Rebel Heart : An American Rock 'n' Roll Journey

by Bebe Buell and Victor Bockris

• ISBN13: 9780312301552
• ISBN10: 0312301553
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2002-07-19
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

Summary

Rebel Heartis Bebe Buell's no-holds-barred account of her life at the center of the rock scene in the '70s and '80s, when rock stars were royalty. A wild child model who took New York by storm, Buell captivated a generation of rock's greatest talents. Her relationships with musicians like wunderkind Todd Rundgren, Aerosmith's Steven Tyler--father of her daughter Liv-Mick Jagger, Jimmy Page and Elvis Costello played out against a backdrop of some of the most legendary locales of the era: Max's Kansas City and CBGBs in New York, the "Riot House" in Los Angeles and Tramps in London. Bebe's spirit informed some of the greatest songs of her time, and her book is bursting with the stories she was a part of, the fun she had, and the music she helped make.

Table of Contents

Prologue: A Mother's Nightmare	1	(8)
The Wild Child, 1972-1973	9	(30)
The Groundbreakers, 1973	39	(22)
Riffs of Innocence, 1973-1974	61	(36)
In the Court of the Rolling Stones, 1974	97	(24)
Bebe Takes Off, 1975-1976	121	(32)
Todd to the Rescue, 1976-1977	153	(19)
A Real Double Duchess, 1977-1979	172	(32)
Almost Buell, 1979-1983	204	(27)
The Return of Elvis Costello, 1982-1983	231	(13)
Across America with Elvis Costello, 1983-1985	244	(21)
Holding the Maine Line, 1985-1990	265	(22)
Liv Takes Center Stage, 1991-1996	287	(25)
Stolen Beauty, 1996	312	(10)
Breaking the Silence, 1996-1998	322	(13)
Normal Girl, 1998-2000	335	(14)
Epilogue: How I Became Bebe Buell	349	(15)
Acknowledgments	364	(3)
Discography	367	(6)
Index	373