Pamela Des Barres





Pamela Des Barres

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Pamela Des Barres aka Miss Pamela (born Pamela Ann Miller on September 9, 1948) is a former rock and roll groupie, author, and magazine writer.

Des Barres was born in Reseda, California. Her mother was a housewife and her father worked for Anheuser-Busch and occasionally worked as a gold miner. She idolized the Beatles and Elvis Presley as a child, and fantasized about meeting and dating her favorite Beatle, Paul McCartney.

A high school acquaintaince introduced Pamela to Don Van Vliet, better known as Captain Beefheart, a musician and friend of Frank Zappa. Vliet in turn introduced her to Charlie Watts and Bill Wyman of the Rolling Stones, which drew her to the rock music scene on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles. She started to spend her tim...more


Average rating: 3.62 · 3,739 ratings · 359 reviews · 4 distinct works
I'm With the Band: Confessi...
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3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 3,129 ratings — published 1987 — 16 editions
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Let's Spend the Night Toget...
3.42 of 5 stars 3.42 avg rating — 364 ratings — published 2008 — 7 editions
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3.56 of 5 stars 3.56 avg rating — 190 ratings — published 1992 — 7 editions
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3.42 of 5 stars 3.42 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 1996 — 5 editions
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