Rock Groupies (October 2006 - November 2010)

[dinahgrace]

^ thanks for that interview & the info

60swildchild, thanks for those lovely scans!

 

[60swildchild]

^ thanks for that interview & the info

60swildchild, thanks for those lovely scans!

You are very welcome. If you haven't read the book I would suggest it. It's not half bad. I was surprised and sad to hear that she has since passed away. According to her book, she and Bebe did not get along.....

 

[iluvjeisa]

You are very welcome. If you haven't read the book I would suggest it. It's not half bad. I was surprised and sad to hear that she has since passed away. According to her book, she and Bebe did not get along.....

Then, what women did Bebe get along with? She says Patti Smith but, er, I'm thinking she was missing something

 

[dinahgrace]

Thanks for the recs, I shall search our bookstores.

there's a small image of Cyrinda here,

She was dating David Johansen that time.

According to her book, she and Bebe did not get along.....

Well, they both had affairs with Stven, so I guess its rivalry.

 

[dinahgrace]

I was visiting Pamela's site and I read some of the Chat transcripts there, and it's very interesting.

Pamela loves Sir Paul McCartney and wants so badly to meet him. But she finally met him some years later.

She said that she didn't get along with Bebe back then, but now they're friends.

Here's what she knows of how Sable & Lori are today:
"[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=-1]Sable is missing somewhere in the midwest, Lori works in a Bev Hills botique and has a teenage son.[/SIZE][/FONT]"

 

[Sanne]

I'm so happy to see pictures from Cyrinda foxe on here! She was beautiful and her style was so cool. I have lots of pictures from her (I'm a little obsessed with everything that's related to Liv Tyler )

And on the subject Cyrinda/Bebe, they did get along, atleast before either of them started dating Steven Tyler, proof:

(forums at lovelylivtyler.com)

 

[nicovelvet]

Beautiful photos! I always loved Cyrinda Fox. She was heavily featured in Creem, Rock Scene and Circus magazine back in the mid-late 70s. I was crazy about her; I loved her Marilyn Monroe-femme fatale look. She had this glamorous column named Extravaganza in Creem that I would eat up every month! Very jet-set; she would talk about the rock celebrities she met, happenings in clubs in NYC, shows and fashion. Yes, she was great!
Too bad, she died too young.

 

[lusia]

maureen cox

well she was kinda groupie ...i guess. maureen cox was a fan of the beatles and then she married to the beatles drummer -ringo starr,and had an affair with beatles guitar player - george harrison . in fact, george said he in love with maureen next to his wife-pattie boyd , and ringo. shocking.
ringo and maureen split in 1975. one of the reasons was the affair of her and george. also, i heard she had something with paul mccartney
heres some pics of her:

maureen next to ringo [with a hat]:

cynthia lennon,john,maureen,ringo:

maureen , ringo, pattie and george:

mia farrow , pattie and maureen with a ciggie:

paul mccartney,jane asher, maureen and ringo:

yahoo groups
i dont know how about u guys , but i love her make up and her style

 

[dinahgrace]

Thanks for all those lovely photos Sanne & Lusia.
Cyrinda is just like the 70's Marilyn. If only I lived through the 70's I would read her Extravaganza columns too.
Maureen & Ringo were a cute couple, its just so sad that they split. George should've just stayed with Pattie.
I also adore Jane Asher. She's my favorite 'Beatle muse'

 

[lusia]

Thanks for all those lovely photos Sanne & Lusia.
Cyrinda is just like the 70's Marilyn. If only I lived through the 70's I would read her Extravaganza columns too.
Maureen & Ringo were a cute couple, its just so sad that they split. George should've just stayed with Pattie.
I also adore Jane Asher. She's my favorite 'Beatle muse'

jane asher was beautiful [and still!] , but she isnt my favorite beatle-girl...i like maureen and pattie they were much groupier from her

 

[Sanne]

More Cyrinda Foxe pictures, just because she was so beautiful

And here are some pictures from how she looked like in the year or two before she died:

Forums at lovelylivtyler.com

 

[Jennika]

Ah, I love this thread

 

[nicovelvet]

Beautifull photos; thank you!

