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)


Links:
Lenny Kaye
Nuggets

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.

Links:
Patti Smith

Ticket Scalping (OzzFest, Patti Smith and more)

Occasionally, I'll buy heavily discounted tickets off of eBay to shows I am sort of neutral about and don't care enough about the band(s) to pay for a full price ticket. I can't think of anything (outside of The Jam or At The Gates reuniting) where I would pay scalpers prices.

I get a kick out of looking through eBay to see what tickets are going for:

- OzzFest tickets (at PNC Arts Center) are getting no bidders at .99 cents a pair
- Beastie Boys tickets (at McCarren Pool, Brooklyn) are going for $175+ a pair
- Patti Smith ticket (at Music Hall of Williamsburg) are going for $175+ a pair

I'd love to see the Beasties and Patti Smith but just I can't see paying almost $100 per ticket. OzzFest ticket prices are a bit closer to my speed. I'll have to check out the lineup of bands to see if it is worth driving out to NJ for the show.

Last year, I was sitting in the Brooklyn Brewery on a Saturday afternoon and they were trying to give away a free pair of OzzFest tickets (to the show on Randall's Island that same day) and I don't think they had any takers.

Links:
OzzFest (link)

Patti Smith to Headline Opening of Music Hall of Williamsburg (the old NorthSix)

I am glad to see NorthSix reopening (as the Music Hall of Williamburg) and Patti Smith is playing opening night. Check out the details in the press release below. I would recommend getting tickets right when they go on sale (this Saturday, June 23rd at noon) as this is going to be one of those shows where tickets will go quick.

THE BOWERY PRESENTS TO OPEN MUSIC HALL OF WILLIAMSBURG ON SEPTEMBER 4 WITH PATTI SMITH AND HER BAND
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Music Venue To Open In Williamsburg

(NEW YORK) June 19, 2007 - The Bowery Presents, an independent New York concert-promotion company, today announced the Music Hall of Williamsburg will open on September 4th with Patti Smith and Her Band. The Music Hall of Williamsburg will occupy the former space of Northsix, on 66 North 6th Street, and will provide a first-rate, mid-size venue for bands to play in Brooklyn.

Patti Smith is widely regarded as one of the most influential artists in rock history and was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in March. Well-loved by her New York fans, Smith, for the eighth consecutive year, sold out her annual New Year's Eve/Birthday run at The Bowery Ballroom as well as an April record release show at Hiro Ballroom in support of her latest album, Twelve.

"To have Patti and her band, who have become so much a part of our lives, open the Music Hall, for me, is the perfect beginning to our life in Brooklyn," said Michael Swier, a partner in The Bowery Presents. "We've been fortunate to have a lot of support for the Bowery Ballroom and the Mercury Lounge over the years, and we hope that with our continued dedication to the music and the fans, the Music Hall will become a well-loved neighborhood music destination."

The 550-capacity Music Hall of Williamsburg will be the first Brooklyn music venue to be managed and operated by The Bowery Presents, which has promoted shows in Brooklyn since 2006 and will promote a line-up of shows at McCarren Park Pool and Keyspan Park at Coney Island this summer. Inspired by the look and feel of the Bowery Ballroom, and committed to providing the best experience possible for bands and fans, the Music Hall of Williamsburg will have a focus on acoustics, sightlines and space.

The re-designed layout of the Music Hall of Williamsburg will be three levels, including a lower level lounge, where guests can congregate around the U-shaped bar, one of three bars in the facility. The ground floor lobby leads into the Music Hall performance space, which will feature 28' ceilings, side balconies and a back mezzanine. The venue will feature state-of-the-art sound, lighting, broadcasting and
recording systems, which will also have the capability to be used for Internet, TV and radio broadcasts.

Josh Moore, who previously worked at AEG Live's Nokia Theatre Times Square and is a founding partner of Jam Cruise, was brought on board in March to book the Music Hall of Williamsburg.

"The Bowery Presents has a vision of developing and working with quality artists from the ground up, and the Music Hall provides an amazing new place for artists to play Brooklyn," said Moore. "I couldn't be more excited to be booking this venue."

Tickets for the opening night Patti Smith show will go on sale Saturday, June 23 at Noon, for $35 each. Additional shows will be announced on July 10.

Links:
Music Hall of Williamsburg (link)
Patti Smith's Main Website (link)

Set Lists from Patti Smith's 3 Shows at Bowery Ballroom on April 24th

Patti Smith played three sessions at the Bowery Ballroom on April 24th to celebrate the release of her new CD, Twelve. Each show was supposed to be 30 minutes but the second and third shows were about an hour each.

Here is the set list for the night:

SESSION ONE
1. Intro
2. Changing the Guard
3. Midnight Rider
4. Pasttime Paradise
5. Smells Like Teen Spirit

SESSION TWO
1. Intro
2. Everybody Wants to Rule the World
3. Helpless
4. Soul Kitchen
5. Perfect Day
6. Free Money
7. Smells Like Teen Spirit

SESSION THREE
1. Intro
2. Gimme Shelter
3. Everybody Hurts
4. Within You, Without You
5. Midnight Rider
6. White Rabbit
7. Intro --> Smells Like Teen Spirit
8. Gloria

Free Tickets to Patti Smith Shows at Bowery Ballroom with CD Purchase

The record company is really going all out to promote this new CD. More information was announced...I was wondering how Patti was going to play three separate shows and here is how it is going to happen:

The three 30-minute concerts will include acoustic music, spoken word performances, and in-concert surprises. The doors open for each "Bowery Sessions" show at 6pm, 8:30pm, and 10:30pm.

You can also get a free ticket to an of the shows (limit of 4 per customer) by purchasing the CD at any of the following stores:

Borders
461 Park Ave.
New York, NY 10022

Borders
576 Second Ave.
New York, NY 10016

Borders
100 Broadway
New York, NY 10009

Borders
The Shops at Columbus Circle
10 Columbus Circle
New York, NY 10019

Borders
2 Penn Plaza
New York, NY 10121

Virgin Megastore
52 E 14th
New York, NY 10003

FYE
1290 Avenue of the Americas
New York NY 10104

J&R
23 Park Row
New York, NY 1003

It should go without saying that these free tickets are limited.

Patti Smith Plays 3 Shows at Bowery Ballroom on April 24th

Patti Smith is playing three separate shows at the Bowery Ballrom on April 24th. This should be a wild night -- I have heard that each show will be a different set and Patti's new CD (Twelve - which is a CD of cover tunes) will be given free with each ticket purchased. Tickets for each show are only $17 and a "3-Session" ticket for all three shows is $51.

If you buy the 3-Session ticket, you get a bonus 7" single with two non-CD tracks which has Patti covering:
A: A Perfect Day (Lou Reed)
B: Here I Dreamt I was an Architect (The Decemberists).

You can also get the bonus 7" when you purchase Patti's new CD from select indie music stores (link).