Let's make some music, make some money, find some models for wives

The quintessential couple in the music world: the musician and the model. These are just my personal favorite musician and model pairings; some of them really loved each other, and some of them just plain looked gorgeous together.


George Harrison & Pattie Boyd

Eric Clapton & Pattie Boyd

Ringo Starr & Barbara Bach

Mickey Dolenz & Samantha Juste

Mick Fleetwood & Jenny Boyd

David & Ginger Gilmour

Jimmy Page & Charlotte Martin

Keith and Kim Moon

The models will have children, we'll get a divorce, we'll find some more models, everything must run its course.


Mick & Bianca Jagger

 Mick Jagger & Jerry Hall

Ronnie & Krissy Wood

Ronnie & Jo Wood

Keith Richards & Anita Pallenberg (I know they weren't married but they were together for quite a while and had 3 kids)

Keith Richards & Patti Hansen

(pic of samantha and mickey via http://www.psycho-jello.com/monkees )

Two Of Us

I thought I'd make a list of my favorite dynamic duos.

1. John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Who would have thought anything interesting would happen at a church fete? That's where a 15 year old McCartney introduced himself to a 16 year old Lennon, thus changing the course of history forever. Perhaps I'm being a bit dramatic, but these two are my absolute favorites.

2. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards
They attended the same school and were next door neighbors until Keith moved away. They reunited a few years later on a train, where Richards spotted Jagger holding records by Muddy Waters and Chuck Berry and realized they shared the same musical taste.

3.Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding
A modern day verison of the British comedy troupes Monty Python or the Goodies. Noel met Julian after seeing him perform his solo routine at a comedy club. Both throughly impressed by each other, they decided to form a very British, very comedic partnership.

4. Robert Plant and Jimmy Page
Jimmy was surprised that Robert wasn't famous yet when he saw him performing at a college. Although not Jimmy's first choice as lead singer for Led Zeppelin, they hit it off immediately and Robert got the job.

5. Alex Turner and Miles Kane
A modern day version of Lennon and McCartney. Miles and Alex became good friends while both of their bands were on the same tour. Several collaborations led to the recording of "The Age of the Understatement" in 2008. As of yet, no new material has been released, but both Alex and Miles have stated that they're interested in working together again.

6. Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser
Why yes I am comparing these two to Lennon and McCartney as well. The American version. They met in college, and according to Andrew, meeting Ben changed the course of his life forever. Their story is very Beatlesque, with Andrew starting the band and convincing Ben to join. He did and MGMT was born.

7. D.A. Wallach and Max Drummey
If Alex and Miles, and Andrew and Ben are modern day verisons of Lennon and McCartney, then Max and D.A. are a modern version of Bob Dylan. You know how Dylan is and that's exactly how these two are. They met while attending Harvard, formed a band, decided they would rather work by themselves and released their debut album "Love the Future" in 2009. They're currently working on their second album. But really, why do these new bands take so long to release new music? The Beatles had ground-breaking albums year after year.

Top Groupies Of All Time: Sable Starr and Lori Maddox

Hanging out with musicians is any girl's dream come true. Well, these girls did just that. Mind you, these two girls, Sable, the unofficial queen of the 70's LA glam rock scene, and Lori, her best friend, were only around 13 at the time. These baby groupies strutted around Sunset Boulevard  on their shiny platform heels, eyes and ears peeled for the likes of Led Zeppelin or David Bowie to show up. I personally don't like these baby groupies very much, their personalities leaving a lot to be desired, but then again, what 13 year who thinks they're the hottest thing around isn't catty? Still, they deserve a mention, these were wild times and these were wild girls.


*EDIT*
Due to the comments I keep getting on this particular page, I felt the need to write this. The reason for this post was to not only post a collection of photos of music and fashion from the 70's, but to also talk about a certain period of time, a moment in history, and the people involved. Nowhere on here does it say I approve of the behavior of the musicians and the groupies. Not once did I say that what they did was ok. It's like if I made a post about the Holocaust - another period in time that I'm interested in and I've read so much about- and saying that I condoned what happened during the Holocaust. I love history (and history has good and bad parts) and the only reason I made this blog was because I like to write about things that interest me, I like to collect pictures, and I like when a person discovers my blog and learns something new or rediscovers something they had forgotten.

 Lori modeling with fellow baby groupie Shray Mecham for Star Magazine.

Queenie Glam, Shray, and Sable.

With Iggy Pop.

With Debbie Harry.

With Keith Moon and Annette Walter-Lax.

With Led Zeppelin and groupie Morgana Welch at the English Disco and not the Rainbow Bar & Grill even though to me the booths in the back looked exactly like that. I've actually been there a couple of times, not as amazing as I thought it would be, but still crawling with would-be groupies and musicians. I even saw a certain special someone there, coming out of the bathroom before their first gig at The Key Club. Anyroad, the caption to this picture is pretty hilarious.

With John Bonham.

I'm sure you all know what went down with Jimmy and Lori, so I won't bother to repeat it here.

Just like Jimmy and Lori were a complicated pair, so were Johnny Thunders and Sable.

With Iggy and Johnny.

With Sylvain Sylvain.

With Stiv Bators.

With BP Fallon.

With Dave Hill.

Sable with Mackenzie Phillips and the unofficial mayor of the Sunset Strip, Rodney Bingenheimer, posing outside of the English Disco.

Sable with other baby groupies posing with Rodney outside the Continental Hyatt House (The Riot House).