I'm with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie

Pamela Des Barres · Dave Navarro

Oct 2005 · Chicago Review Press

About this ebook

The stylish, exuberant, and remarkably sweet confession of one of the most famous groupies of the 1960s and 70s is back in print in this new edition that includes an afterword on the author's last 15 years of adventures. As soon as she graduated from high school, Pamela Des Barres headed for the Sunset Strip, where she knocked on rock stars' backstage doors and immersed herself in the drugs, danger, and ecstasy of the freewheeling 1960s. Over the next 10 years she had affairs with Mick Jagger, Jimmy Page, Keith Moon, Waylon Jennings, Chris Hillman, Noel Redding, and Jim Morrison, among others. She traveled with Led Zeppelin; lived in sin with Don Johnson; turned down a date with Elvis Presley; and was close friends with Robert Plant, Gram Parsons, Ray Davies, and Frank Zappa. As a member of the GTO's, a girl group masterminded by Frank Zappa, she was in the thick of the most revolutionary renaissance in the history of modern popular music. Warm, witty, and sexy, this kiss-and-tell&–all stands out as the perfect chronicle of one of rock 'n' roll's most thrilling eras.

Ratings and reviews

it was a little disappointing

About the author

Pamela Des Barres is the author of Rock Bottom and Take Another Little Piece of My Heart. She has written for Cosmopolitan, The New York Times, and Rolling Stone, appeared on Geraldo, Jenny Jones, Larry King Live, Oprah, and numerous MTV and VH-1 specials, and was the subject of an E! True Hollywood story. She lives in Los Angeles. Dave Navarro, former guitarist for Jane's Addiction and Red Hot Chili Peppers, is the coauthor of Don't Try This at Home.