Five songs far more popular than the album they featured on
Usurping the LP.
Patti Smith
The creative currency of care: The moment Patti Smith met Allen Ginsberg
A small act of help for a life-time of support.
An essential mentorship: The connection between Patti Smith and William Burroughs
Encouragement and care.
The ‘Rugrats’ song that cast Beck, Patti Smith, and Iggy Pop as babies
“Every single person we called wanted to do it”.
Patti Smith’s days of sleeping in a graveyard: “Oh it was scary”
“No one expected me. Everything awaited me”.