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I'm with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie Paperback – October 28, 2005

by Pamela Des Barres (Author), Dave Navarro (Foreword)

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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.

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"She charms me every time she refuses to regret. And she regrets nothing." —Los Angeles Times

"Sunny, uninhibited prose." —Slate.com

"Her prose is...glittery, raw and real." —Indie-music.com

"Should spur enough interest...that...her story can be made into the movie it needs to be." —The WOW Report

"Granted it's gossipy, but it's also a worthwhile document of the blossoming of an innocent California flower-child." —Star Tribune

"Eminently readable, offering all the fun of a trashy read without resorting to sensationalism or mean-spiritedness." —North Bay Bohemian

"A must-read for all lovers of great music and men." —Playgirl

About the Author

Pamela Des Barres is the author of Let's Spend the Night Together and Take Another Little Piece of My Heart. A spokesperson for her generation, she is an authority on classic rock and the freewheelin' rock 'n' roll lifestyle. She has written for the New York Times, Rolling Stone, Cosmopolitan, and many other magazines.

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Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Chicago Review Press; Updated edition edition (October 28, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1556525893
ISBN-13: 978-1556525896
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.8 x 8 inches
Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 380 customer reviews
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November 26, 2016

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met a rockstar, blew him. met a rockstar,blew him. repeat for 100some-odd pages...

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Delightful book

July 13, 2017

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Such a fun read if you enjoy counterculture history! Perfect for the beach or the bath.

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Fun read, but sad too.

August 2, 2017

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Under the surface flash, I found this to be a sad story. Pamela seems to think she has no value by herself, so she seeks it by blowing famous musicians just before they go back to their wives and/or girlfriends. I just found that depressing. Maybe she was more calculating than I give her credit for, but I wouldn't want my daughter to grow up like that.

I came of age only a couple of years after Pamela did. It was exciting enough just to admire bands from afar; it was a memorable time. But she talks way too nicely about way too many scumbags in this memoir. I'm glad she finally bagged a musician, for a while, anyway. She really seems hard to dislike in her airheaded way, and she may really have no regrets, but if she did, would anyone care?

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Chronicle of a Crazy Life

May 20, 2016

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Usually this book reads like it was written by a star-eyed teeny-bopper, which it was. Miss Pamela wrote it from chronicles she started when she was in high school. It gets a little better as she ages, but not a lot.

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Not what I Expected

September 18, 2018

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More like the inane ramblings of a prepubescent school girl than a memoir. I was growing bored with it already but when it got to the part when she met Jimmy Page I gave up. As a long time Zeppelin fan I'm quite familiar with the history of the band and the individual members. First, the stories about the conversations between her and Jimmy seemed more like her fantasies than reality, but I can't verify that one way or the other. But when she talks about be on the side of the stage while they played in 1969 and Jimmy wearing the black dragon suit I was done. Jimmy didn't start wearing the dragon suit until 1973. Might be a minor detail but for me it was the last straw for this book. Glad I got it on sale and only paid 1.99. I really wanted to like it but just couldn't finish.

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Right place at the right time

October 2, 2016

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This girl was totally in the right place at the right time, so she was very lucky. It's a bit sad because all she ever wanted was to marry a rock star. Eventually, she did marry a very minor one but all in all, it's kind of depressing that she was so consumed by this desperate need to be close to someone famous. She had no job, really, no career and this was all she did, 24 hours a day--try to figure out how to sleep with this guy or that guy, in the hopes that they would fall in love with and marry her. It's ironic that it's such an old-fashioned notion (marriage) and yet, for all her "progressiveness," in the end, that's all she wanted. Lucky for us, she gives us a window into her groupie life but either she never had really substantial conversations with these men, or she just doesn't share that part. I think that would've been the most interesting part of a book like this. Unfortunately, these days, with so much security, groupies have it much harder than they used to, so Pamela was very lucky to have lived in this era, when rock stars were there for the taking. It's a phenomenon that we'll never see again, sadly.

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Loved love loved it.

August 13, 2018

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I have read a few books on that time in music history and of groupies.
This one is the best. Sweet Miss P, I would like to have been a friend. Anyone wanting an honest rendition of the late 60s and early 70s in Hollywood and beyond you must read this book.

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Escape from modern life

May 24, 2017

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Captivating tell all that reads like a novel. Great escape from day to day. The world will never be the same.

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