"With her 1975 debut album "Horses," Patti Smith instantly etched her name into the rock and roll history books. A devoted student of those same history books, Smith bridged the spark of rock's first generation and the punk revolution she and her New York peers would soon spearhead. Yet what truly made "Horses" one-of-a-kind, then and now, was its introduction of ecstatic poetry to the rock idiom."
"Patti Smith got exactly one word into "Gloria" before stumbling and calling for a do-over, but the crowd still roared its approval, and they would stay in the palm of her hand for the rest of the night. That didn't stop Smith and the band - which featured her son Jackson on guitar along with her day-one guitarist and drummer, Lenny Kaye and Jay Dee Daugherty - from playing like they had something to prove."
Patti Smith's 1975 album Horses melded ecstatic poetry with rock, fusing avant-garde literature and pop music to pursue spiritual transcendence and self-definition through art. She bridged early rock and the punk revolution with raw, catchy music and fiery recitations. Smith marked the 50th anniversary by performing Horses in full in Boston, her first local show in six years, accompanied by longtime collaborators Lenny Kaye and Jay Dee Daugherty and family members including son Jackson on guitar and daughter Jesse Paris Smith on keys during the encore. A stumble on "Gloria" led to a do-over, after which the band delivered an electric, proof-driven performance.
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