Birthday wishes to Patti Smith - Singer-songwriter, poet, and visual artist whose 1975 album Horses significantly influenced the New York punk scene. She was introduced to artists like Harry Belafonte and Bob Dylan when she was young and left her Jehovahs Witness background as a teenager. She was the recipient of the 2010 National Book Award for Just Kids, her memoir. Smith and Allen Ginsberg were close friends; they met when Ginsberg mistook her for an attractive young man and he bought her lunch.
Posted on: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 01:34:24 +0000