Jimmy Page by Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
S17E05: Going To California | Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page, ca. 1972
Vladimir Lenin famously observed, “There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen,” and it’s such a fitting statement for the long-gone era when rock & roll was young. Traveling musicians had long indulged in their share of excess, but when Jimmy Page’s Led Zeppelin exploded onto the scene in 1969, they redefined what debauchery could be. At the same time, the first wave of Groupies, typified by Pamela Des Barres, was giving way to the so-called Baby Groupies, a younger cohort. Which is to say, a cohort that was far too young for the relationship Jimmy Page allegedly carried on with a fourteen year old girl. Stacie has the story, in all its trashy, day-glo, Marshall-stack tawdriness.
Content note: This episode includes fairly graphic descriptions of disturbing behavior.
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Stacie’s Receipts
Jimmy Page: The Definitive Biography, by Chris Salewicz (Amazon link)
Hammer of the Gods: The Led Zeppelin Saga, by Stephen Davis (Amazon link)
The Rough Guide to Led Zeppelin, by Nigel Williamson (Amazon link)
‘I wouldn’t want this for anybody’s daughter’: will #MeToo kill off the rock’n’roll groupie? | Music | The Guardian (theguardian.com)
The 70s groupies who broke the rules of style and sexuality | Dazed (dazeddigital.com)
The music industry is hurtling towards its own #MeToo and #TimesUp reckonings: Alan Cross – National | Globalnews.ca (globalnews.ca)
The 10 Wildest Led Zeppelin Legends, Fact-Checked (rollingstone.com)
Good time girl: memories of super groupie Pamela Des Barres | Pop and rock | The Guardian (theguardian.com)
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