I'm with the Band

I'm with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie is a 1987 memoir by former groupie Pamela Des Barres.

Overview[]

The book tells the story of Pamela Ann Miller, a groupie who gets a kind of fame in the 1960s by having wild nights with musicians and actors. Pictures of famous musicians and actors accompany the many stories of her time in Los Angeles, California during the late 1960s and early 1970s. She recounts tales of moments shared with girlfriends The GTOs which they use as a way to outwardly express themselves. She becomes Frank Zappa's nanny as well as has relationships with Jimmy Page and with Don Johnson.

Her escapades include travels to England where she spends time with Mick Jagger and others. She also travels to Europe before coming back home. She later falls in love with Michael Des Barres, an English glam rocker. She ends the books with the story of their wedding and the birth of her son Nicholas Dean Des Barres.

The book was issued as an audio book on CD in 1995, then reissued as a paperback in 2005.

Reception[]

I'm with the Band was described by Kirkus Reviews as "a classic account of rampant narcissism among guitar egomaniacs." The New York Times described I'm with the Band as "the brightest, sexiest, funniest of... the current outpouring of groupie literature."^[1]

References[]

^ Rockwell, John (16 August 1987). "Pop View". New York Times. Retrieved 13 January 2019.

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[RockwellView-1] Rockwell, John (16 August 1987). "Pop View". New York Times. Retrieved 13 January 2019.

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