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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 Richards 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, with a hint of Lennon and McCartney because well, there's two of them. 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.






 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 Rainbow Bar & Grill. I've 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 actually 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).