Patti Smith and her sister relocated to Paris in 1969, where she started busking and performing. When Smith returned to Manhattan, he and Mapplethorpe lived in the Hotel Chelsea and frequently visited Max’s Kansas City.
Smith provided the spoken word soundtrack for Sandy Daley’s art film Robert Having His Nipple Pierced, which stars Mapplethorpe. In the same year, Smith appeared with Wayne County in Jackie Curtis’ play Femme Fatale.
Later, she portrayed the main character in Tony Ingrassia’s play Island. As a member of the St. Mark’s Poems Project, she spent the first part of the 1970s producing art, writing poetry, and doing performances.
On February 10, 1971, Lenny Kaye gave her first public reading of poetry at St. Mark’s Church in the Bowery as the opening act for Gerard Malanga. Later that year, she and Sam Shepard co-wrote the play Cowboy Mouth, in which she appeared for one night only.
“A man who looks like a coyote and a woman who looks like a crow” are required, the written notes for the performance state.) She wrote several poems, including “for Sam Shepard” and “Sam Shepard: 9 Random Years (7 + 2),” expressing her love for Shepard.
Is Patti Smith still performing?
Yes, Patti Smith is currently on tour in four countries and has eight scheduled shows. Their next tour stop will be at Unknown venue in The Hague, followed by The Hague in The Hague.
