By ’80 I had formed my first band the B-Sides. But as soon as I felt that I could, I was in it. It gave me the ability to be independent.

But I had that modelling thing that Patti and Debbie didn’t have which gave me a lot of security financially. I probably should have gotten started sooner than I did.

As far as Debbie, she was always a singer. She was up there doing her poetry and then she would break into half song, half poetry- I saw all of those gigs, I watched every single one of them. When she did her first singing engagement it was just she and Lenny Kaye. I knew Patti when she was a poet, I knew her before she ever started singing. Bebe Buell is still close friends with Patti Smith and Debbie Harry whom she met early on, “They’re my girlfriends, these are people I’ve known since I was a young, young girl. She quickly found her way to Max’s Kansas City and CBGB. And now fashion magazines have more nudity in them than Playboy.” Although, she was always drawn to music. Everyone did Playboy including Cindy Crawford. But that changed- look what happened in the 90s. I had no idea the backlash I was going to get. It’s like doing a modelling job except there’s no clothes. “As soon as I posed for Playboy which was really just a job for me and if people knew what it was like to do a Playboy shoot it’s very professional. She posed for Playboy as Miss November in 1974. It’s going to be very spiritual, it’s going to talk about your inner state of mind and where you’re at artistically and spiritually emanates in your physical being.”īebe Buell first moved to New York after high school where she worked as a model. People always ask me what my tips and my secrets are so I decided I’m going to do that. I’ve been diligently working on that for almost three years now. I’m actually doing the follow up to Rebel Heart which is Rebel Soul and I’ll pick up where Rebel Heart left off. It’s a real art project, It’s going to be an art book. It will have all never before seen photos. “I’m compiling a coffee table photo book which will span my entire life from birth until now. So much of life has changed since that book was written.” Now, Bebe Buell has three books in the works. Photo by Alan Mercerīebe Buell released New York Times Bestseller, Rebel Heart, in 2001 co-written with Victor Bockis. I don’t think you choose Nashville, I think Nashville chooses you,” says Buell. “I fell into some kind of magical vortex that I think happens to some people when they come to Nashville. Having moved to Nashville after a trip in 2012 to sing on an Eddy Arnold tribute record, Bebe Buell uprooted her New York life and chose the southern life. In fact, this coming year alone she has a lot planned. While Bebe Buell might have first been brought to your attention as a model or girlfriend to the rockstars, she doesn’t dwell on the past.

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