I'm with the Band: Confessions of a GroupieThe 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. |
Contents
Acknowledgments | 7 |
Foreword | 9 |
Prelude | 11 |
1 Let Me Put It In It Feels All Right | 13 |
2 The Time to Hesitate Is Through | 43 |
3 Have You Ever Been Experienced? | 75 |
4 Sweetheart of the Rodeo | 105 |
5 Every Inch of My Love | 137 |
7 Dedicated Follower of Fashion | 199 |
8 I Met Him on a Monday and My Heart Stood Still | 229 |
9 Take My Hand Take My Whole Life Too | 259 |
Epilogue | 291 |
Last Will and Testament 1965 | 301 |
PS | 303 |
Sound as Ever | 307 |
6 Its a Gas Gas Gas | 167 |
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