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Patti Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American musician, singer, and poet. She came to prominence during the punk movement with her 1975 debut album Horses. Called "punk rock's poet laureate", she brought a feminist and intellectual take to punk music and became one of rock and roll's most influential female musicians.
Beginnings
She was born Patti Lee Smith in Chicago, Illinois, and raised in New Jersey. Her father was an atheist and her mother was a devout Jehovah's Witness. The family was not wealthy and, with her formal education over at 16, Smith went to work in a factory – an experience she found excruciating. She also bore a child whom she gave up for adoption. In 1967 she left New Jersey for good. and moved to New York and met Robert Mapplethorpe while working at a book store. The two were lovers for a time, in spite of Mapplethorpe's homosexuality, and they remained close friends until Mapplethorpe's death from AIDS in 1989. In 1969 she went to Paris with her sister and started busking and doing performance art. When Smith returned to New York City, she lived in the Chelsea Hotel with Mapplethorpe. (Among Smith's other well-known lovers were poet Jim Carroll and Television member Tom Verlaine). She spent the early 1970s painting, writing, and performing spoken-word poetry—frequently at St. Mark's Poetry Project. In 1971 she performed – for one night only – in the play Cowboy Mouth, a collaboration with the playwright and actor Sam Shepard (the published play's notes call for "a man who looks like a coyote and a woman who looks like a crow").
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A Patti Smith Babelogue - Listing of fans, random quotations, performance information, images, and news. Also, a discography, biography, and samples of poetry.
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Gung Ho 2000 - Patti Smith's official site with lyrics, song clips, and background information for her latest album, photo gallery, discography, and tour dates.
Babel-list - Subscription information and searchable archives for babel-list, the Patti Smith mailing list.
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Back from Nowhere - A Uno Mas interview with Patti Smith and Lenny Kaye on her return to performing.
Ghost Story - A July 96 review of Gone Again from Salon.
Metacritic: Gung Ho - Links to multiple critic and user reviews for the Gung Ho album.
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Patti Smith - The Arista Records home page for Patti Smith. Biography, photos, sound clips, and links.
Patti Smith: Drawings - An exhibit of drawings by Patti Smith from the Photographic Resource Center at Boston University.
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People Have The Power - Message board where all discussions are welcome. News, photos, links, and reviews.
Return of the Thin White Duchess - An article on Patti Smith's return to performing from the November 97 N.Y. Rock.
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The Patti Smith News - Recent and past news. Includes performance and tour information with set lists from 1975 to present, and a discussion forum.
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Tony's Patti Clippings - Selected Patti Smith clippings.
VH1: Patti Smith - Includes news, full biography, musical influences, audio clips, photos, music videos, bulletin boards, and links.
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