• Patti Smith at the Minetta Lane

  • Words + Music | Vol. 1
  • By: Patti Smith
  • Narrated by: Patti Smith
  • Length: 1 hr and 23 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (2,756 ratings)

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Patti Smith at the Minetta Lane

By: Patti Smith
Narrated by: Patti Smith
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Publisher's summary

"Smith reads excerpts from her memoirs, Just Kids and M Train, in her signature deadpan tone, interspersed with folksy comic banter and personal stories from her life as a cutting-edge urban punk artist. The emotionality deepens when narrative segues into song and the poetry of lyrics. The combination of intimate setting and musings by a first-rate performance artist makes for a compelling listen." (AudioFile magazine)

Patti Smith at the Minetta Lane features live audio of performances captured over three evenings in September of 2018 at the Minetta Lane Theatre in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village, woven into a single, one-of-a-kind audio event. Pioneering artist and writer Patti Smith commands the stage to perform original spoken-word stories from her life, interwoven with the music of her beloved catalogue, played live by Smith, her son and daughter–Jackson and Jesse Paris Smith–and longtime collaborator Tony Shanahan. What transpires is a personally revelatory showcase, an intimate portrait of an icon, focusing on family and taking stock of a near to 50-year career devoted to artistic integrity. 

©2018 Patti Smith (P)2018 AO Media LLC

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Patti Smith

About the Artist and Performer

Patti Smith is a writer, performer, and visual artist. Her first work of memoir, Just Kids, received a National Book Award, and her critically acclaimed memoir, M Train, was a New York Times bestseller. She is also the author of Devotion, a meditation on writing. Smith was awarded the prestigious title of Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres by the French Republic. Her seminal album Horses has been hailed as one of the top 100 albums of all time, and in 2007 she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Critic reviews

"[W]hatever Patti Smith at the Minetta Lane: Words and Music exactly is - audiobook, live concert recording, podcast, radio theater or combination thereof - the hybrid form feels completely natural to her talents. The recording, which has a bootleg quality to it, assembles pieces from the three-night run into a single seamless show, though showing seams is a big part of her approach.... For some time now - certainly since Just Kids won the National Book Award in 2010 - Smith's writing identity has come to rival her music-making one. But the take-away from Patti Smith at the Minetta Lane: Words and Music is that the two are ultimately inseparable." (The New York Times Book Review)

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An American Treasure, both written and word

The last of the beat poets, a good girl, only seemingly edgy due to her beautiful intelligence and curiosity and compassion to the artists around her: she gravitated towards. But in motherhood; she took a break. She raised a boy and a girl and loved her Frederick Smith, still hauntingly so. I've loved Patti Smith since I was twelve and Michael Stipe, who went to my school, played her for me and said she was the best Rock Chick out there. I found a role model in her: a different brand of feminine. My mother at the time (1970s) received mixed messages about being a feminist or being a mother: she felt tied somewhere between the kitchen, her intelligence and being a wife. I lost my mother to suicide in her confusion (and menopause). Patti has it all in chaotic clarity. It's all grey, just be there, be present and life is all around. Although I'm sure coffee contributes to much of her productivity and heightened awareness. I hope she lives to be 110, but already she is immortal in my heart. She is the Ruth Bader Ginsberg of Rock Stars in her righteousness. When she returned to touring, I remembered who I was still. I wasn't wounded. I am whole. This is a fine collection of great stories from her Just Kids days with Robert Maplethorpe, her struggle with Robert's death, Alan Ginsberg trying to pick her up because he thought she was a boy and accompanied by her family. It speaks to her aging and even in this she is gentle and true. There is a clock with no hands in all our hearts; in this she shows us hers.

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Complete enjoyment

This performance was intimate, inspiring and left me wanting more. With today’s plastic fruit talent, talent used loosely; Pati Smith is an artist who’s work reflects a true life. Her own, others, and mine. Can one ask for more.

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Love at First Listen

A beautiful performance of music, poetry, and music! I highly recommend this to artists looking to get inspired and of course, for fans of Patti Smith.

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Nicely done

Patti, is such a great personal historian and story teller. This recording was a good mix of music and her stories. Her fans love her. Check it out.

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A Wonderful Performance!

Her stories, poems and music resounds from the sincere emotions of her heart and the listener can feel the truth of i them. A wonderful experience of a real Icon of our Age. Thank you.

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Great!

I loved the story, the poems and the music. It was delightful. I totally enjoyed it.

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Artistic genius!

Patty Smith is an artistic gene. I love the tone and texture of her voice and the emotion in both her spoken words and songs.

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A rare glimpse into the life of a artist

I've enjoyed Patti's music and I enjoyed seeing how she became the person she became. It was nice to hear her children also playing with her. I had a great time.

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Not my thing

it was fine if you are into this kind of thing. I was curious, downloaded it, but I am not into live music and not onto this kind of venue. Like her music, but just not for me.

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Speechless, in awe.

A M A Z I NG. AMZAZING. A M A Z I NG .
AWESOME. AWESOME. AWESOME.
INCEDIBLE. INCREDIBLE. INCREDIBLE

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