(via pinterest.com) During the early days of my classic rock fangirling—and more specifically Led Zeppelin fangirling—when I discovered the whole groupie spectrum, there was one girl who instantly fascinated me. Audrey Hamilton. “Audrey from Dallas.” Unlike the really famous groupies who kiss and tell, Audrey has never been officially interviewed, despite having a small part in Zeppelin lore. I think looking back, the Texan gal might have been the beginning of my interest in obscure women throughout entertainment history. Who was the pretty brunette with very little public information available? When I first learned of her existence way back in 2007, there were only a few trivia tidbits out there on the web. One was that she was involved with frontman Robert Plant for the majority of LZ’s 1977 US spring/summer tour. Second was her becoming the inspiration for one of the most polarizing Zep tracks in their catalogue: ‘Hot Dog’ off their final album ‘In Through the Out Door’ (1979). Everything else was covered in mystique. A big rumor was that she ditched her husband in the middle of the night to follow Robert on the road after they met at a local Dallas bar. Another was her being only 17 at the time. Since then, it’s been confirmed Audrey was actually 20 going on 21 during Zeppelin’s last US tour, and she was in fact married to her high school sweetheart, though the context of that relationship is still vague. The rumor of Audrey being a teenager is most likely from the lyric “I took her love at 17,” during ‘Hot Dog,’ which some theorize Robert might have written from the perspective of her husband. We also knew their fling ended when the tour was cut short so Robert could return to England after being informed his 5-year-old son Karac tragically passed from a stomach virus.
TMS Muse of the Week: Audrey Hamilton
TMS Muse of the Week: Audrey Hamilton
TMS Muse of the Week: Audrey Hamilton
(via pinterest.com) During the early days of my classic rock fangirling—and more specifically Led Zeppelin fangirling—when I discovered the whole groupie spectrum, there was one girl who instantly fascinated me. Audrey Hamilton. “Audrey from Dallas.” Unlike the really famous groupies who kiss and tell, Audrey has never been officially interviewed, despite having a small part in Zeppelin lore. I think looking back, the Texan gal might have been the beginning of my interest in obscure women throughout entertainment history. Who was the pretty brunette with very little public information available? When I first learned of her existence way back in 2007, there were only a few trivia tidbits out there on the web. One was that she was involved with frontman Robert Plant for the majority of LZ’s 1977 US spring/summer tour. Second was her becoming the inspiration for one of the most polarizing Zep tracks in their catalogue: ‘Hot Dog’ off their final album ‘In Through the Out Door’ (1979). Everything else was covered in mystique. A big rumor was that she ditched her husband in the middle of the night to follow Robert on the road after they met at a local Dallas bar. Another was her being only 17 at the time. Since then, it’s been confirmed Audrey was actually 20 going on 21 during Zeppelin’s last US tour, and she was in fact married to her high school sweetheart, though the context of that relationship is still vague. The rumor of Audrey being a teenager is most likely from the lyric “I took her love at 17,” during ‘Hot Dog,’ which some theorize Robert might have written from the perspective of her husband. We also knew their fling ended when the tour was cut short so Robert could return to England after being informed his 5-year-old son Karac tragically passed from a stomach virus.