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How Pamela Des Barres Finally Transcended 'The Band' The rock n' roll historian's tales of groupie debauchery —on stage and in books—are inspiring a whole new generation of writers and music fans.
Pamela Des Barres is hosting writing workshops in December and January - full details are on her website. This interview originally appeared in Classic Rock 58, published in October 2003.
Pamela Des Barres will talk about her wild life in the rock and roll scene of the ’60s and ’70s in a spoken-word show at the Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood on Sunday, March 17, 2024.
Des Barres is a thoughtful, smart and sophisticated woman. When one considers how many of her former contemporaries did not survive the 1960s, she is easy to admire for such qualities as her ...
Back in 1964, teenagers across the country bought an album called “Meet the Beatles.” Pamela Des Barres was one of the few who took that invitation literally.
Des Barres will share her experiences during “An Intimate Evening with Pamela Des Barres” at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 14, at Midtown Mercantile Merchants, 3330 E. Speedway Boulevard, Tucson.
But for Pamela Des Barres the groupie lifestyle wasn’t just about bedding band members — it was a celebration of music culture in Hollywood and female empowerment. 8.
In December 1992, culture critic Ann Powers wrote about Pamela Des Barres and the groupie phenomenon in The New York Times. Girls like Pamela, Powers wrote, "transformed 'hanging out' into a form ...
Linda Beckstrom and Pamela Des Barres join Rick Kogan to talk about their books and young life experiences. Rick talks about Linda’s book with Angalia Bianca, “In Deep: How I Survived Gangs, Heroin, ...
Pamela Des Barres, a famous rock groupie who dated Mick Jagger, Jimmy Page, Keith Moon, and other rock stars, opens up about her wild life.
Pamela Des Barres is an actress and writer, but is most famous as a rock 'n roll groupie, starting in the late 1960's on Hollywood's Sunset Strip, the ...
Column: Pamela Des Barres, proud to be the Queen of the Groupies, talks about life, love and Disneyland. Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune. Wed, April 16, 2025 at 10:00 AM UTC. 6 min read.