I'm with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie by Pamela Des Barres

I'm with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie by Pamela Des Barres






There is no co-write listed. Does this mean Ms. Des Barres truly wrote this herself or does she have a quiet ghostwriter? Either way, the book opens with a foreword by the one and only Dave Navarro. That foreword was as useful as Led Zepplin (think about it for a sec).


The only reason Dave Navarro’s name appeared on the cover was to help sell books. Nothing in his foreword contributed anything to the book except that it too up a little bit of space

Pamela learned early what men wanted and she gave them what they were after. In return for her favors, she could hang out with whoever it happened to be. 

Pamela was, as the title says, a groupie. But she is not just a groupie. She was perhaps the most famous of the groupies. Is she more famous than “ Sweet, Sweet Connie from Little Rock”? Perhaps although Pamela has not been mentioned in the song as explicitly as Connie.

These are the tales of a young girl living her rock and roll dreams. This is a rambling, badly written piece of nonsense that adds nothing to the classic rock book pantheon.

Pamela is frank and open about her life and sexuality and this is striking.

The world was in a very different place in 1987, when the book was

released. So she was brave to release these ribald (great word) tales.

There is nothing to recommend here. If you want to read the rambling of a doe-eyed 20year old using her mouth to advance her position in life then “ I’m with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie” is for you.

Otherwise, it's a perfectly passable passel of papers but nothing more.



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