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Pamela Des Barres Editor & Author

Jane Petty was the wife of musician Tom Petty. The couple grew up together in Gainsville, Florida, and married in 1974. Together, the couple had two children. They divorced in 1996. Pamela Des Barres is an American rock and roll groupie, writer, musician, and actress. She is best known for her 1987 memoir, I'm with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie, which details her experiences in the Los Angeles rock music scene of the 1960s and 1970s.