

Bebe Buell and Todd first encountered one another in 1974, and the attraction between them was immediate. But she is best known for the lengthy affair she had with Todd Rundgren. These included Mick Jagger, Iggy Pop, David Bowie, and Jimmy Page. And she soon acquired quite a roster of celebrity lovers. Because as she herself has admitted, the modeling was what led the rock stars to take an interest in her. Though she has shunned the term, it’s easy to characterize Bebe as the archetypal groupie. She was the Playmate of the Month for November 1974. She made her first major magazine appearance in no less a venue than Playboy Magazine. Her modeling career hit the ground running as she was managed by the modelling industry legend Eileen Ford, working at the Ford Modelling Agency. It was the modeling that made her recognizable, and which drew her to the attention of the various rock stars and music executives she would eventually be associated with. But she always had an eye on the music industry. Embed from Getty ImagesĪt the age of 18, she swiftly relocated to New York City to pursue a career as a fashion model. She was fascinated by music and celebrity life from a young age and from the moment she saw The Beatles make their legendary appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, her fate was sealed. Navy Officer and WWII veteran, Harold Lloyd Buell. This interview originally appeared in Classic Rock 166.Bebe Buell was born Beverle Lorence Buell on July 14th, 1953, daughter of Dorothea (Brown) Johnson (founder of the Protocol School of Washington) and U.S. What would you like to be written on your tombstone? “Stop, look, listen.” I rushed into things when I was 21. What would you say to your 21-year-old self if you met her today? Animals are not here to entertain us, they’re here to comfort us. I’m also very proud of my gift in relating to animals. The worst was the one time I snorted heroin. I was lucky enough to take acid created by Timothy Leary. The best was cannabis and my first LSD trip. What are the best and worst drugs that you’ve ever taken?
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How to choose? I think the funniest was that I dated Peter Grant. What’s the best untruth you’ve read about yourself on the internet? So it’s hard for me to give any advice to them. To me that’s absolutely stupid, and I’ve never understood it and I’ve never done it. I get very offended with people that just want to go backstage and have sex with somebody. It started when porn and music became attached and more and more women started to get fake boobies.

The whole innocence of the 60s and 70s is over. We were babies on the road compared with the older people around, and we bonded and have remained lifelong friends.ĭo you have a message for today’s generation of ‘band aides’? He was on the road with Todd Rundgren for three weeks. And it brings a truth to the relationship between Cameron and I in 1973. That’s important, because some people don’t like it when women play rock – they want you to play pop or dance music.

Because she has vision and she understands what I do. Wendy came up to me after the show and said she wanted to manage me. I was playing the R Bar in New York, a birthday party for photographer Bob Gruen.
