LAST DANCE AT THE DILLO PART 1

[waluttrell]

I actually have the last ticket to the last dance at the dillo. I stood in line for a couple of hours that cloady day and when I got to the window the clerk said I hope you only need one ticket (which I did) and they said "you are getting the last ticket (#1100) and closed the window with many people still in line. I also have the ticket signed by Commander Cody and he wrote "keep on rockin' - Commander Cody" on the back...I've kept it all these years! Bill L.

[jeop1930]

when i was 12yrs old my brother and went to see.moxy and ac dc what a show those were the day that was it i hooked on rock and roll/long live rock and roll.

[rw1sgusa]

I WAS there in 1977 asleep at the wheel willie the amazing R ACES FOR 5.00 BUCKS YOU COULD BUY WHISKEY BY THE BOTTLE IT made quite an impression on a 18 year old kid from West Virginia, great music even greater people I SWEAR I DIDNT SEE 1 UGLY GIRL IN Austin what a party at the DILLO

[sugardevil49]

in the late 70's i was working at a VW dealership next door to the original Whole Foods Market on south Lamar. the beer garden at the Dillo was one of our favrorit lunch spots fer a few of us mechanix . got ship-wrecked there many a time and was unfit to go back to work. end of an era when that place went away. very sad, symbolic end of a unique culture. Austin was the center of the counter culture universe for a few years, and the Armadillo was its Mecca. Hail, hail !

[sugardevil49]

Damn, I miss that place ! I was living in Austin in the early years after the Dillo first kicked off. Jimmie Vaughan had just moved to town from Oak Cliff and was my next-door-neighbor on South Lamar. we got to be great friends. he was playing in a little ol' called Storm at the time, along with a few other dudes that would later become legends too, Storm was one of the regular bands at the Dillo, along with Freddie King, Shiva's Head Band, Freda and the Firedogs (a young Marcia Ball and manymo

[bobo420TX]

One of the greatest concert venues in history. Was at Ft Hood 74-75 used to drive the 70 miles each way to catch a show at the least every weekend sometime more often. Moved to Austin after the Army, was at this show it was exciting but very sad that "our" place was being torn down, what a waste. The Dillo is one of the main places that justified the saying keeping Austin weird.

ONWARD THRU THE FOG !!

[bobo420TX]

One of the greatest concert venues in history. Was at Ft Hood 74-75 used to drive the 70 miles each way to catch a show at the least every weekend sometime more often. Moved to Austin after the Army, was at this show it was exciting but very sad that "our" place was being torn down, what a waste. The Dillo is one of the main places that justified the saying keeping Austin weird.

ONWARD THRU THE FOG !!

[bobo420TX]

One of the greatest concert venues in history. Was at Ft Hood 74-75 used to drive the 70 miles each way to catch a show at the least every weekend sometime more often. Moved to Austin after the Army, was at this show it was exciting but very sad that "our" place was being torn down, what a waste. The Dillo is one of the main places that justified the saying keeping Austin weird.

ONWARD THRU THE FOG !!

[bobo420TX]

One of the greatest concert halls in history, spent many a night drinking beer and smoking doobies. I was at this show it was fun but at the same time it was very sad to see this institution closed. Went to TX in the Army in 74 and used to go to the dillo every weekend, sometimes weeknights (it was 70 miles each way) ended up moving to Austin after the Army. ONWARD THRU THE FOG !

[bobo420TX]

One of the greatest concert halls in history, spent many a night drinking beer and smoking doobies. I was at this show it was fun but at the same time it was very sad to see this institution closed. Went to TX in the Army in 74 and used to go to the dillo every weekend, sometimes weeknights (it was 70 miles each way) ended up moving to Austin after the Army. ONWARD THRU THE FOG !

[catndryer]

Went there from 72-77 from time to time.....it was the Hippy Concert Venue.....not to be confused with Hippy Night Club. The place lived about ten years and died about three years too late.....the hippy thing had run it's course. EXTREMELY overrated experience. This was the time when there was NO problem with STDs and the PILL had become widespread. It was so easy to get laid it wasn't even funny. The Dillo was NOT a great place to find decent girls...just hippy whores.

[armadillojim]

Grew up in Deep Eddy used to walk to the Armadillo . Was there the night of the tear gas attack . Everbody threw their weed . as we did . coulnd find ours but found someone elses... Paid 3.50 to see Linda Ronstadt. Highest price i paid during the years of 72-74

[Rfido3]

I was stationed in Ft Hood from 78 - 80. Me and a few of my Buddies use to drive to the Armadillo and saw many a good show. Rory Gallager, Frank Zappa, Asleep at the Wheel, Ruby Starr & Grey Ghost, Commander Cody, 38 Special, Black Oak, Bugs Henderson, oh my god I'm having flashbacks. The prices were so friggin' cheap, The beer garden was just so laid back. I left Ft Hood in Oct of 80 They were selling save the Armadillo stickers for a buck. What a waste of American Cultural history.

