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Storm at Armadillo World Headquarters

A live recording of Storm, a white blues band focusing on an authentic Chicago blues style.

Date: February 28, 1971


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Fats Domino Live at Armadillo World Headquarters

Fats Domino was an American pianist, singer and songwriter. One of the pioneers of rock and roll music, Domino sold more than 65 million records.

Date: February 28, 1971


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Interview with Cornell Hurd, Jimmie Vaughan, Marcia Ball, Ray Benson, Ruben Ramos

A curated collection of different interviews done by the Bullock Museum for their Armadillo World Headquarters exhibit, When Austin Got Weird.

Date: 2014


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Interview with Angela Strehli

A 32 minute interview with vocalist Angela Strehli who was one of the leading blues musicians in Austin and an important figure in the early days of Antone's, Austin's internationally famous Blues club.

Date: May, 2015


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Interview with Denny Freeman

An Interview from Everybody Loves Guitar with host Craig Garber

Date: September 6, 2018


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Interview with Eddie Wilson, Mike Tolleson, Bruce Willenzik, Bill Narum, Jason Mellard, Micael Priest, Jim Franklin, Willie Nelson, Kathy Valentine, John Kuntz, Emma Little and Bill Bentley

Armadillo World Headquarters' 50 anniversary, a KUT radio podcast covering the Armadillo's musical legacy, from blues and the birth of cosmic country to the punk rock explosion.

Date: 2020


Tracks   Back Home To The Armadillo
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Interview with Chris Layton

Date: Unknown


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Interview with Lissa Hattersley

Date: Unknown


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Interview with Kerry Awn

Date: Unknown


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Interview with Denny Freeman

Date: Unknown


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Images (277)

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Freddie King (between 1970 and 1976)
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[Eddie and Jim on stage] (between 1970 and 1973)
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[Jim on stage] (between 1970 and 1975)
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[Freddie King AWHQ - 1] (between 1970 and 1976)
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[Freddie King AWHQ - 2] (between 1970 and 1976)
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[Freddie King AWHQ - 3] (between 1970 and 1976)
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Danny Garrett (1970's)
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[Jim in full regalia] (between 1971 and 1974)
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Fats Domino - AWHQ (February 28, 1971)
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[Fats Domino AWHQ - 2] (February 28, 1971)
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AWHQ Freddie King (September, 1971)
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Armadillo Kitchen menu (between 1972 and 1980)
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A young Willie Nelson AWHQ (between 1972 and 1973)
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[awhq beergarden crowd] (between 1972 and 1980)
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Tales (106)

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Texts (20)

The Armadillo's Last Waltz

A magazine article on the impending closure of Armadillo World Headquarters.

Date: 1980
Total Pages: 3

The Maverick Tradition: Postering in Austin Texas

A concise history of the music poster artists and their styles starting with the Vulcan Gas Company, Austin's first countercultural music venue.

Date: 1991
Total Pages: 11

Beautiful Loser Keith Ferguson: No Apologies, No Regrets

A newspaper article by Josh Alan Friedman about Keith Ferguson, best known as bassist for the Fabulous Thunderbirds, a game-changing white blues band in the late 70s/early 80s.

Date: March 28, 1996
Total Pages: 15

Violaters Will Be Punished

Marc Savlov's take on Austin's anti-postering law with a dive into Austin's historical poster scene.

Date: September 12, 1997
Total Pages: 16

Home With The Armadillo

Jason Mellard's analysis of Armadillo World Headquarters' impact on Austin's music culture.

Date: 2010
Total Pages: 14

Speaking of the Dead

An Austin Chronicle newspaper article recounting the times the Grateful Dead played the Manor Downs Racetrack with references to Jerry Garcia and Phil Lesh jamming Thanksgiving day at Armadillo World Headquarters.

Date: 2015
Total Pages: 8

How the 1970s Defined Austin

A look at the cultural forces at play in Austin, Texas during the 1970s

Date: 2018
Total Pages: 11

The House That Freddie Built

Art Levy's blog on how Freddie King impacted Armadillo World Headquarters.

Date: August 18, 2020
Total Pages: 6

"Goodnight Austin, Texas, wherever you are"

Date: November 26, 2021
Total Pages: 6

"You found me": Willie meets the Dillo

Date: January 15, 2022
Total Pages: 9

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Topics (5)

Armadillo World Headquarters

Closest thing to a working commune, working democracy I'll ever see.

Thirteenth Floor Elevators

"EXPLORE BUTTON NOT OPERATIONAL

Soap Creek Saloon

"EXPLORE BUTTON NOT OPERATIONAL

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Inner Sanctum Records

"EXPLORE BUTTON NOT OPERATIONAL

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Heart of Texas Music

"EXPLORE BUTTON NOT OPERATIONAL

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Callin' All Cultures/Under Construction

Foremost is an aggressive booking policy that presents live national and local talent two hundred nights a year, with enough variety to satisfy even the most hard-core music lovers... It makes perfectly good sense to me, for instance, to present Bill Monroe one night and Ravi Shankar the next, Fats Domino after that, then Mighty Clouds of Joy or Jerry Jeff Walker, and then a Sunday performance of Stanley Hall's Austin Ballet Theatre. Show me another club or concert hall as adventurous as that.

From Armadillo World Headquarters

The Art Squad

As with Willie Nelson’s 4th of July picnics, the ‘Dillo facilitated a triumph over deep-seated prejudices... More significantly to the Austin poster panorama, however, the Armadillo offered artists an inspirational and nurturing environment, a supportive fraternity, and a mission. It became during the Seventies quite possibly the single most important poster patron this side of Haight Ashbury.

From The Art Squad

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