Henry Diltz
Henry Diltz was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1938. He developed an ear for music as a child while traveling overseas with his parents (Henry's father worked for the State Department). During the late fifties, Henry divided his time between college in Munich, the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and the University of Hawaii-where he studied psychology and started getting serious about his music. In the early 60's he joined Chip Douglas and Stan White to form the Lexington Three. In 1962, following the break-up of the Whiskeyhill Singers, Cyrus Faryar joined the trio which became firstly the Lexington Four and then the Modern Folk Quartet. The M.F.Q. recorded two albums for Warner Bros Records and a single with Phil Spector. They did a numerous college concert tours and club engagements around the country, including Manhattan's "Village Gate," and the "Troubador" and "Whisky-A-Go-Go in Hollywood. The group's repetoire included their opwn songs as well as material written by Dino Valenti, John Stewart, Bob Gibson and others.
While a member of the Modern Folk Quartet, Henry Diltz became interested in photography. His work attracted the eye of many of his fellow musicians who needed publicity and album cover shots. Henry was the official photographer at Woodstock, and the Monterey and Miami Music Festivals. He has photographed over eighty record album covers. His photo's have appeared on the covers of Life, Rolling Stone, Cashbox, and the Los Angeles Times.
Note: This information was posted to the web site when Henry appeared at our 16th Annual Benefit Weekend, January 12-13, 2001.