Patti Smith: A Biography

Nick Johnstone

Jun 2012 · Omnibus Press

About this ebook

Patti Smith is one of pop culture’s true troubadours. Emerging from the New York punk scene of the mid-seventies whilst mixing poetry, underground theatre, jazz and rock, she has left a rebellious and individual legacy like no other.

Arthur Rimbaud, Robert Mapplethorpe, Sam Shepard and Bruce Springsteen are just a few who have become associated with the Patti Smith legend. She has toured with Bob Dylan, opened for the New York Dolls, duetted with R.E.M. and written songs for film. Nick Johnstone unravels every facet of this strange and winding career, and makes fascinating sense of a complex creative who refused to compromise. 

This Omnibus Enhanced edition of Patti Smith: A Biography features an interactive timeline of her life, filled with audio, video and imagery of gigs, interviews, songs and memorabilia. Additionally, curated Spotify playlists allow you to listen to her greatest songs, her contemporaries in the punk scene, and more.

Patti Smith: A Biography provides a compelling insight into the journey of a true artist; a unique story of creativity, passion and rebellion.

Ratings and reviews

Dear Patti dear Patti U R Everywhere U R Like Jesus.... U know I have never talked to an Artist to whom they ass the people of the U.S. that they have taken 3\ 4 three quarters of his art works his babies away from him ,but I am living the like of one but I am living the LIFE of one in other wise I am living the LIFE of one my art works r stealabe I have done 55 five Chinese dragons n the first one I sold for eight hundred.DALIs n the third one I sold for ninethousand DALII am the dude that texts U a while back that A friend of mine that works for CBS in Chicago gave me a picture of U in your birthday suit N I have been wanting for Uto to put your signature on it that if I perhaps sea U someday at some time in the near future at a concert out here around L.A.that I would bring it to U to sign if U would please I would U give U a set of Horses n one of the horses could b U I am a surrealist Artist with out no guide..........i.e. I meet R.mapplet.in1980 in Chicago n then again at his store in S.F CA.wil U give me a date if U can someday if not it is all His story quess who Loves U JESUS....i.e.