She entered into the longest relationship with the solo artist Todd Rundgren. She had affairs with Stiv Bators, Elvis Costello, Jimmy Page, David Bowie and Iggy Pop. Even during her modeling days, she often went to concerts and quickly became a well-known groupie. In 1974 she was discovered by Playboy magazine and posed as a Playmate in the November issues of the USA and Germany of the same year.Īs a little girl, Buell had been very interested in music she loved the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. In the immortal words of another groupie aficionado (and Pamela Anderson lover) Bret Michaels, “Your tour ends here.After her school education, her mother Dorothea placed her daughter in the New York Ford Modeling Agency and Bebe Buell began a career as a model. Song: Buell claims she was inspiration for several on Elvis Costello's Armed Forces. She is the mother of actress Liv Tyler, born July 1977. Trumbull's got the name ( and the Facebook page?) but Buell got Todd Rundgren, Iggy Pop, David Bowie, Mick Jagger, Jimmy Page, Steven Tyler and Elvis Costello. These two groupies were evidently the mashup for Cameron Crowe's Penny Lane in Almost Famous. Tie between Bebe Buell and Pennie Trumbull Song: “Love Song Dedicated to Pamela Anderson,” by Borat.ġ. Between Tommy Lee, Kid Rock and just about everyone else, the woman reinvented the groupie game and introduced pop culture to rock star sex tapes. Maybe there's just something about women named Pamela? Practically the mascot of National Go Topless Day (search “Pamela Anderson topless” and you'll see what I mean. After trading in her guitar for a typewriter, Des Barres wrote the seminal book I'm with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie in 1987. Pamela Des Barres tapped Mick Jagger, Keith Moon, Jim Morrison, went on tour with Led Zeppelin, and even played in a band created by Frank Zappa (the GTOs). (Let's just say Cynthia broke the mold, and apparently Jimi Hendrix's “midnight lightning.”) Cynthia Albritton, a.k.a Cynthia Plaster CasterĮven though she never technically posed topless, Caster melded groupiedom and art with her, um, unique sculptures. Sable Starr was so prolific that she had her own protege, Lori Maddox, who (like almost everyone in this blog post) dated Jimmy Page.Ĥ. Girlfriend of New York Dolls' Johnny Thunders. In honor of this past Sunday's “National Go Topless Day,” here's a shout out to the muses that bared all for the music they loved, and the songs they inspired. the many, many, many girls that have tended to musicians?

So where would rock-n-roll be without “band aids,” i.e. It's pretty f***ing crazy and we have a good time.” “You're not allowed in unless you remove an article of clothing. In fact, Motley Crue drummer and groupie magnet, Tommy Lee, has this rule about coming into his dressing room: Rock-n-roll and breasts often go (tee-hee) hand in hand.

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