Monday, 2 October 2017

The Girl in the Song- Jenny Boyd

One of Donovan's loveliest songs was written for Pattie Boyd's sister, Jenny. Like her sister Jenny was also a model and later went on to marry Mick Fleetwood.


Though they never dated Donovan admitted he had a crush on Jenny, which inspired him to write, 'Jennifer Juniper'. Jenny and Pattie went on to open a small antique store on King's Road named 'Juniper', after the song. As Pattie remembered:

"Jenny and I took a stall in the antiques market in the King's Road, and specialised in art nouveau. We called it Juniper-because of 'Jennifer Juniper- and ran it for about a year. Jenny looked after the stall and I did the buying"


(Donovan & Jenny)


(Pattie & Jenny get a visit from The Beatles in their store 'Juniper')

Have a listen!


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