LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-NOV 24, 2019… FORTY SEVEN YEARS AGO DAVID BOWIE RELEASED THE SINGLE ‘THE JEAN GENIE.’ THERE’S A GREAT BACKSTORY BEHIND THIS RECORD. BOWIE HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT IT WAS INFLUENCED BY CYRINDA FOXE. CYRINDA WAS AN ACTRESS THAT STARRED IN COMMERCIALS FOR “JEAN GENIE” JEANS. LEGEND HAS IT THAT BOWIE WROTE THIS IN HER APARTMENT IN NEW YORK TO ENTERTAIN HER. CYRINDA APPEARED IN THE SONG’S OFFICIAL VIDEO WITH BOWIE. BTW, CYRINDA WAS STEVEN TYLER’S FIRST WIFE ! THEY HAD A DAUGHTER TOGETHER BUT HAD A HORRENDOUS DIVORCE. SHE CLAIMED THAT TYLER DIDN’T PAY MUCH CHILD SUPPORT. YEARS ALET WHEN CYRINDA LEARNED SHE HAD BRAIN CANCER, TYLER AND CYRINDA BECAME FRIENDS AGAIN AND TYLER PAID ALL OF HER MEDICAL BILLS UNTIL HER DEATH IN 2002.
HERE’S THE OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR ‘THE JEAN GENIE’ FROM 1972
