Baron Wolman – Group portrait of the GTO’s

Californian based groupie group called the GTO’s pose for a portrait at the A&M Studio in Los Angeles, CA, November 1968. (Miss Pamela, Miss Mercy, Miss Cynderella, Miss Christine, Miss Sparky and Miss Sandra)

Producer Frank Zappa was so drawn to the groupies that he formed a band with seven of them called The GTOs, led by Miss Pamela, aka Pamela Des Barres. Their act was a mixture of theatrics, singing, and dancing with a supporting band as few of them could play instruments.

In 1969, Rolling Stone Magazine, then barely a year old, published a scandalous issue on the backstage proclivities of rock stars, and the women who sought them out. For the first-time, the original chronicle is published in book form and showcases Baron Wolman’s captivating portraiture.

Baron Wolman is ranked among the 20th Century’s elite and most collectible photographers. As the first photographer of Rolling Stone Magazine he was granted unique access to rock ’n’ roll’s most eponymous and notorious emerging icons, from Bob Dylan to Jimi Hendrix.

His reputation with a camera and an eye for talent and a story, gave him a ticket to ride the tour buses from Haight Ashbury to Woodstock. His cover stories launched legends and gave him the keys to the dressing rooms and homes of rock ’n’ roll’s biggest stars. 

Wolman’s lens captured the royalty of the ’60s pop and rock explosion: Janis Joplin, the Rolling Stones, Frank Zappa, the Who, Jimi Hendrix, Joan Baez, Iggy Pop, Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan, the Grateful Dead, Phil Spector, Jim Morrison, Ike & Tina Turner, Tim Leary, and a motley cast of hangers-on.

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