Saturday, July 23, 2011

Patti Smith at Castle Clinton, July 14, 2011

A week ago last Thursday my daughter and some friends went to a performance by Patti Smith at Castle Clinton, part of the River to River Festival. They arrived too late to get free tickets for seats inside the Castle, so stood near a door behind the stage, where they could at least hear the concert. As they stood there, a woman walked past and said "Hello!" before entering the Castle. It took a moment for them to realize this was Patti.
Also in the audience at Castle Clinton was DelphiSibyl, who made the clip above of Patti and her band doing "Ghost Dance".

Addendum: In his review of Carolyn Burke's No Regrets: The Life of Edith Piaf, David Hadju recalls that, in his undergraduate days at NYU, "Holding my nose to Edith Piaf, I bowed to Patti Smith, without realizing that Smith was doing Piaf with a New York accent." I have but one quibble here: Patti does Piaf with a Philadelphia accent.

1 comment:

  1. that is too cool! i'd love to meet Patti, she's soo talented. i'm really excited for 8.23, when her new 18 track album 'Outside Society' comes out

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