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. Events 1000 - Battle of Svolder, Viking Age. 1379 - Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of Music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s with roots in mostly African A groupie is a person who seeks sexual and/or emotional Intimacy with a Celebrity.
Des Barres was born in Reseda, California. Reseda ( IPA:) is a district in the San Fernando Valley in the City of Los Angeles California. [1] Her mother was a housewife and her father worked for Anheuser-Busch and occasionally worked as a gold miner. Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc ( (ˈænhаɪzər bʊʃ is the largest Brewing company in the United States with a 48 She idolized The Beatles and Elvis Presley as a child, and fantasized about meeting and dating her favorite Beatle, Paul McCartney. The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942 is an English rock Singer, Bass guitarist songwriter Composer, [2]
A high school acquaintaince introduced Pamela to Don Van Vliet, better known as Captain Beefheart, a musician and friend of Frank Zappa. Don Van Vliet (born Donald Glen Vliet on January 15 1941, in Glendale California, U Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21 1940 – December 4 1993 was an American Composer, Electric guitarist Record producer and Film director 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. Charles Robert "Charlie" Watts (born 2 June 1941 is the Drummer of The Rolling Stones. Bill Wyman (born William George Perks on 24 October 1936 was the Bass guitarist for the English Rock and roll band The Rolling The Sunset Strip is the name given to the mile and a half stretch of Sunset Boulevard that passes through West Hollywood California. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West She started to spend her time with The Byrds and other bands, and when she graduated from high school in 1966, she took various jobs that would allow her to live near the Sunset Strip and pursue relationships with rock musicians. The Byrds were a popular American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1964 Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. She famously paired up with Jim Morrison, Mick Jagger, Jimmy Page, Keith Moon [3] Nick St. Nicholas, Noel Redding, Chris Hillman, Gram Parsons, and actors Brandon de Wilde, Michael Richards and Don Johnson. James Douglas Morrison (December 8 1943—July 3 1971 was an American Poet, Singer, Songwriter, Writer, and Film director Sir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger, Kt (born 26 July 1943 is a Golden Globe -winning and two-time Grammy -winning English rock James Patrick Page, OBE (born 9 January 1944 is an English Guitarist, Composer and record producer Keith John Moon ( August 23, 1946 &ndash September 7, 1978) was the Drummer of the rock group The Who. Nick St Nicholas (born Klaus Karl Kassbaum September 28, 1945 in Plön, Germany) is a bassist, and is best known for his David "Noel" Redding ( December 25, 1945 &ndash May 11, 2003) was an English Rock and roll guitarist best Chris Hillman (born Christopher Hillman December 4 1944, Los Angeles, California) was one of the original members of The Byrds Gram Parsons ( November 5, 1946 – September 19, 1973) was an American Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist Andre Brandon De Wilde ( April 9, 1942 – July 6, 1972) was an Academy Award -nominated American Actor born into Michael Anthony Richards (born July 24, 1949) is an American Comedian and Actor best known for his portrayal of the eccentric Don Johnson (born Donnie Wayne Johnson, December 15 1949 Personal life Relationships and family At 22 Johnson began a four-year liaison [4]
She was also a member of The GTOs, an all-girl singing group formed by Zappa. The GTOs were a " Groupie group" that consisted of Miss Pamela (Pamela Des Barres Miss Sparky (Linda Sue Parker Miss Lucy, Miss Christine [5] The group started out as the Laurel Canyon Ballet Company, and began performing as an opening act for Zappa and the Mothers of Invention. The Mothers of Invention was an American Rock and roll band active from 1964 to 1975 The group's act was performance art, a mix of music and spoken word, since none of its members could sing or play an instrument. They released an album, Permanent Damage in 1969, backed by Zappa and Jeff Beck. Geoffrey Arnold "Jeff" Beck (born June 24, 1944 to Arnold and Ethel Beck in Wallington, England) is an English The group dissolved a month after the album's release because some of its members were arrested for drug possession.
In the 1970s Des Barres decided to pursue a career as an actress, and acted in a few movies, including Zappa's 200 Motels, commercials, and a year acting on the soap opera Search for Tomorrow in 1974. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works 200 Motels is a 1971 movie featuring Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention, produced at Pinewood Studios, England A soap opera is an ongoing episodic work of Fiction, usually broadcast on Television or Radio. Search for Tomorrow is a Soap opera which started airing on Monday September 3, 1951 on CBS. After a downturn in her acting career she went to work as a nanny for Zappa's children, Dweezil and Moon Unit. Dweezil Zappa (born September 5, 1969) is an American rock Guitarist. Moon Unit Zappa (born September 28 1967) is an American actress and musician [6]
On October 29, 1977, she married Michael Des Barres who had been lead singer for Detective (the first band signed to Led Zeppelin's Swan Song Records label), Silverhead, and, briefly, for Power Station. Events 437 - Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Lord Michael Philip Des Barres Marquis Des Barres (born 24 January 1948) is a British actor and rock singer Detective was an American rock band that toured and recorded in the late 1970s Led Zeppelin were Swan Song Records was a Record label launched by English Rock group Led Zeppelin on May 10, 1974. Silverhead were a British band, led by singer/actor Michael Des Barres. Power Station was a 1980s supergroup made up of singer Robert Palmer; bassist John Taylor and guitarist Andy Taylor of Duran Duran They have a son, Nicholas Dean Des Barres (GameFan magazine's Nick Rox), who was born on September 30, 1978. GameFan Magazine (originally known as Diehard GameFan Magazine) was a publication started by Tim Lindquist and Dave Halverson in September 1992 that provided Events 1399 - Henry IV is proclaimed King of England. 1744 - France and Spain defeat the Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) The couple divorced in the summer of 1991, due to Michael Des Barres' alleged infidelities.
Des Barres wrote two memoirs about her experience as a groupie, I'm with the Band (1987) and Take Another Little Piece of My Heart: A Groupie Grows Up (1993), as well as two other non-fiction books, Rock Bottom: Dark Moments in Music Babylon and Let's Spend the Night Together: Backstage Secrets of Rock Muses and Supergroupies (Chicago Review Press, 2007). I'm with the Band Confessions of a Groupie is a 1987 Memoir by former Groupie Pamela Des Barres. Take Another Little Piece of My Heart A Groupie Grows Up is a Non-fiction 1993 work by former Groupie Pamela Des Barres. I'm with the Band was re-released as a "updated edition" in 2005. I'm with the Band Confessions of a Groupie is a 1987 Memoir by former Groupie Pamela Des Barres.
Des Barres currently writes articles for online and print publications and teaches in Los Angeles. Her students have become known as "Pamela's Girls," and have achieved their own notoriety in the music industry. She has also become an ordained minister and performs weddings. She is a breast cancer survivor and yoga devotee. [7]
External links
- Pamela Miller at the Internet Movie Database
- Official website
- PUNKCAST#1177 Reading at Soho McNally Robinson NYC, July 9 2007. (Realplayer,mp4,Flash)
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