 

[dinahgrace]

Thank you Sanne! Those are lovely!
Karma!

 

[dinahgrace]

Jane Asher

Jane Asher was born on April 5, 1946 in London, England, the first daughter of Richard and Margaret Augusta Asher. Asher's brother, Peter,and her sister, Claire, both have that trademark red hair just like her.
The Asher children were all involved in the performing arts. They all got their start when someone told Asher's mother that her children were beautiful and should be in films. She liked the idea and thought it would be good for their self-esteem and a fun hobby.

Jane Asher began acting that same year (1951), appearing in the film Mandy, the story of a deaf girl. By the age of 12, she made her stage debut in Alice In Wonderland, playing the lead role. She also appeared in BBC programs (Peter, two years older than Jane, appeared in The Planter's Wife and Isn't Life Wonderful?).
Before long, however, it was music that was Peter's main passion, and he became the other half of the duo Peter & Gordon. (Now, Peter Asher is the vice-president of Sony USA). The youngest Asher, Claire, was also an actress for some time. She had a role on the radio soap Mrs. Dale's Diary, and a part in the series The Mistress with her sister. (Claire has since become a school teacher).

Jane Asher was hired to be on the BBC programme, Juke Box Jury. The show had regular people and musicians judge the latest hits on the radio. The seventeen-year-old was asked to do an interview on the show with The Beatles, pose for photographs and scream. After the show, she met up with the band in the green room. After talking to the well-educated, sophisticated Asher, they invited her back to their hotel, to which she accepted. After being embarrassed greatly by John Lennon; Asher , Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Chris Hutchins, and Shane Fenton (the last two of which were friends of the Beatles) went to Hutchins' flat on Kings Road. There was plenty of Irish whiskey to go around, and the more the men all drank, the more they flirted with Asher. Needless to say, she was very much overwhelmed.​

McCartney later recalled his first meeting with Asher:

"We all said, 'Will you marry me?' which is what we said to every girl at the time. (Jane was) a rare London bird, the sort we'd always heard about" ​

At first, it seemed that George Harrison took the most interest in Jane Asher, but it soon became apparent that it was Paul McCartney who fancied her the most. After lots of suggestive discussion amongst the entourage, they all left, leaving Asher and McCartney in the bedroom of Chris Hutchins' flat.When the others returned hours later, they were greeted with an unexpected scene: McCartney and Asher were talking about their favorite foods.
Everyone except Asher decided to go out that night in London's West End, and they decided they'd take her back to Wimpole Street. Before she left their car, McCartney asked for her phone number.​

Cynthia Lennon wrote later about their relationship:

"Paul fell like a ton of bricks for Jane. The first time I was introduced to her was at her home and she was sitting on Paul's knee. My first impression of Jane was how beautiful and finely featured she was. Her mass of Titian-colored hair cascaded around her face and shoulders, her pale complexion contrasting strongly with dark clothes and shining hair. Paul was obviously as proud as a peacock with his new lady. For Paul, Jane Asher was a great prize."​

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Paul McCartney was a frequent visitor to the Asher home. On one day, Asher's mother, Margaret, thought it would be nice to have McCartney living at their home whenever he was in London.. Once, the bassist had missed his train to Liverpool and Asher's mother let him stay for the night. He took up their offer became a fixture on the top floor of the Wimpole Street home.​

At this time, Beatlemania was at its height, and McCartney was the only lucky Beatle at this time in matters of privacy. The home addresses of Lennon, Harrison and Starr were well known by Beatle fans. It was still a mystery, however, where McCartney lived. When word of Asher and McCartney's relationship reached the press, however, that luxury was gone. The Asher phone would constantly line be ringing. Unfortunately for the family, nothing could be done because Dr. Asher needed the line for emergency calls from his patients.​

McCartney in the biography Many Years From Now, spoke about the Asher family:

(Mrs. Asher) was a very warm person, a very nice mumsy-type woman, great cook, nothing was too much for her...Richard (Asher)....was very intelligent and very eccentric. But terrific and a great fun person to know...Peter was an interesting bright guy, also very interested in music...There was a lot of connection there. Claire was a very nice younger sister.​

