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92 - Pamela Des Barres

November 29
46 mins

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Join us to discuss a music book classic ‘I’m With The Band - Confessions of a Groupie’ with Pamela Des Barres. 


Pamela’s first touchstone in music was the Beatles & she became on obsessive Beatlemaniac after the Fab Four arrive on US soil in early 1964. 


The following year she met Captain Beefheart & it opened up a new world to her on the Sunset Strip in LA. 


Before long she was mixing with the likes of The Byrds, Frank Zappa, The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, Gram Parsons & Led Zeppelin (legend has it the Zeppelin track ‘Going To California’ is about her & her friends). 


Her many relationships over the years include Keith Moon, Jimmy Page, Mick Jagger, Chris Hillman & Jim Morrison. 


Her band the GTOs were formed by Frank Zappa & went onto release an album. 



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