Patti Smith isn’t your conventional rock star. The New Jersey-raised performer emerged on the eve of punk’s watershed moment. Her debut album, 1975’s Horses, ushered in the spirit of liberation that defined the punk movement, but Smith’s appeal isn’t centred on anti-establishment lyrics or charging electric guitars. Although she can maniacally scream with the best of rock’s front-people, Smith initially approached rock…
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