Amanda Lear has rubbed shoulders with some fascinating celebrities throughout her life, but did you know that the singer and former model lived with one of the world’s most famous musicians for a short time?
Amanda Lear, who is releasing her 23rd album titled Looking Backlived a thousand lives. She was Salvador Dali’s muse, had a career in France and Italy on TV or in the cinema, sold 28 million albums worldwide, met many stars… and she even lived for a while with a famous musician.
Amanda Lear lived with one of the most famous musicians in the world: “He didn’t know where to sleep”
In the 60s, Amanda Lear was not rolling in gold and had to, despite herself, live in a shared apartment. “Since I didn’t have any money, we took a shared three-story house that we almost squatted on.“, she revealed to Figaro. Quickly, the famous guitarist and singer Jimi Hendrix also came to live in this house.
“On the ground floor lived Pat Hartley, a black American revolutionary. She knew Jimi well. One day I found Hendrix at the door with his guitar. ‘I’m a friend of Pat’s, she told me I could spend a few days here.’ ‘Can’t you go to the hotel?’ ‘No, there are girls.’ Jimi was always being chased by girls, so he didn’t know where to sleep“, said the singer, who was also a friend of David Bowie.
She therefore lived for a short period with the musical prodigy. At the beginning, the roommate went wonderfully: “He was very nice“But quickly, his seductive inclinations began to annoy Amanda Lear….
Amanda Lear, “furious”: she “fired” her famous roommate
“He spent his entire nights in a club, the Speakeasy. He flirted with waitresses: he loved peroxide blondes. I get up in the morning and I see this girl with my dressing gown”, she remembered. The singer’s blood boiled and she finally asked the musician to leave the scene: “I was so furious that I fired Hendrix. I saw it again two or three times afterwards.“.
If Amanda Lear has experienced hectic decades and rubbed shoulders with many beautiful people, she now enjoys a more peaceful daily life in her villa in Provence. “I lead a very disciplined life and work“, she assured, while specifying that she did not intend to bow out either: “I don’t want to hear about retirement. But I’m not sure I’ll make another album“.
