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	Pamela des Barres is mentioned in the liner notes of [[The MOFO Project/Object (Fazedooh)\|The MOFO Project/Object]] (2006) album and wrote liner notes for [[200 Motels - The Suites]] (2015).		Pamela des Barres is mentioned in the liner notes of [[The MOFO Project/Object (Fazedooh)\|The MOFO Project/Object]] (2006) album and wrote liner notes for [[200 Motels - The Suites]] (2015).
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		+	==Interviews==
		+	* Pamela Des Barres is interviewed in ''[[Frank Zappa, Musician, February 1994]]''

	==References==		==References==

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-In the early 1970's, she appeared in Zappa's ''[[200 Motels (The Film)|200 Motels]]'' as a rock magazine journalist during the song ''[[What's The Name Of Your Group? (The Suites)]]''. She can also be seen in ''[[Roxy: The Movie]]'' (1973) during ''[[Pygmy Twilite]]'' doing a seductive dance, demonstrating ''"how much in love she is"''.
+In the early 1970's, she appeared in Zappa's ''[[200 Motels (The Film)|200 Motels]]'' as a rock magazine journalist during the song ''[[What's The Name Of Your Group? (The Suites)]]''. She can also be seen in ''[[Roxy: The Movie]]'' (1973) during ''[[Pygmy Twylyte]]'' doing a seductive dance, demonstrating ''"how much in love she is"''.
 ==Later career==

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-[[image:PamMoon.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Pamela and [[Moon Zappa]] ]]
+[[File:Pamela des Barres.jpg|400px|thumb|right|Pamela Miller.]]
-'''Pamela Ann Miller''' (Born: 9th September 1948, [[Reseda]], California)
+[[image:PamMoon.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Pamela and [[Moon Zappa]] ]]
-As Miss Pamela she first came to prominence in the [[GTO's]] in the L.A. groupie scene of the late 60's. She attended Cleveland High School with another GTO, [[Sparkie Parker|Miss Sparky]]. A high-school acquaintance introduced her to [[Captain Beefheart|Don Vliet]], which led to her meeting members of various rock groups. She joined [[Vito Paulekas]]' dance troupe and undertook various jobs to sustain a groupie lifestyle on the celebrity circuit of LA's Sunset Strip. It was here that her paths crossed with other groupies into a nucleus that would become the GTO's.
+==Biography==
 She lived with the Zappas at the [[The Log Cabin]]:
-<blockquote>The residents at that time included my wife, Gail; my secretary, [[Pauline Butcher]]; our road manager, [[Dick Barber]]; [[Pamela Zarubica]]; [[Ian Underwood]]; [[Jim "Motorhead" Sherwood]]; and a girl named [[Christine Frka]] - the woman on the cover of the [[Hot Rats]] album crawling out of the crypt. [[Christine Frka]] was our baby-sitter, along with '''Pamela Des Barres'''. - [[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]
+<blockquote>''"The residents at that time included my wife, Gail; my secretary, [[Pauline Butcher]]; our road manager, [[Dick Barber]]; [[Pamela Zarubica]]; [[Ian Underwood]]; [[Jim "Motorhead" Sherwood]]; and a girl named [[Christine Frka]] - the woman on the cover of the [[Hot Rats]] album crawling out of the crypt. [[Christine Frka]] was our baby-sitter, along with '''Pamela Des Barres."'''. - [[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]
 </blockquote>
-In the early 70's, appeared in Zappa's ''[[200 Motels (The Film)|200 Motels]]'' as a rock magazine journalist.
+In the early 1970's, she appeared in Zappa's ''[[200 Motels (The Film)|200 Motels]]'' as a rock magazine journalist during the song ''[[What's The Name Of Your Group? (The Suites)]]''. She can also be seen in ''[[Roxy: The Movie]]'' (1973) during ''[[Pygmy Twilite]]'' doing a seductive dance, demonstrating ''"how much in love she is"''.
-On October 29, 1977 she married [[wikipedia:Michael Des Barres|Michael Des Barres]], but was divorced in 1991. She has retained her married name Pamela Des Barres and has written two memoirs of her experience as a groupie; ''[[wikipedia:I'm with the Band|I'm With The Band]] (1987)'' and ''[[wikipedia:Take Another Little Piece of My Heart|Take Another Little Piece of My Heart: A Groupie Grows Up]] (1993)''.
+On October 29, 1977, Miller married [[wikipedia:Michael Des Barres|Michael Des Barres]], but was divorced in 1991. She has retained her married name Pamela Des Barres and has written two memoirs of her experience as a groupie; ''[[wikipedia:I'm with the Band|I'm With The Band]] (1987)'' and ''[[wikipedia:Take Another Little Piece of My Heart|Take Another Little Piece of My Heart: A Groupie Grows Up]] (1993)''.
-A breast cancer survivor, she currently writes articles for online & print, teaches in Los Angeles and is an ordained minister. In a questionnaire she claimed that Zappa and [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] are her favorite composers.  She was also interviewed in [[Frank Scheffer]]'s documentary about Zappa: [[Frank Zappa: Pioneer Of Future Music, parts 1 & 2]] (2007).
+A breast cancer survivor, she currently writes articles for online & print, teaches in Los Angeles and is an ordained minister. In a questionnaire she claimed that Zappa and [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] are her favorite composers.  She was also interviewed in [[Frank Scheffer]]'s documentary about Zappa: ''[[Frank Zappa: Pioneer Of Future Music, parts 1 & 2]]'' (2007).
 Pamela des Barres is mentioned in the liner notes of  [[The MOFO Project/Object (Fazedooh)|The MOFO Project/Object]] (2006) album and wrote liner notes for [[200 Motels - The Suites]] (2015).

