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Patti Smith

Andy Schwartz, New York Rocker, October 1980

CAN A NEW York City-bred rock poetess find happiness in her new life as a Detroit housewife? If the poetess in question is Patti Smith, and if we can believe her long-time friend and guitarist Lenny Kaye, the answer is an unequivocal YES.

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