Escaping from Brian
Venice
Yellow Submarine premiere
Hanging with Gram Parsons in Los Angeles
Redlands
At home, Cheyene Walk
Heathrow
Marlon born
Performance premiere
Mick and Bianca's wedding
South of France
Backstage at a faces show, late '74
"Of all the Stones' ladies she has always appeared the most ideal female counterpart to the band's chosen lifestyle; far more so than the ever-so-fragile Bianca Jagger, or the beautiful but fated melancholy and outrage that personified Marianne Faithfull. Anita always seemed tough. She was easily Jagger's equal when she played Pherber, part of Turner's menage a trois, in Performance. She had true style -- she was beautiful and dangerous."
-an excerpt from a Stones article from an old issue of Creem.
I know I babble about this topic endlessly, but has there ever been a rock n' roll couple more perfect than Keith and Anita, I wonder? Of course, the question is rhetorical. Anita was the ultimate rock n' roll chick - the standard to which all rock wives, groupies and muses must be forever judged, and Keith was the King of Cool. He was desperately in love with her, and the songs crafted in her honor ("You Got The Silver" being my personal favorite) are some of the Rolling Stones' most poetic and sincere moments. I'm too tired for an elaborate post on their passionate and tumultuous love affair, but I thought I'd post a few of my K & A photos.
All photos = my scans
Perhaps too perfect to last forever, there couldn't have been a more perfect match during the madness of the late Sixties and the Seventies. They complimented each other so well. Music aside, Anita may be the most fascinating piece of Stones folklore. Great photos, xo.
ReplyDeleteThis topic was really educational and nicely written.
ReplyDeleteThank you for curating this!
ReplyDeleteThe gorgeous chaise lounge (photo 19) appeared in a photo of Keith at home in Connecticut.
It had blue velvet upholstery. 😍
From other articles and books I read, Keith would send Anita home to handle kids and get away from her overbearing presence. Yes, he loved her, being strung out was mostly the glue that kept them together. The photographs, though, not stages, were not that spontaneous, as they knew they were being photographed and intentionally created a perfect family scene.
ReplyDeletePhotographs weren't staged but they knew they were being photographed..
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