Quickly, she became a regular at Max’s Kansas City, a regular haunt for rock stars and wannabes of the time.Īfter her move from small-town Virginia, she was immediately launched into an impressive career, even becoming Playboy’s Playmate of the Month in 1974. She became fast friends with the likes of Patti Smith and Andy Warhol, not to mention her laundry list of famous boyfriends. In 1977, while in a relationship with Rundgren, she gave birth to her daughter, the actress Liv Tyler, following a fling with Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler. She also had designs on a singing career. Though Buell has often been pegged as the quintessential “groupie”-she is said to have been a source of inspiration for Kate Hudson’s character Penny Lane in the 2000 film Almost Famous, written by her friend, Cameron Crowe-she rejects the term. In a 2012 interview with ELLE Magazine, she provided a simple explanation for her track record of famous beaus, saying, “Talented, beautiful people tend to fall in love with each other.” Buell worked hard to leave her own imprint on the music industry. With the help of her gifted friends, she released her first EP, Cover Girls, in 1980, with The Cars serving as her backing band on a couple songs. ^ 'Francine Parks: Miss February 1974'.

'Draft history: gems, busts and a Playboy Playmate'.

^ 'Playboy Playmate Pic and Data Sheet'.Rebel Heart: An American Rock 'n' Roll Journey.

Bebe Buell was a fixture of the rock n’ roll scene from the 1970s, dating musicians such as Mick Jagger, Rod Stewart, Elvis Costello, David Bowie, and Aerosmith’s frontman Steven Tyler.

^ 'Rebel Heart: An American Rock and Roll Journey'.

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