She’s With The Band: Groupie Feminist, Pamela Des Barres Confesses Her Love of All Things Music!

Rock 'N Healthy Lifestyles

EPISODE 011: American Rock and Roll Groupie, Author, Musician, and Actress, Pamela Des Barres, talks about feminism, the word “Groupie”, and her experiences on the rock music scene on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood back in the 1960’s and 70’s. She famously went on to form friendships with many of the great musical artists of that era, and became romantically linked with various notable artists such as Mick Jagger, Jimmy Page, Keith Moon. Frank Zappa was the driving force behind her work as a member of the all-girl music and performance art group, Girls Together Outrageously, or the GTOs, and from there, Pamela pursued her career as an actress appearing in movies and commercials. Des Barres wrote two memoirs about her experience as a groupie, I'm with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie (1987) and Take Another Little Piece of My Heart: A Groupie Grows Up (1993). It is widely believed that Cameron Crowe drew from these memoirs to create the groupie character Penny Lane for his film Almost Famous. Today, Pamela Des Barres continues to author books, contribute to others' works as an editor and consultant, and pen articles for online and print publications. In addition to her work as a writer, Des Barres also teaches creative writing classes in Los Angeles, as well as in several other cities throughout the U.S. and internationally. She affectionately refers to her writing class members as her "dolls". She's also a rock and roll tour guide, giving intimate guided tours through the 1960s Hollywood area where she revisits the sites noted in her memoir, 'I'm with the Band'. And my guest is also the podcast host of Pamela Des Barres Pajama Party!

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