She co-wrote a song with Sally Tiven (“By a Woman”) and had performed it several times with the incomparable Crystal Gayle. It was shortly after that that Bebe and Jim made a move to Nashville in late 2013 and once again she began to reinvent her style to include forays into country-tinged music. Buell’s country interest was brought out to the forefront when she recorded a 2012 Eddy Arnold tribute for Plowboy (Cheetah Chrome) Records. Her real comeback success came in the form of the 2011 release of Hard Love, a grungy, pop jewel produced by husband Jim Wallerstein (Das Damen) and Stephen DeAcutis. While Buell has a huge New York following, mainstream success was still a tough customer to catch. Once Liv was up and running Buell returned to music, utilizing the services of producer Don Fleming (Sonic Youth, Hole, Teenage Fanclub, The Posies, Alice Cooper, Andrew W.K., The Dictators, Joan Jett, Nancy Sinatra, Screaming Trees, The Smithereens, Pete Yorn to name an illustrious few). She also formed The Gargoyles, a band that released singles and garnered major label attention, before Buell disbanded that group to focus all her attention on daughter Liv Tyler’s blossoming career. Then-boyfriend John Taylor (Duran Duran) got some friends together to back Buell in another musical effort. The band, The Cars, served as her band on two of the tracks. Her very first real song success was in 1981 when she recorded a four-song EP with producers Rick Ocasek (The Cars) and Rick Derringer at the helm. When she wasn’t busy jet-setting all over the world with one-time beaus such as Todd Rundgren, Elvis Costello, Rod Stewart or Jack Nicholson, the former school choir singer was honing her songwriting craft and putting her career as a singer and band leader together. Buell may be known for dating rock idols, but she also wanted to be one in her clear way since she first showed up. Yes, she was a very lucky young Southern girl who was hired by the Ford Modeling Agency in New York, and yes, she was a Playboy centerfold in the 1970s, but she was also so much more. In the book she writes her life-story, including juicy stories about her and her famous mates, and pictures.When it comes to describing Bebe Buell, there’s not much standard information that can be given that hasn’t been printed before. In August 2001, Bebe published her autobiography - Rebel Heart: An American Rock 'N' Roll Journey. In 2000, she met Jim Wallerstein, who is the lead singer of the band VacationLand. Bebe began making music again, releasing albums and performing. In 1992 Bebe married Coyote Shivers, divorcing him in 1998. In 1989, Liv discovered that her true father was not Todd Rundgren but Steven Tyler and Buell put her career on hold to support her only child. In 1985, she started a new band, the Gargoyles. In 1980, Buell founded her first band, The B-Sides. Buell took her infant daughter to Portland, Maine.
She moved back to NY to be with Rundgren who acted as step-dad to Liv, supporting her even after he and Buell split up, a few months after Liv's birth. She fell in love with Todd Rundgren but when their relationship hit the rocks, she had an affair with Steven Tyler which produced her only child, actress Liv Tyler. At an early age, Buell was a rock-and-roll junkie. Three days later, someone from the Ford Agency invited Buell to New York City and she was selected by Playboy for a centerfold- Miss November 1974.
The beautiful young woman's mother, herself a model, sent her photos to the Ford Modeling Agency soon after Bebe graduated from high school. American model, mother of Liv Tyler and ex-girlfriend of Steven Tyler of Aerosmith.