Let's Spend the Night Together: Backstage Secrets of Rock Muses and Supergroupies

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Backstage Secrets of Rock
Muses and Supergroupies

Pamela Des Barres

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Acknowledgments
vii

Introduction
viii

Tura Satana

Miss Japan Beautiful and the King
1

Cherry Vanilla

The Happiest Broken Heart
16

Gail Zappa

Love at First Sight
34

My Lady D'Arbanville 51

The Elusive Miss James
61

9,1 Cynthia Plaster Caster

Kicks
79

Dee Dee Keel

Hey Little Girl, You Wanna Come on the Bus?
101

Miss Mercy's Blues

Shock Treatment
121

Michele Overman

Love in Her Eyes and Flowers in Her Hair
140

10 Cassandra Peterson

The Virgin Groupie
157

Lori Lightning

Absolute Beginners
174

Sweet Connie

There's Only One Way to Rock
188

Gayle O'Connor

Crazy, Crazy Nights
205

Margaret Moser and the Texas Blondes

Slow Dazzle
217

Pleasant Gehman

Flesh for Fantasy
230

Bebe Buell

A Chat Regarding the Infamous G Word
248

Patti and Lisa

Dangerous but Worth the Risk
256

Miss B

Come as You Are
273

Pleather

The Male Groupie
283

Lexa Vonn and the Plastics

User Friendly
297

Sarah Madison

Miss You in a Heartbeat
318

Tina King

In So Deep
330

Amanda Milius

Let Me Stand Next to Your Flower
345

Static Beth

Size Queen of the Stars
364

Epilogue: Cameron Crowe

Almost Famous
371

Index
378

Little Wing is like one of those beautiful girls that come around sometimes ... you play your gig; it's the same thing as the olden days, and these beautiful girls come around ... you do actually fall in love with them because that's the only love you can have. It's not always the physical thing ... "Oh, there's one over there ..." It's not one of those scenes. They actually tell you something. They release different things inside themselves ... Little Wing was a very sweet girl that came around that gave me her whole life and more if I wanted it.

-JIMI HENDRIX

We all started playing guitar for one reason: groupies. Groupies never torture you the way your girlfriend does. They never ask you what sign you are, why don't you call, and other horrific torture devices women have invented through the ages to maximize the amount of hoops the male species has to jump through in order to get to the honey pot. Every rock star knows the truth: while it's a lot of fun being on stage, it's more fun going back to the hotel for the encores.

-GENE SIMMONS

Groupies are beautiful. They come to hear you play, they throw flowers and underpants, they give you kisses and love. They come to bed with you. They're beautiful. We love groupies. r

-COUNTRY JOE MCDONALD

Groupies are a better ball, by and large ... they've had more experience and they're willing to try more things. The sex angle is important. But no more important than girls who are also good friends and make you feel like family.

-JIMMY PAGE

You were at school and you were pimply and no one wanted to know you. You get into a group and there are thousands of chicks ... little girls screaming ... man, it's power!

-ERIC CLAPTON

Some nights I look out and want to fuck the whole front row!

-ROBERT PLANT

I got into music for chicks and beer, and fortunately it's working out.

-MARK MCGRATH

I love 'em, they keep a young man hard. They're like our alter egos. They're doin' the same thing we are.

-STEVEN TYLER

I went through my crazy period in the '70s. Yes, I was Caligula. "Bring me thy drugs and women."

-PETER FRAMPTON

I only love musicians! I can't help it! Bass, drums, guitaryou've just got to play something.

-ASHLEE SIMPSON

Part of rock is dick, part of rock is going to see a gig and wanting to fuck the guy.

-COURTNEY LOVE

Appreciation is a wonderful thing; it makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.

-VOLTAIRE

Extraordinary how potent cheap music is.

-NOEL COWARD

his book is dedicated to all the amazingly forthright women who have graciously told me their stories. I sincerely thank these bold, sassy, unrepentant dolls for taking me (and you) on stage, backstage, into hotel rooms, aboard tour buses, and into bed with them (and their chosen rock gods).