Late in 1968, I met June & Jean Millington and Alice DeBuhr, founders of Fanny, the first all-girl rock band to be signed to a major label, Warner's Reprise Records. Days later, I moved into Fanny Hill, the official mansion rented for the band by Warner Brothers/Reprise Records, and became the official band photographer. I lived at Fanny Hill on and off from 1968-1971. My darkroom was behind the rehearsal room. Many musicians visited Fanny Hill, not just to see the then odd reality of an all-girl rock band, but to jam! Lowell George was a frequent guest. I brought Joe Cocker one night for dinner, and on another Rick Danko and Levon Helm accompanied me and Abby de Buhr, Alice’s sister, back to Fanny Hill. Dave Mason visited, Chris Williamson was a frequent friend, Maggie Corey, Mimi DeBlasio and Tret Fury were good friends. At one time Brie Darling and her baby daughter lived with us. We were a sisterhood before the word was common place!
Now, in 2021, 50 plus years later the documentary, Fanny: The Right to Rock is being released in March.
Tune in here to hear a bit of my story: Fanny Podcast Episode 20: Linda Wolf
All photographs copyright © 1968-2014 Linda Wolf