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		+	'''Pamela Ann Miller''' (Born: 9th September 1948, [[Reseda]], California)

	As Miss Pamela she first came to prominence in the [[GTO's]] in the L.A. groupie scene of the late 60's. She attended Cleveland High School with another GTO, [[Sparkie Parker\|Miss Sparky]]. A high-school acquaintance introduced her to [[Captain Beefheart\|Don Vliet]], which led to her meeting members of various rock groups. She joined [[Vito Paulekas]]' dance troupe and undertook various jobs to sustain a groupie lifestyle on the celebrity circuit of LA's Sunset Strip. It was here that her paths crossed with other groupies into a nucleus that would become the GTO's.		As Miss Pamela she first came to prominence in the [[GTO's]] in the L.A. groupie scene of the late 60's. She attended Cleveland High School with another GTO, [[Sparkie Parker\|Miss Sparky]]. A high-school acquaintance introduced her to [[Captain Beefheart\|Don Vliet]], which led to her meeting members of various rock groups. She joined [[Vito Paulekas]]' dance troupe and undertook various jobs to sustain a groupie lifestyle on the celebrity circuit of LA's Sunset Strip. It was here that her paths crossed with other groupies into a nucleus that would become the GTO's.

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 As Miss Pamela she first came to prominence in the [[GTO's]] in the L.A. groupie scene of the late 60's. She attended Cleveland High School with another GTO, [[Sparkie Parker|Miss Sparky]]. A high-school acquaintance introduced her to [[Captain Beefheart|Don Vliet]], which led to her meeting members of various rock groups. She joined [[Vito Paulekas]]' dance troupe and undertook various jobs to sustain a groupie lifestyle on the celebrity circuit of LA's Sunset Strip. It was here that her paths crossed with other groupies into a nucleus that would become the GTO's.
-She lived with the Zappa's at the [[The Log Cabin]]:
+She lived with the Zappas at the [[The Log Cabin]]:
 <blockquote>The residents at that time included my wife, Gail; my secretary, [[Pauline Butcher]]; our road manager, [[Dick Barber]]; [[Pamela Zarubica]]; [[Ian Underwood]]; [[Jim "Motorhead" Sherwood]]; and a girl named [[Christine Frka]] - the woman on the cover of the [[Hot Rats]] album crawling out of the crypt. [[Christine Frka]] was our baby-sitter, along with '''Pamela Des Barres'''. - [[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]
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 *[[wikipedia:Pamela Des Barres|Pamela Des Barres - Wikipedia]]
-[[Category:Groupies|Miller, Pamela]]
+[[Category:Groupies|Miller]]
-[[Category:Supporting Cast|Miller, Pamela]]
+[[Category:Supporting Cast|Miller]]
-[[Category:Zappa Household|Miller, Pamela]]
+[[Category:Zappa Household|Miller]]
-[[Category:Babysitters|Miller, Pamela]]
+[[Category:Babysitters|Miller]]
-[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)|Miller, Pamela]]
+[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)|Miller]]
-[[Category:Celebrity Fans|Miller, Pamela]]
+[[Category:Celebrity Fans|Miller]]
-[[Category:Singers|Miller, Pamela]]
+[[Category:Singers|Miller]]
-[[Category:Dancers|Miller, Pamela]]
+[[Category:Dancers|Miller]]

