Music1973–present
Patti Smith
Chicago rock poet and punk godmother whose debut Horses fused poetry with electric rock energy and helped launch the CBGB scene that changed American music.
Origin
Chicago, Illinois
Genre
Rock
The Cultural Record
Discography
Correspondences, Volume Two2025
Peradam2020
G
Gone Again1996
Killer Road2016
C
Covers The Rolling Stones2007
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