Patti Smith & Robert Mapplethorpe

Patti Smith

Patti Smith is a living goddess.

I can’t really think of words to describe my feelings about the concert she and her band played two days ago in Mexico City. Their first concert in Mexico, ever.

I still can’t believe I was there, I was at the front, really close to the stage. I think about it and it gives me goosebumps.

Patti is 65 years old now and she’s still full of energy, she plays guitar and dances while singing, just like she has being doing for the last 30 years. Her songs are not popular, catchy songs. Patti writes, speaks, and sings full of honesty. Her songs are true hymns to life, to love, to people.

She definitely knows how to manage a crowd, it was a very emotional event.

I’m just so glad I was there.

I also got Lenny Kaye’s autograph.

“Come back again soon” I said to Lenny.

Fue el verano en que murió Coltrane… Los hippies alzaron sus brazos vacíos y China hizo detonar la bomba de hidrógeno. Jimi Hendrix prendió fuego a su guitarra en Monterrey… Fue el verano del amor. Y en aquel clima cambiante e inhóspito, un encuentro casual cambió el curso de mi vida: fue el verano en que conocí a Robert Mapplethorpe

Éramos unos niños - Patti Smith