Photoshoot: The Rolling Stones by Art Kane 1966

This Will Be Our Year

Youthquake 2010: These images were taken by the great Steven Miesel for the January issue of Vogue. The photographs of model Sasha Pivovarova posing with up and coming bands harks back to the John French photoshoot that Pattie Boyd did with The Rolling Stones. Sasha also got to pose with Dhani Harrison for the Fashion Rocks: Here Comes the Son photoshoot way back in 2008.

Then:

Now :

The Muse Behind the Song: Amanda Lear

Very mysterious about her early life, you can say that Amanda Lear’s life really began in the Swinging Sixties on the streets of Paris and London. A popular fashion model, Amanda was a regular at all the London and Parisian hotspots, rubbing elbows with the who’s who of the fashion, art, and music worlds. She was the girlfriend of Guinness heir, Tara Browne. And as we all know, Tara was good friends with The Rolling Stones. Because it was the decade of free love, Amanda had an affair with the beautiful blonde, blue-eyed guitarist, Brian Jones. Thus inspiring the ironic song “Miss Amanda Jones.” While out clubbing with Tara and Brian, Amanda was introduced to surrealist painter, Salvador Dali, and also became his muse. She posed for some of his works and took part in several of his film projects.

Behind the Rock and Roll Scene with Miss O'Dell

A rock muse in her own right, Chris O'Dell has led an amazing life, and she tells all about it in her new book: My Hard Days and Long Nights with The Beatles, The Stones, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, and the Women They Loved. Chris was first invited to work at Apple by Derek Taylor, and soon became a trusted personal assistant and tour manager for some of the most influential musicians of the sixties and seventies. She was also the inspiration for George Harrison's "Miss O'Dell" and Leon Russell's "Pisces Apple Lady." Her book comes out October 6th and promises to give a revealing glimpse to what happened behind the scenes with some of the greatest musicians of that time.

On tour with George Harrison.

Visiting with Maureen Starkey.












Backstage with Mick & Bianca.

 Wraped around Keith. Wasn't she one lucky chick.

Harry Nilsson's wedding.

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With Roger McGuinn and Tina Fireston

Lunch (or dinner?) with John Lennon, Keith Moon, Ringo Starr, and May Pang.

















Pictured here with George. Judging by his hair and clothes, around the time of the White Album. Or Let It Be. I'm not sure. Jeweler, I've failed.


















The coveted backstage area with Bob Dylan. Chris is seen in the background (on the phone), busily working away.

(all photos from Miss O'Dell's website)