Word: rocked
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Undisputed queen of the class at the moment is a young Manhattanite whose carefully acquired talent as a photographer has gained her entree to several top rock bands...
...every such success story, groupie life has presented scores of tragedies-made worse by the preoccupation with sex and dope that is integral to rock culture. Typical enough is the bitter story of a Manhattan waitress: "I'm 33, and I've made it with all the early biggies, and more. You know what I've got to show for it? Three kids from three different guys-which three, I'm not sure. I've gone the dope route, been busted twice, and taken the cure at Lexington...
Most groupies may be luckier. But it still is no easy life-and it now is becoming even more complicated because of the rise of a formidable counterforce, known as "the Super Fans" and evangelically dedicated to keeping rock musicians out of the groupies' passionate clutches. Super Fans have been known to raid a performer's hotel room in search of groupies to eject. "It's a vocation," explains one, "like being a nun." The problem is that her protective efforts on behalf of her heroes do not often seem to be appreciated...
...world of rock, where a distinguishing trait of any kind is the ultimate asset, Johnny Winter is a "chicken-soup freak" of the first order. Explains Steve Paul, 27, owner of a Manhattan nightclub called The Scene, and now his manager: "Johnny is a freak in the sense of being a unique individual, and chicken soup in the sense that he is a human being and nice as well." Last November Paul read about Johnny in an underground newspaper, dashed down to see him, brought him back to The Scene, then watched him knock 'em dead at the Fillmore...
Business at Unity is done in a deliberately casual atmosphere designed to put people at ease. Rock music plays softly from loudspeakers. Bank employees banter with people who just drop in to have a neighborly chat. "We're more than a bank," says Sneed. "If we have to say no to a customer, we say, 'No. Because...