It's a Nugget If You Dug It: Live Photos from City Winery, NYC 8/31/14

In 1972, future Patti Smith guitarist Lenny Kaye assembled the garage rock compilation Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era.

 Fast forward 40+2 years later, Lenny Kaye has been curating 'It's a Nugget If You Dug It' shows at City Winery which have included a who's who of local musicians as special guests. For the show on Sunday night, Kaye brought out Patti Smith, John Ford (from the Strawbs), Jesse Malin, Joan as Policewoman, Richard Barone and a number of other guests.

Kaye's core band was razor tight and consisted of Patti Smith bandmates Tony Shanahan and Jay Dee Daugherty along with Glenn Burtnik, Jack Petruzelli and Andy York. The first special guest, John Ford, got the excitement going but it was Patti Smith who got the (seated) crowd on their feet with rousing version of "Gloria". Jesse Malin was the only other artist to get the crowd on their feet (outside of the encore) as he blasted through "Lies" and got on the tables toward the back of the room for for a raucous cover of The Seeds' "Pushin' To Hard".

The set list for the show was as follows:

"Psychotic Reaction" (Lenny Kaye vocal)
"Journey To The Center Of The Mind"(Glen Burtnik vocal)
"Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love)" (Tony Shanahan vocal)
"No Time Like the Right Time" (Jack Petruzzelli vocal)
"Part of the Union" (John Ford vocal)
"I Fought the Law" (John Ford vocal)
"Go Back" (Glen Burtnik vocal)
"A Question of Temperature" (Lenny Kaye vocal)
"Open Up Your Door" (Tony Shanahan vocal, with Patti Smith)

"Hey Joe" (Patti Smith vocal)
"Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)" (Patti Smith vocal)
"Gloria" (Patti Smith vocal)
"Lies" (Jesse Malin vocal)
"Pushin' Too Hard" (Jesse Malin vocal)
"Nobody but Me" (Andy York vocal)
"Open My Eyes" (Jack Petruzzelli vocal)
"Just Like Me" (Glen Burtnik vocal)
"Good Thing" (Steve Addabbo vocal, with Richard Barone)
"Outside Chance" (Edward Rogers vocal)
"I Need You" (Tony Shanahan vocal)
"Kind of a Drag" (Lenny Kaye vocal)

"She's About a Mover" (Glen Burtnik vocal)
"Put The Clock Back On The Wall" (Joan As Police Woman vocal)
"Are You a Boy or Are You a Girl?" (Joan As Police Woman vocal)
"Don't Look Back" (Joan As Police Woman vocal)
"My Little Red Book" (Lenny Kaye vocal)
"7 and 7 Is" (Tony Shanahan vocal)

Encore:
Wooly Bully (Group vocal)
Louie Louie (Group vocal)


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Patti Smith - Photos & Setlist from Castle Clinton, NYC 7-14-11 (River to River Festival)

Patti Smith and her band played to a standing-room only crowd on Thursday night for the last show of the season at Castle Clinton. In addition to the capacity crowd inside the venue, there seemed to be a large crowd outside listening to the show as you could clearly hear their enthusiastic roar from inside the venue when Patti gave them a shout-out from the stage.

From Patti Smith - Castle Clinton, NYC July 14, 2011

From Patti Smith - Castle Clinton, NYC July 14, 2011

From Patti Smith - Castle Clinton, NYC July 14, 2011

Patti and her band played a full set which was somewhere in the neighborhood of ninety minutes and the setlist for the evening was one of the more eclectic mixes of song that I've heard the band play.

Patti Smith - Setlist @ Castle Clinton, NYC 7-14-11
01 - "Because the Night"
02 - "Ghost Dance"
03 - "Birdland"
04 - "Helpless" (Neil Young cover)
05 - "Beneath the Southern Cross"
06 - "My Blakean Year"
07 - "Rolling in the Deed" (Adele cover)
08 - "People Who Died" (Jim Carroll cover)
09 - "Pissing in the River"
10 - "Ain't It Strange"
11 - "Peaceable Kingdom"
12 - "People Have the Power"
13 - "Land/Horses/Gloria"
14 - "Perfect Day" (Lou Reed cover)
15 - "Rock n' Roll Nigger"

From Patti Smith - Castle Clinton, NYC July 14, 2011

From Patti Smith - Castle Clinton, NYC July 14, 2011

From Patti Smith - Castle Clinton, NYC July 14, 2011

From Patti Smith - Castle Clinton, NYC July 14, 2011

Patti and her band have announced upcoming shows at the Escape to New York Festival (August 5th) and the Virgin Mobile FreeFest (Sept. 10th) but the most interesting looking show is a one-off performance at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on Dec. 2nd. Patti Smith, Jesse Smith, and friends will salute Alfred Stieglitz and his circle, focusing on his collaborative relationship with Georgia O'Keeffe. The roles of artist and muse are interchangeable, resulting in work elevated above any conventional concept of love and gender. Only Upper Mezzanine tickets are still available for this show and tickets are $40.

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Patti Smith