It was the modeling that made her recognizable, and which drew her to the attention of the various rock stars and music executives she would eventually be associated with. But she always had an eye on the music industry. Embed from Getty ImagesĪt the age of 18, she swiftly relocated to New York City to pursue a career as a fashion model. She was fascinated by music and celebrity life from a young age and from the moment she saw The Beatles make their legendary appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, her fate was sealed. Navy Officer and WWII veteran, Harold Lloyd Buell. Not wanting to see her daughter taken advantage of, Buell - who had seen the business from the inside - took on the role of manager, publicist, agent and guide.Bebe Buell was born Beverle Lorence Buell on July 14th, 1953, daughter of Dorothea (Brown) Johnson (founder of the Protocol School of Washington) and U.S. But Liv eventually decided to try show business. She then told Liv the truth.īuell tried to keep Liv from the fast lane, raising her in Maine. "There was a very dramatic moment and she said, 'Mom, that's my daddy, isn't it?'" Buell remembers.
The little girl was struck by her physical similarities to the singer on stage. They kept their secret until Liv was 11, when they went to an Aerosmith concert. So she went to her longtime beau, Rundgren, who agreed to act as Liv's father. Her daughter was born the next year, but Buell decided that Tyler was so addicted to drugs there was no way he could be a father. "I guess we were meant to have a child together." "We had, like, that animal attraction," Buell said of the Aerosmith singer. Liv Tyler was conceived when Buell ran off to Europe with Steven Tyler in the summer of 1976. Buell calls herself a "muse," and says there were so many songs written about her that she jokes she could release a box set.Īmong the songs inspired by her romances, Buell writes in Rebel Heart: An American Rock 'n' Roll Journey, are Rundgren's "Can We Still Be Friends?" and Elvis Costello's "I Want You."īut Bell says she would not want her daughter to have the same life she had. Like Buell, Penny Lane was insulted by the term "groupie" and saw herself as a creative inspiration for the rock stars she dated. Buell said she cried throughout Crowe's movie, "because he finally painted a positive portrait of the woman that's not holding the guitar." Steven gave me my beautiful daughter."ĭirector Cameron Crowe, who met Buell in 1975, used her as a model for the groupie Penny Lane in his film Almost Famous. "Todd introduced me to the world I always dreamed of being a part of … Mick introduced me to culture, food, designers, good shoes … Rod Stewart … helped me to realize what I didn't want in a boyfriend.
Each rock star brought new experiences to her life, Buell said.
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