psychics, 24, 185-186
see also Ariana
Pulitzer, Roxanne, 195
Quatro, Suzi, 106
Raphaël, Sally Jessy, 229
rats, 45, 113-114
Rattlesnake Shake, 269, 271, 283
Raven (Miss Sandra’s daughter), 291-292
Real Don Steele Show, The, 66
“Recognition” (Des Barres), 51
Redding, Noel, 264
Renee (traveling partner), 76, 85
Richards, Ken, 43
Rippy, Rodney Allen, 32
Rivers, Joan, 229
Rockford Files, The, 100
rock scene, Pamela’s loss of faith in, 33-34
Rock Star (Collins), 198, 220
Rodkin, Loree, 164
Rolling Stone, 193-194, 220
Rolling Stones, 16
Rona (friend), 264
Ronnie, Uncle, 121, 122
Roosevelt School, 150, 155, 204
Roth, David Lee, 172, 174
Ruben (O.C. Miller’s friend), 40-41, 63
Rundgren, Todd, 44, 57, 292
Ryder, Winona, 266
Sagal, Katey, 91, 266
St. Nicholas, Randee, 218, 260
Sales, Hunt, 260, 266
Sales, Tony, 126, 260, 266
Sambora, Richie, 192
Sandra, Miss, 291-292
Scarface, 144
Schneider, Mitch, 191, 219, 220
Science of Mind, 111-112, 120, 133, 174
screen tests, 67, 105
Search for Tomorrow:
Pamela fired from, 46
Pamela’s role in, 32, 37-39
Self-Realization Lake Shrine, 146, 170
Sex Pistols, 69, 126-127
Sexton, Charlie, 172
Shaffer, Paul, 292
Sheedy, Ally, 166, 192
Sheri (friend), 164, 168, 211, 215
Silverhead, 25, 27-28, 39
Silvers, Frederick, 227-228, 248, 255
Simmons, Gene, 23, 99, 134-135, 144, 172, 266
on Oprah, 198-199
Sincere, Cynderella, 32, 292
“Sleeping Alone” (Des Barres), 57
Slick, Grace, 269
Smith, Larry (Legs), 102-103
Smith, Neil, 44
Sofronski, Bernie, 46
“Somebody Up There Likes Me” (Des Barres), 181
Somers, Suzanne, 199
Sonia (agent), 68-69, 75
Sorvino, Paul, 221
Sparky (GTO member), 32, 87, 92, 93, 120, 144, 292
Spelling, Aaron, 201
Springsteen, Bruce, 153, 161, 189
Stack, Robert, 186
Stallone, Sylvester, 66–68
Stanley, Paul, 144, 172, 198, 266
Stanton, Harry Dean, 20
Staples, Mavis, 231
Star, 34
Starman, 294
Starr, Ringo, 17, 139
Starwood, 49
Steele, Don, 66
Steenburgen, Mary, 144
Stewart, Rod, 43, 57, 99
Stone, Oliver, 266
Streisand, Barbara, 211, 212, 215, 230, 251
Sugerman, Danny, 161, 189, 266
Sullivan, Danny, 230
Sunny (parakeet), 139
Sunset Nellie Blue (dog), 136, 145, 148, 151, 186
Michael’s walking of, 177, 178
Swan Song, 47, 48, 54, 55
Taylor, Andy, 157-158, 162-163
Taylor, Betty, 272, 276, 285
Taylor, Dallas, 272-273, 276, 285
Taylor, John, 157-158, 162
Taylor, Little Andy, 158
television:
kissing of, 162
Michael’s search for, 38–39
Pamela’s appearances on, 20, 32, 37-39, 54, 66, 110, 168, 193, 195, 198-200, 229, 263, 283
TFFs (Top Forty Fuckers), 195
Thompson, Hunter S., 212
Thompson, Tony, 157
Thrill, Jimmy, 269-271, 274-275, 279-283, 286-288, 290, 292, 293
time-share condos, 114
“Times They Are A-Changin, The” (Dylan), 161
Timothy E. Leery’s Time Tunnel, 269-270
Today, 193
Tony (therapist), 272, 276-278, 284, 285, 291
To Sir with Love, 99
To Tell the Truth, 283
Townshend, Pete, 52, 100-101
Trimar, 14-15
Trivial Pursuit, 144
Twist, 283
Universal Studios, 66-68
uptight women, 190-191, 193, 293
Us, 216-218
Vancouver, 247–248
Van Halen, Eddie, 175
videos, rock, 16
Vincent, Jan Michael, 142
Vizer, Peter, 64, 67
Voight, Jon, 130
Walsh, Sean, 149
Wayne, John, 117
Webster, Trip, 241
Wein, Chuck, 25, 32, 213, 221, 266
Weiss, Steve, 48, 49
Westland, 150-151, 170
Whisky a Go Go, 28, 190
William Morris, 161
William Morrow (publisher), 152, 161, 198