Asher's background is best described as privileged. She, like the Duchess of York and Camilla Parker-Bowles, is of the same lineage as England's King Richard III (In fact, Jane Asher has offered a lock of her hair to prove, through DNA, that the King did not kill his nephews in the 1800s). Her childhood six-story home was in the center of London. Asher was educated at Queen's College, one of London's leading private girls schools, located on Harley Street. Her father was a well-known physician, psychologist and writer of a number of medical books. Mrs. Asher, of the noble Eliot lineage, played in orchestras before quitting to have a family. (She maintained lessons at her home, as well as at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama). Asher's intellect as well as her acting abilities from her parents made her the quintessence of a young high-society woman in England.
Asher's acting and prominent family name made her a household name in England.It was a holiday that n=made her known worldwide.
All of the Beatles and their significant others planned to go on vacation together during the summer of 1965. After the media frenzy over the Lennons' and future Harrisons' trip to Southern Ireland,it was impossible to follow through with the idea. The couples had to split up and go to different locations. In order to reach their destination of the Virgin Islands, Asher, McCartney, and the Starrs had to make four flight changes in order to distract the press. It was all for nothing: the world soon knew Asher to be McCartney's girlfriend.
Problems for the couple, however, were inevitable. As McCartney's popularity grew, he demanded that Asher give up her career, which she refused to do. Despite these troubles,however, Asher and McCartney soon moved out of the Wimpole street home in 1966. They settled into 7 Cavendish Avenue, located in the exclusive area of St. John's Wood, London. The house is a three-story Victorian house with a lot of space outdoors. Asher decorated the house to her tastes.
Asher and McCartney soon were entertaining people, just like a married couple. A symbol of a married couple at the time was also to have a maid and a butler, which was also at their house. So it was no surprise that many close to Asher and McCartney thought they would be married soon.​

Jane Asher on marriage, mid-1960's:

"I am not Paul's wife-but yes, we are going to get married. We won't be married for a while yet, but when it happens we've got a family planned. First we want a boy and then-come what may. There's no particular reason why we are not getting married right away, except that we're both pretty\line young...I shan't give up my career unless it interferes with our being together...I love Paul. I love him deeply,and he feels the same. I don't think either of us has looked at anyone else since we first met...I want to get married probably this year and have lots and lots of babies. I certainly would be surprised indeed if I married anyone but Paul." ​

Soon after the couple purchased their Cavendish Avenue home, they bought High Park Farm in Scotland. The house was in complete contrast to the Cavendish home, where Asher favored a more rustic design. It was retreat from the busy life of London.
Around this time, Asher started working with the Bristol Old Vic troupe in Bristol, England ,where she starred in plays such as Romeo and Juliet and Great Expectations . She celebrated her twenty-first birthday on tour in United States with McCartney and friends.

Later that year, on December 25, McCartney proposed to Asher and gave her a diamond and emerald ring. When everyone heard of the engagement, many were pleased. McCartney's girl fans, for the most part, did not resent Asher's engagement to him. If it wasn't themselves being McCartney's fiancee, they felt Asher was a good match for McCartney. When the "Apple Scruffs", (Beatles fans who would stay near McCartney's Cavendish home and 3 Saville Row), would buzz the intercom or ring the doorbell,Asher would always politely and patiently answer. Asher was a role model to many; all of her fans washed their hair with Breck shampoo, just as she advertised on the television. They even ironed their hair straight to look just like her. Fans approved of Asher's down-to-earth personality, and that she was possibly the only person who could curb McCartney's ego. Despite Asher's ability to bring out the best in McCartney, even she couldn't control what happened when she was gone.
McCartney led a double-life throughout his whole relationship with Asher, very typical of pop stars at the time (and of today as well). One was with her, which he lived a very domestic life, and a happy one. One was without Asher, at various clubs around London, being the womanizer he always was. And when those two lives met, problems ensued.
Asher returned to the Cavendish residence unexpectedly one night in the late spring of 1968, to find Paul with another woman. Asher left the home soon after. Despite this occurrence, Asher and McCartney were seen together in public appearances. However, the relationship was publicly known as over when McCartney showed up alone at the Yellow Submarine premiere.​

