR 95-235; 210-148 Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin English.

Born in 1936, Coke H. Dilworth is a fourth-generation Austinite who graduated from the University of Texas School of Architecture. In 1972 he established a business called The Darkroom that offered film processing to photographers who did not have their own. He was also the "default" photographer for the Armadillo World Headquarters from 1972 -1978. The "AWHQ" music hall was opened in 1970 by Eddie Wilson, manager of the psychedelic rock band Shiva's Headband, on the site of a former National Guard armory in south Austin. The hall held about 1,500 people. The venue became iconic of Austin's unique hippie-bohemian music scene.

Scope and Contents

Approximately 50 contact sheets and negatives document the Austin, Texas, music scene of the mid-1970s. Negatives are primarily 35 mm black and white, although there are some color negatives and a few medium format negatives. Photographs depict performances at Armadillo World Headquarters, as well as the AWHQ staff and some informal events. All contact sheets have corresponding negatives. All performances and events listed are at the AWHQ unless otherwise noted. Items are separated by format and arranged chronologically. Also included is a project that Dilworth did in 1976, photographing the location and audience of Willie Nelson's July 4th picnic in Gonzales, Texas, before, during, and after the event. This consists of 8 contact sheets and 251 35 mm black and white negatives.

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 Preferred Citation

Coke H. Dilworth Photograph Collection, 1972-1977, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.

 Index Terms Subjects Music--Texas--Austin--20th century. Musicians--Photographs. Places Austin (Tex.) Gonzales (Tex.) Contact Sheets 3S448 Performers and Events: 3S448 Greezy Wheels, 8/1972 3S448 Armadillo World Headquarters, candid shots, 8/11/1972 3S448 "And the rains come" [flooding at the AWHQ?] 10/11/1973 3S448 Freddie King, 12/22/1973 3S448 Tom T. Hall, 12/1973 and Van Morrison, 1/1974 3S448 Waylon Jennings and Billy Joe Shaver, 1/25/1974 3S448 Commander Cody, 2/9/1974 3S448 Greezy Wheels, 2/1974 3S448 New Riders and Roger McQuinn, 3/2/1974 3S448 The Committee, 3/8-9/1974 3S448 Bruce Springsteen, 3/16/1974 and Genesis, 3/17/1974 3S448 Hoyt Axton, 3/29/1974 3S448 Brewer and Shipley, 4/3/1974 3S448 Boz Scaggs, 4/13/1974 3S448 Buffy St. Marie, 4/19/1974 3S448 Loudon Wainwright III, 5/4/1974 3S448 Captain Beefheart, 5/12/1974 3S448 Greezy Wheels, 5/31/1974 3S448 Electro Magnets and Taj Majal, 5/1974 3S448 Commander Cody, 6/1974 3S448 Armadillo World Headquarters, acoustical coating application on interior, 8/1/1974 3S448 Doug Sahm, 8/1974 3S448 Cold Blood, 9/14/1974 3S448 Loudon Wainwright III, 9/21/1974 3S448 The Pointer Sisters, 11/10/1974 3S448 Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show, 11/15/1974 3S448 Bill Monroe, 11/22/1974 3S448 Ray Charles, 12/6/1974 3S448 Linda Ronstadt, 12/9/1974 3S448 Tracy Nelson, 12/13/1974 3S448 Merl Saunders and Jerry Garcia, 12/20/1974 3S448 Roy Buchanan, 1/24/1975 3S448 Al Stewart, 3/21/1975 3S448 Michael Murphy, 4/20/1975 3S448 Ruby Starr, 5/2/1975 3S448 Armadillo World Headquarters, interior, 5/9/1975 3S448 Frank Zappa, 5/21/1975 3S448 Full Moon Festival with Balcones Fault, 6/1975 3S448 Kinky Friedman, 6/1975 3S448 Chuck Mangione, 6/1975 3S448 Jose Feliciano, 7/25/1975 3S448 Balcones Fault and Anna's Birthday at Zilker Park, 8/1975 3S448 Roary and Anna, Michael Priest and Ernie, 8/1975 3S448 Freddie Fender and Doug Sahm, 8/1975 3S448 Balcones Fault, 10/24/1975 3S448 Balcones Fault at Hemisfair Theater, 10/28/1975 3S448 Armadillo World Headquarters, interior, 10/1975 3S448 Jimmy Cliff, 11/1975 3S448 Greezy Wheels, 11/4/1975 3S448 Thanksgiving at the Armadillo World Headquarters, 11/1975 3S448 Onion Audio and Kitchen, 11/1975 3S448 Balcones Fault, 2/3/1976 3S448 B. B. King, 3/15/1976 3S448 Willie Nelson, Charlie Daniels, and Rusty Weir, 3/1976 3S448 Loudon Wainwright III, 3/1976 3S448 Jimmy Buffett, summer 1976 3S448 Firesign Theater at the Paramount (with John Bernadoni), 4/30/1977 3S448 Jeff [?], undated 3S448 Armadillo World Headquarters Staff, 1974-1975: 3S448 4/12/1974 3S448 10/28/1974 3S448 Baseball team, 7/1974 3S448 10/28/1974 3S448 9/15/1975 3S448 Willie Nelson's picnic, July 3-5, 1976 Negatives [Restricted] 3S448 Negatives, 1972-1977