[gort88]

Wow, great videos! I saw many an awesome show there, and was in the crowd for Frank Zappa's live album. After the Dillo was razed, I stopped by for a souvenir brick or two, found a slab of about 15, turned it over, and was amazed to see a good bit of the lead dillo from the stampede mural painted by Jim Franklin!! I've been searching for pix of the mural ever since, mainly to substantiate the authenticity of my prized posession. Any help locating pix would be most appreciated!

[ax1sg]

ha ha..great memories at the dillo, I saw Spirit there for a buck...the beer garden and nachos..the dillo had the best nachos

I saw skynard there too..

davido

[kramerandy]

This is GREAT. I moved to Austin just to go to the Dillo. Where can I get the DVD

[Benhallned]

This is SOLID GOLD, 5 STAR RATING, TOP SHELF STUFF and a fantastic piece of American music history and I can't believe I have just found it and I can't get enough of it, I will sleep with my copy of ' The Improbable Rise Of Redneck Rock" under my pillow tonight, Big Rabbie, Australia.

[mglg]

Where can i get a dvd copy?

[pwhallon]

Whatever happened to the movie?

I can't bellieve I found this. Love it.

What a great show. I regret never having been to the Armadillo.

[samllombardo]

One of the greatest music halls in Texas to be and a lot of the best music talent to ever play any where. Still have good thoughts when having a Shiner beer when it was local. Thanks to all who made The Armadillo World Head Quarters

[btex99]

I wasn't at this concert, but I am lucky enough to have seen many shows there. Blessed is perhaps a better word.

[ericynot]

The Armadillo hosted some of the greatest music ever played, and was hammer-down fun no matter who was playing. I'm surprised no one has mentioned the potholes in the parking lot that were large enough to swallow a VW Bug. The 'Dillo was a truly original, anticorporate-bullshit mecca. And now a multi-story generic office building stands in its place. Poor goddamn trade if you ask me.

[cozumeldogs]

thanks for posting. I was also there the last night. Always wondered where the TV crew was broadcasting to. Great to see it at last.

[rockbotttom]

I was at this. Absolutely fantastic. We were working in the Oil Patch in Giddings (quality casing crews) and had the night off. We got hammered! God bless the Armadillo World Headquarters. Onward through the Fog!

[wittumy]

The dillo was heaven.

[dlcrain58]

I was at that show. Even better I was there with my siblings and their spouses, dancing right in front of the stage at midnight when Asleep at the Wheel was on. Don't remember much of the rest of the show, though -- we were throughly sloshed.

The Dillo was my 2nd home in the 70's, through high scool & college... Really, you guys knew we were underage when you were serving us, right? Claudia, did you really dump that pitcher of wine cooler on my lap just for the fun of it?

[naturalizedtexan]

I remember a certain young lady and an area out of sight under the stage in 1974 ...................Ah memories of the armadillo. All good. Dianna Where are you?

[kaliinou]

Great stuff! One of those places that mark ya for life. Long Live the Dillo!

[CasaDexter]

Fantastic! Missed that last NYE but caught Zappa's final show there Oct. 80...among many others...recall geting beer sloshed on me by Ray Davies of the Kinks singing "Demon Rum"...Jerry Garcia band many times over...and lots of afternoons in the beer garden...miss them days sometime...Thanx!

[CthulhuWaitsDreaming]

I was one of those kids who would run around and play in the beer garden (biergarten) at the Armadillo back in the 70s.

[estatomas]

I was there all the time but I never could remember what it looked like, and I'l bet a whole bunch of people can't, either. Thank you so much for posting this so I could finally see it clearly. I do remember some of the best music and best times in history there.  Long live the spirit of the 'dillo.

[integral]

I moved to California from Austin in '74 and always missed the Armadillo. No place like it. One of the coolest places on earth. (or at least it seemed that way at the time)

[jacobbrown1902]

Oh, man! Thank you so much for this! It brings back so many great memories... I can still smell the beer-soaked rugs!!!

[FLHTP07]

I don't remember any rugs ther... wait, yes I do. Damn.

[OldTimeRockRoll1969]

Oh how I remember the ARMADILLO WORLD HEADQUARTERS!