I thought, ‘Okay, maybe nobody will notice this.” I didn’t do it for any other reason but to just do it – for myself and for the people I work with. I swear, it’s very inspiring to me because I took big risks, a big chance in doing this. The last track, ‘Fall and Rise’ – it’s very, very interesting. I mean, some are really loving the second track, ‘Love Is’. I was curious if there is any indication as to what her fan base is responding to from the album, to which she observes, “Yeah, the two songs that people are really responding to are ‘Sugar’ and ‘Untouchable’. That’s what my producers and I really took into account, was that we wanted it to have a cinematic voyage feeling. That’s what we tried to do with this record. But there’s this thing about journeys and voyages that you take when you listen to a real album - where you want to listen to the whole record from the first song to the last. And I wanted people really to sink their teeth in to it.
I wanted to make something very deep and thoughtful. Let’s hope that people do appreciate the cinematic aspect of the record. I mean, his spirit is such a big part of it!” Laughing, she adds, “I wish it had been around when he was looking for songs for ‘Almost Famous’ sound track. I was thrilled because two days ago, somebody handed the record to Cameron Crowe for me. “That’s an enormous compliment and I appreciate that. When she mentioned “When We Were Godhead”, I interjected that I honestly thought I was going to hear David Bowie slide in on harmony because the song is very Bowie-esque.
And ‘Grey Girl’ was about my beloved Chihuahua. And, in the first song, ‘When We Were Godhead’, I’m sort of am touting all the people that had an impact on my life from that time, like Cameron Crowe, Rodney Bingenheimer, the whole LA scene. ‘Black Angel’ was written about my friend, Joey Ramone. Not one to ask prying questions, I couldn’t resist the urge to ask Bebe if there was going to be anyone out there who would be worried about what she’s saying in “Sugar”. I wanted to make a record about people I loved and things that have happened that maybe the right explanations weren’t ever out there. I wanted to also make autobiographical record. More, when you think about all the touring I’ve done in both of my bands, the “B-Sides” and “The Gargoyles”. So, I guess you could say that was a late start to some people. “So, at the age of 26, that was what I finally did. My modeling career only lasted a few years and I think that these are natural progressions when you’re a young girl and you’re in NYC - to try a few different things but I think that I was very committed to get into a band and starting to write songs. “Playboy takes very little time of your life and it’s really only one appearance. But it just started to dawn on me that I was miserable when I wasn’t creating music because, what people don’t seem to realize is that I’ve been making music and fronting bands and involved in this (rock) world for much longer than anything else that some people like to remember me for. So, I returned to Portland, Maine, bought a house up there and thought that’s what I really wanted. “For those of us who lived in NY, it was horrifying. And it sort of changed the face of everything, even artistically. The last record I made was 10 years ago and I wrote my autobiography with Victor Bockris and then 9/11 happened.
“Well, you know, life is just something that happens while you’re busy making other plans. Buell why it took so darn long for her to come out with “Sugar” since her last album, 2000’s four song disc, “Free To Rock”. I’m not a master linguist but, if I were to play one on TV, I would say that you could easily pick up her Northeastern accent layered on the foundation of her Portsmouth, Virginia, roots. You instantly get the feeling that you’re sitting across the table from her, enjoying a great cup of coffee along with the intriguing conversation. She’s also the mother of world-renown actress, Liv Tyler.īebe is also a very successful recording artist and, while she has promised Boomerocity a follow-up interview to discuss her life and views on things of interest to Baby Boomers, it is about her latest project, “Sugar”, that we recently chatted about by phone.īebe is a very warm and engaging person to talk to. For those of you who were only reading the articles, you wouldn’t have noticed that she was Playboy’s November, 1974, Playmate. To those of you who know who she is, the name conjures up several images.
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