From the Stones to the Streets
Faithfull’s life mimicked the course of rock ‘n’ roll itself. After the haze of the ‘60s, she lost it all and found herself on the street, a junky craving her next dose. By 1979, she was back with a bang. Broken English was her musical depiction of how she turned her period on the dark side into music.
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So, what happened to her? How did she go from partying with the Stones to sleeping on the streets to back on track? The “rise and fall” of Faithfull’s life is not an obvious path (as cliché as it may sound in the music industry). Faithfull has been through A LOT. Take the summer of 1969. for instance…