Patti Rocks
August 13th, 2007
Patti Smith at The Showbox on Saturday, August 11th. Peter Buck joined the band for the second half of her mind blowing two-hour set.
Patti Smith performs with more intensity than most people less than half her age.
The highlights of the evening were “Southern Cross,” a song she dedicated to Jackson Pollock who died on August 11, 1956. Words cannot adequately describe the band’s performance of this song. It was otherworldly.
And her cover of Jimi Hendrix’s “Are You Experienced,” which she opened and closed with clarinet solos.
She also turned “Rock ‘n Roll Nigger” into a rant against Bush and told the people of Seattle “Don’t forget who you are!”
