good listen I would recommend

I will read or listen to anything Patti Smith puts out. This was a bit more than a concert recording (although it could be typical for Patti Smith concerts) with some prose and poetry reading, as well as anecdotes and music performance. Will I listen to it again? Definitely. It's worth it if only for the songs and the anecdote about the first time she met Allen Ginsburg!

Patti Smith performs this memoir through poetry, song and her own quirky prose narrative, painting a wonderful picture of New York in the 1960's - a place that has now vanished. My favorite anecdote is of her first meeting with Allan Ginsberg at the Automat. She arrives with enough money for a cheese sandwich only to find that the prices have increased. Allan Ginsberg appears behind her and pays the difference and sits down at her table. He stares at her intently and finally exclaims, "You're a

I really didn't know much about Patti Smith until our book club pick one month was "Just Kids". I had been familiar with some of her music but that was about it. I love her style of writing and was awed by her experiences in New York in the 60's and 70's. She seems like someone I would really enjoy spending time with. When Audible suggested this for free, I jumped at the offer and it deepened my appreciation for her and her work. This audio is an enjoyable hour and a half with Patti telling stor...

A beautiful, powerful performance, a mix of poetry, reminiscences, and music. Highlights include "Because the Night" and the finale, "People Have the Power." This is one I will listen to again.

Patti Smith performs her music with stories and poetry.

Part concert, part recital, part book reading. Patti Smith is as magical in real life as she is in the recordings of her book. My only regret is not being at the Minetta Lane when she was performing live.

I loved this!

This was a recent free "Audible Originals" selection. I picked it because I knew nothing about Patti Smith and figured it'd be painless way to learn something.I enjoyed the songs, though I didn't have the concentration to follow the poetic lyrics. Turns out I did know (and like) one Patti Smith song - "Because the Night" - and it was a special treat to be surprised by it.The stories were also enjoyable, but I think there were parts of them I didn't "get" like I should. For instance, many of them...

Recorded in 2018 at the Minetta Lane Theatre in Greenwich Village over three evening performances, I found listening to this audible “story” was just what I needed for these crazy days. A combination of little snippets of her life story along with her music this was a wonderful collection which was well worth the hour and 22 minutes spent of pure pleasure. From reading Rilke’s poem Autumn Day, to performing some of her music, sharing some personal stories that I hadn’t heard before, and some oth...

A beautiful performance of music, poetry and music!

Free Audible Original - songs and poetry readings by Patti Smith. Very cool for fans of music/poetry/Patti but I wouldn't call this short piece a "book" per say. Quick enjoyable listen though.

This Audible Original is short - less than an hour and a half. It isn't really a book, it is a performance. It is Patti Smith live at the Minetta Lane. Smith, with her children backing her up musically, reads poetry (all but one that she wrote herself) and tells stories (some from her book Just Kids). Many of the stories are about NYC in the late 1960s and early 1970s. She talks about Robert Mapplethorpe and her husband Steve Smith. Each story is accompanied by a poem or a song. Patti Smith can

I got this one through Audible, but didn’t consider it a “book” until I saw the New York times had reviewed it. If it’s good enough for them, then I suppose it’s good enough for me.I love Patti Smith at what I think of her as her best, as a kind of punk poet. I admit I get tired of her work (though not her, never her) when she lapses into the heavy recitation rhythm stuff, when she reads a poem mid-concert and seems to ask, implicitly, if we wouldn’t rather be sitting by ourselves and reading. N...

Bullet Review:Thank the gods this was a free Audible Original work and I didn't spend any money or credits on it. I'm not saying this was terrible (the prose parts where Patti Smith relates various events from her life were pretty interesting), but I'm not a poetry person nor a Patti Smith fan (I had to look up who she was). The addition of music was very odd - on one hand, it was a helpful introduction, on the other, it was somewhat out of place.Honestly, I got this solely because it was free -...

A short members only freebie I received via audible. It's a live recording of Patti Smith reading poetry, snippets of her writing and performing several of her songs. Interesting and good stuff and that's all I have for a review because I didn't take notes and listened over a month ago!

Not exactly an audiobook. Part poetry reading, part storytelling, part concert. It's beautiful and it works.

This shouldn't even count as a 'read'. It's a brisk hour or so of Patti sharing stories, writings, and a few songs, accompanied by her kids/band members. It's wonderful, because it's Patti. Stories about Fred "Sonic" Smith, Robert Mapplethorpe, Allen Ginsburg, the Chelsea Hotel, and living on cheese sandwiches in the late 60's. "People Have the Power", "Wing", "Because the Night", "Pissing in a River", and "Peaceable Kingdom" make the setlist. It's joyous, warm, and loose. Patti's a gift. Listen...

I first discovered Patti Smith on Instagram. Her feed is fantastic. I feel like one of the last people in America to discover her. Patti Smith is obviously a songwriter and performer. She's an author, too. Even better, she's a poet, a storyteller, and a wordsmith. Her eye for beauty is astounding. When I learned that she is still traveling the world making music, advocating for change, and generally doin' her thing at 72 - well, how could I not love her? I do love her. I really do. I don't, howe...

While I'm glad that Audible is now offering free Audible Originals each month to members, I have yet to find anything that I couldn't live without. Free being free, I snatched up Patti Smith at the Minetta Lane during the month it was offered.Patti Smith at the Minetta Lane is a short and sweet glimpse into the life and times of Patti Smith and I am glad that I gave it a listen. That said, I won't listen to it again. Good thing it was free.