At two and a half hours of The Patti Smith Group right after the release of “Easter”. What a band and what a great time for the band and Patti Smith. They tear through the songs, the band is as tight as they get and the power is immense. I can understand Bob Dylan’s admiration of this force of nature.Patti Smith could not have been met with a more enthusiastic home-crowd, and it’s a really great performance. This is from the year I discovered this wonderful artist (from Rockpalast 1979) But it is here in New Jersey that Patti Smith is at home and the performance really feels like she is with a familiar bunch of people.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUCBQc1t_gE#t=263
Primal performance with a band at the top of their game!
Setlist:
0:00:00 – Privilege (Set Me Free)
0:04:01 – Stage Banter
0:04:43 – So You Want To Be A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star
0:12:51 – Stage Banter
0:13:52 – Dancing Barefoot
0:18:39 – I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry
0:19:24 – Redondo Beach
0:23:57 – Stage Banter
0:25:07 – Revenge (aborted)
0:28:46 – Stage Banter
0:30:06 – 5-4-3-2-1
0:32:55 – Stage Banter
0:33:45 – Citizen Ship
0:39:06 – Ask The Angels
0:42:25 – Crowd Ambience
0:43:19 – Poppies
0:53:31 – Lenny Kaye Intro
0:55:44 – Secret Agent Man
0:58:16 – Wave (incomplete)
1:00:22 – Revenge (take 2)
1:05:53 – Stage Banter
1:06:54 – Pumping (My Heart)
1:10:55 – Mr. Tambourine Man
1:14:34 – Broken Flag
1:19:45 – Stage Banter
1:20:59 – Till Victory
1:24:25 – Ain’t It Strange
1:34:42 – Cold Turkey
1:38:56 – Because The Night
1:42:40 – Stage Banter
1:43:15 – Frederick
1:49:12 – Seven Ways Of Going
1:56:55 – Stage Banter
1:57:36 – Gloria
2:03:39 – Encore Applause
2:07:14 – Pledge of Allegiance / Star Spangled Banner / My Generation
2:15:15 – feedback / crowd ambience
Personnel:
Patti Smith – vocals
Lenny Kaye – guitar, vocals
Richard Sohl – keyboards
Ivan Kral – bass
Jay Dee Daugherty – drums
The Fat Angel Sings 