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 As Miss Pamela she first came to prominence in the [[GTO's]] in the L.A. groupie scene of the late 60's. She attended Cleveland High School with another GTO, Miss Sparky. A high-school acquaintance introduced her to [[Captain Beefheart]], which led to her meeting members of various rock groups. She joined [[Vito Paulekas]]' dance troupe and undertook various jobs to sustain a groupie lifestyle on the celebrity circuit of LA's Sunset Strip. It was here that her paths crossed with other groupies into a nucleus that would become the GTO's.
-She also worked in [[The Log Cabin]] as FZ's nanny and, in the early 70's, appeared in Zappa's ''[[200 Motels (The Film)|200 Motels]]'' as a rock magazine journalist.
+She also worked in [[The Log Cabin]]:
 On October 29, 1977 she married [[wikipedia:Michael Des Barres|Michael Des Barres]], but was divorced in 1991. She has retained her married name Pamela Des Barres and has written two memoirs of her experience as a groupie; ''[[wikipedia:I'm with the Band|I'm With The Band]] (1987)'' and ''[[wikipedia:Take Another Little Piece of My Heart|Take Another Little Piece of My Heart: A Groupie Grows Up]] (1993)''.
-A breast cancer survivor, she currently writes articles for online & print, teaches in Los Angeles and is an ordained minister. In a questionnaire she claimed that Zappa and [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] are her favorite composers. <ref>http://www.lesbiansnorthlondon.co.uk/index.php/celebrity/pamela-des-barres/45-pamela-des-barres/56-pamela-des-barres.html</ref>. She was also interviewed in [[Frank Scheffer]]'s documentary about Zappa: ''[[Frank Zappa: Pioneer Of Future Music, parts 1 & 2]] (2007)''.
+A breast cancer survivor, she currently writes articles for online & print, teaches in Los Angeles and is an ordained minister. In a questionnaire she claimed that Zappa and [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] are her favorite composers.  She was also interviewed in [[Frank Scheffer]]'s documentary about Zappa: [[Frank Zappa: Pioneer Of Future Music, parts 1 & 2]] (2007).
-Pamela des Barres was also mentioned and thanked in the liner notes of ''[[The MOFO Project/Object (Fazedooh)|The MOFO Project/Object]]'' (2006) album. <ref>http://donlope.net/fz/notes/The_MOFO_Project_Object.html#Contributors</ref> Michael des Barres wrote liner notes to ''[[200 Motels - The Suites]]'' (2015).
+Pamela des Barres is mentioned in the liner notes of  [[The MOFO Project/Object (Fazedooh)|The MOFO Project/Object]] (2006) album and wrote liner notes for [[200 Motels - The Suites]] (2015).
 ==References==
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 ==External links==
-*[http://www.laurelcanyonthebook.com/wp-content/uploads/LC-Pamlea.zappa.cooper.mp3  mp3 Interview]
+[[Category:Groupies|Miller, Pamela]]
 [[Category:Supporting Cast|Miller, Pamela]]
 [[Category:Zappa Household|Miller, Pamela]]