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I'm with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie

Author: Pamela Des Barres
Publisher: Helter Skelter Publishing
Category: Book

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

7 reviews
Sales Rank: 9221

Media: Paperback
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.4 x 0.8

ISBN: 1900924617
EAN: 9781900924610
ASIN: 1900924617

Publication Date: February 28, 2008
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Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars

Must Be A Movie May 6, 2007
6 out of 8 found this review helpful

If ever a book deserved to be a movie - THIS IS IT.
It is sexier than a library full of Joan Collins novels and funnier than a Little Britain script.
This story of rock `n` roll excess has got big screen blockbuster written all over it.
Both former strippers turned `actors` Julie Johnson and Courtney Love were born to play Pamela Des Barres.
A fantastic read.

3 out of 5 stars

Bring out the flower child you November 22, 2006
6 out of 11 found this review helpful

This is a wonderful book revealing more about the 60s and what it took to be a flower child than many biographies that have fallen from the shelf.

Lady Pamela has a friendly writing style that effortlessly engages you making you laugh, love and cry at the wild excesses at the birth of rock.

The long list of mega famous people she met, kissed and slept with is impressive and could lead you to leap to buy this book.

However being a wild one in the decade of decadence is not as exciting as the back cover would have you believe. Many of the wonderous experiences become quite mundane as encounters with Frank Zappa, Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger et al are told in the same fashion over and over again. The friendly style becomes more and more irritatingly femine as the stories whine on and the book unfortunately becomes a chore.

Simple Review: Incredible tales litter a sweet 1960s diary that ultimately leaves you wanting more.

4 out of 5 stars

Frank and Funny Memoir August 11, 2006
5 out of 6 found this review helpful

I love the music, history, fashion and vibe the 60's have cast over society since. As a seventies child i've had to explore the 60's through the recordings and backward gaze of those who were there. Ive explored mainly through music, film and literature, and Pamela Des Barres name is one i often came across. I finally got round to reading this and was surprised to find it such a forthright book on her life and times. A great snaphsot of growing up to be a woman in LA at such a seething time for young people. Famous characters of the era are shown in a light not often portrayed in other books. A little bit salacious but a lot more about the meaning and power of music to move people.

5 out of 5 stars

fun and confessional July 6, 2006
5 out of 6 found this review helpful

I'm with the band is a full on confessional from a fun loving, sexy and intelligent women hellbent on squeezing the most from her youth spent in 60's California. I was surprised by her warmth, by her honesty, but mostly by the fact that she never had a one night stand! Read it and revel - but hide it from your teenage daughters.

4 out of 5 stars

Bright and entertaining March 27, 2005
4 out of 5 found this review helpful

Pamela Des Barres' account of her years as a glamorous groupy is fascinating, often hilarious and occasionally sad.
If you're after gory accounts of sleaze, drugs and rock'n'roll then you'll be disappointed - the author's voice is one of suprising innocence, romance and fun.