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Audio (4)

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Interview with Kerry Awn

Date: Unknown

Tracks   01
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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

Tracks   01
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Interview with Denny Freeman

An Interview from Everybody Loves Guitar with host Craig Garber

Date: September 6, 2018

Tracks   01
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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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Images (134)

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[Leon Russell and Freddie King AWHQ] (May, 1972)
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Lee Clayton, Willie Nelson, and Billy Joe Shaver at the Armadillo (ca. 1973)
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AWHQ - ZZ Top, pre beards (1972)
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Greezy Wheels - AWHQ (1972)
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Kris Kristofferson and Kenneth Threadgill (1972)
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[Storm at AWHQ] (1972)
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Interior shot toward south wall-AWHQ (1972)
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[ZZTop AWHQ] (1972)
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[Doug Sahm and David Bromberg at Armadillo] (September 29, 1974)
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Bruce Springsteen at the Armadillo (1974)
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Jimmy Cliff at the Armadillo World Headquarters (November, 1975)
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[Armadillo Interior] (between 1975 and 1980)
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Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen at the Armadillo. (between 1972 and 1980)
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[Type of Music Booked at Armadillo] (2010)
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[Local Band Bookings at Armadillo-1] (2010)
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[Local Band Bookings at Armadillo-2] (2010)
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[Touring Band Bookings at Armadillo-1] (2010)
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[Touring Band Bookings at Armadillo-2] (2010)
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[Armadillo Calendar October 1972] (September, 1972)
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[Entrance Sign] (ca. 1976)
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AWHQ Beer Garden (1974)
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Armadillo Living Billboard (August, 1975)
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Playing in the Band (November 21, 1973)
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[ArmadilloWorldHQ] (1970's)
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[AWHQ entrance-2]
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[AWHQ Exterior-B&W] (1970's)
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[AWHQ Exterior-Color] (1970's)
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[F.King-L.Russell - AWHQ] (1972)
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Freddie and Leon-AWHQ
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[Armadillo Entrance-1] (1970's)
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Fats Domino - AWHQ (February 28, 1971)
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[Armadillo Interior-1] (between 1976 and 1980)
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[Zappa-AWHQ] (between 1973 and 1980)
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[Jerry Lee Lewis] (1972)
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AWHQ billboard by HGonzalez (1970's)
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[Jerry Garcia at AWHQ] (November 23, 1972)
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[Doug with Jerry at the AWHQ jam] (November 23, 1972)
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[Dead Jam AWHQ] (November 23, 1972)
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LeonR, JerryG, DougS (November 23, 1972)
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AWHQ Jam GD (November 23, 1972)
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[Early staff photo] (1970)
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[Patrons at the Armadillo beer garden] (1970's)
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Armadillo Crowd (1970's)
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[Armadillo audience-2] (1970's)
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[Armadillo Audience-3] (1970's)
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[The Morning After] (January 1, 1981)
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[Armadillo World Headquarters billboard] (1970's)
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[The Sound System Setup at Armadillo World Headquarters] (between 1973 and 1980)
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[End of an Era] (1981)
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[The Aftermath] (January 1, 1981)
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[Armadillo World Headquarters Staff] (1974)
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Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers
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Freddie King armadillo guitar
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Armadillo Country Music Review (1972)
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Women's bathroom wall (Color) (between 1971 and 1973)
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Women's bathroom wall (B&W) (between 1971 and 1973)
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Guacamole Queen warning
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[Armadillo baying at the moon]
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[Women Big Rikki]
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Frank Zappa (1978)
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[Backstage at AWHQ] (September 7, 1973)
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Waylon Jennings (1973)
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[Frank and Franklin's armadillo] (March 10, 1973)
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Freddie King (between 1970 and 1976)
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Tales (11)

Public Memory and Performance on the 1970s Austin Music Scene

From Home With The Armadillo, p 2

The First Set

From Speaking of the Dead, p 2 - 4

In the Beginning

From Violaters Will Be Punished, p 1 - 2

The Vulcan, the Armadillo, and Beyond

From Violaters Will Be Punished, p 3 - 8

Punk Rock and the Xerox Kids

From Violaters Will Be Punished, p 8 - 10

Setting the Table | The National Front

From A Survivor's Tale: Armadillo and the Cosmic Cowboy Way, p 1 - 3

Armadillos

From A Survivor's Tale: Armadillo and the Cosmic Cowboy Way, p 8 - 11

Music as the Link | Willie

From A Survivor's Tale: Armadillo and the Cosmic Cowboy Way, p 11 - 13

Introduction

From The Maverick Tradition: Postering in Austin Texas, p 1

The Artists of Armadillo World Headquarters

From The Maverick Tradition: Postering in Austin Texas, p 3 - 5

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Texts (7)

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Home With The Armadillo

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

Date: 2010
Total Pages: 14

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The Armadillo's Last Waltz

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

Date: 1980
Total Pages: 3

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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

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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

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A Survivor's Tale: Armadillo and the Cosmic Cowboy Way

Craig Hattersley, Greezy Wheels bandleader, reflects on the Armadillo World Headquarters music hall and it's impact on Austin and, by extension, it's significance to the national music and culture.

Date: March 31, 2024
Total Pages: 15

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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

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Austin's Posterfarians of the '60s and '70s

A brief overview of how the Austin poster scene started with an emphasis on Jim Franklin

Date: February 24, 2022
Total Pages: 8

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