On July 20,1968, Asher officially announced what the public already suspected, that her engagement to Paul McCartney was off. The last public statement from Jane about McCartney was made on the show Dee Time, and follows as such:

"I haven't broken it off, but it is broken off,finished.....I know it sounds corny, but we still see each other, and love each other, but it hasn't worked out. Perhaps we'll be childhood sweethearts and meet again, and get married when we're about seventy.​

McCartney on his relationship with Asher:

We nearly did get married. But it always used to fall short of the mark and something happened. And one of us would think it wasn't right....Jane and I had a long good relationship."​

Able to break away from the shadow of her relationship with McCartney, Asher established herself as a leading actress. She had had roles in popular films such as Alfie with Oscar-winner Michael Caine (The Cider House Rules), and The Masque Of Red Death, but it was her role in the revival of John Osborne's Look Back In Anger that was a breakthrough. Asher later recalled that "it was the first time took myself seriously (as an actress)." She wasn't the only one who thought so, critics and audiences alike were so delighted with her performance that it had a run in London's West End. The role has been called 'her dramatic coming of age.'​

Theres more on http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Lounge/3117/jane.html​

 

[lusia]

thanks 4 the information about Jane Asher. i always thought she was perfect 4 Paul . but we all know im wrong. shes 2 sweet for a groupie girl u know..
well here's some pics of Lady Jane :

yahoo group

 

[dinahgrace]

^Thanks Lusia! Karma!

Aww, they just look like the cutest couple! I also thought they were perfect for each other. The 5th pic w/ the dog is my fave one! Its so cute.
It just breaks my heart because, they're so cute together.

 

[lusia]

^ oh yeah ... they were sooo cute u can die!!

 

[meliam057]

Ok, here are the credits:

The first 6 Pictures are from the Book "Das Wilde Leben" by Uschi Obermaier (Photographer unknown)
Pic No 7 is from Andy Warhols Interview Magazine August 1973 Cover Photo by Francesco Scavullo
Pic No 8+9 is from German NY Magazine 1983 Photographer unknown
pic No 10+11 is from German Twen Magazine November 1968 Photographer unknown
Pic No 12 is from German Monopol Magazine No 1 2004 (First Issue) Photographer unkown)
The Letter from Jimi H. is from Uschi´s Book "Das Wilde Leben"

I read the book, she was wild but she is gorgeous

 

[lusia]

pamela courson

Pamela Susan Courson (December 22, 1946-April 25, 1974) was best known as the long-term companion of late Doors' vocalist Jim Morrison. After the deaths of Morrison and Courson, her parents got an out of state court to declare that the couple had what qualified as a common law marriage, despite the fact that it was an open relationship, and that Morrison's will described him as "an unmarried person."

Courson first met Jim Morrison in Los Angeles around 1966 when the Doors were beginning their public career; where exactly they first met is still a matter of historical debate. In his 1998 memoir Light My Fire: My Life with the Doors, former keyboardist Ray Manzarek stated that Courson and a friend saw the band during their stint at the London Fog, a lesser-known nightclub along the Sunset Strip, and that she was initially courted by drummer John Densmore.

On July 3, 1971 James Douglas Morrison was found dead by Courson, in the bathtub of an apartment they were sharing in Paris. He was twenty-seven years of age. The official coroner's report listed his cause of death as heart failure. However, despite Morrison being young and of apparent good health, and the presence of blood in the water, no autopsy was performed, and questions persist over the actual cause of death. Per the stipulation in his will, which stated that he was "an unmarried person", Courson inherited his entire fortune, yet lawsuits against the estate would tie up her quest for inheritance for the next three years.
On April 25, 1974, Pamela Susan Courson died of a heroin overdose at the apartment she shared with two male friends. She was twenty-seven, the same age at which Jim Morrison died. The Courson family buried her under the name "Pamela Susan Morrison". After her death, her parents Columbus and Penny inherited Morrison's entire fortune, but their executorship of the estate was later contested by Morrison's parents, George and Clara Morrison.
After Pamela received her share of Morrison's Doors money, she never reached contact with the remaining Doors members. vikipedia

poor girl ...

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