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photo from 12/29/06
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- From: "Dennis Moore" <clayboy56>
- Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 09:35:31 -0800
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PATTI SMITH, BOWERY BALLROOM, DECEMBER 29, 2006
http://www.sashafrerejones.com/2006/12/patti_smith_bowery_ballroom_de.html
Patti's son, Jackson, is pictured on the far left (stage right). Next
to him (but out of this frame) was Tony Shanahan, who played bass for
much of the night. On this song, Tony played an electronic keyboard.
"HAPPY BDAY" was spelled out on the back panel in red masking tape.
December 27: Lenny Kaye. December 30: Patti Smith and Bo Diddley.
For what she described as the "stragglers night," Patti and the band
played all of "Dream Of Life," in order. She told many stories, and
commented several times on the back spasms that had prevented her from
rehearsing with the band. It was a very loose set, not particularly
Patti-like, if you think of Patti as the one who conjures and rattles.
After all of "Dream Of Life," the band did a b-side, then "Frederick,"
and a few covers: "Hey, Bo Diddley" (is that the right name?), "Soul
Kitchen" and "Gimme Shelter," on which a member of the road crew
played bass.
Some of Patti's comments: there is no reason to celebrate Saddam's
hanging; Michael Jackson is a better dancer than Prince; "Frederick"
is about her late husband, Fred "Sonic" Smith; all the music on "Dream
Of Life" was written by Fred; it snowed the night Andy Warhol died,
making "everything white, like Andy's hair, and I think that was New
York's tribute to Andy"; that Eleanor Roosevelt had great shoes; an
extended riff on critics who didn't adequately acclaim "Dream Of
Life," and one critic who misinterpreted a line about "Shakespeare's
child"he mistakenly thought Patti thought herself that child; "I
can't remember the fucking words"; and "We're gonna be really good
tomorrow and the next night."
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