Willis, Allee, 259
Willis, Bruce, 164, 166, 168, 172
Winfrey, Oprah, 199
Winger, Debra, 197
WKRP in Cincinnati, 100
Wonder, Stevie, 140
Working Girl, 216
Wyman, Bill, 292
Wyoming, 76, 85
yard sales, 25, 110, 128, 155, 290
Yoakam, Dwight, 259
Zappa, Dweezil, 17, 75, 76, 172, 266
Zappa, Frank, 17, 18, 36, 75, 189, 190, 195, 291
Zappa, Gail, 18, 75, 91-92, 94
Zappa, Moon Unit, 17, 75, 91, 211, 266, 291, 293
Zeidner, Dr., 76, 92, 93
Zimmerman, Ron, 227, 273
Other books by Pamela Des Barres
I’m with the Band Confessions of a Groupie
Pamela Des Barres
Foreword by Dave Navarro
978-1-55652-589-6
$14.95 ($16.95 CAN)
The stylish, exuberant, and remarkably sweet confession of one of the most famous groupies of the 1960s and ’70s is back in print in this new edition that includes an afterword on the author’s last fifteen years of adventures. As soon as she graduated from high school, Pamela Des Barres headed for the Sunset Strip, where she knocked on rock stars’ backstage doors and immersed herself in the drugs, danger, and ecstasy of the freewheeling 1960s. Over the next ten years she had affairs with Mick Jagger, Jimmy Page, Keith Moon, Waylon Jennings, Chris Hillman, Noel Redding, and Jim Morrison, among others. She traveled with Led Zeppelin; lived in sin with Don Johnson; turned down a date with Elvis Presley; and was close friends with Robert Plant, Gram Parsons, Ray Davies, and Frank Zappa. As a member of the GTO’s, a girl group masterminded by Zappa, she was in the thick of the most revolutionary renaissance in the history of modern popular music. Warm, witty, and sexy, this kiss-and-tell–all stands out as the perfect chronicle of one of rock ’n’ roll’s most thrilling eras.
Let’s Spend the Night Together
Backstage Secrets of Rock Muses and Supergroupies
Pamela Des Barres
978-1-55652-668-8
$24.95 ($27.95 CAN)
Since rock’s beginnings, there have been groupies. These chosen few women who bed, but not often wed, the musicians of their dreams are almost as much a part of music history as the musicians themselves. Pamela Des Barres, the world’s foremost supergroupie, here offers an all-access backstage pass to the world of rock stars and the women who love them. Having had her own affairs with everyone from Keith Moon to Jimmy Page—as documented in her bestselling memoir I’m with the Band—Pamela now turns the spotlight onto other women who have found their way into the hearts and bedrooms of some of the world’s greatest musicians. In Let’s Spend the Night Together, she tells, in their own words, the stories of these amazing women who went way beyond the one-night stand.
Here you’ll get to know twenty-fou
r outrageous groupies, including Tura Satana, Miss Japan Beautiful, who taught Elvis how to dance and gave him lessons in lovemaking; Cassandra Peterson, aka Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, who tangled with Tom Jones in Sin City; Soulful Miss Mercy, who discovered that not only does the rest of the world listen to Al Green while making love—so does Al Green; Cynthia Plaster Caster, who redefined art and made history when Jimi Hendrix plunged his member into her plaster mold; and the mysterious Miss B., who reveals Kurt Cobain’s penchant for lip gloss and pantyhose.
Take Another Little Piece of My Heart: A Groupie Grows Up Page 37