Having been commissioned to bring her unique tribute to Allen Ginsberg to Edinburgh , Patti Smith could not resist the chance to pay another visit to Glasgow at short notice.And how lucky we were she decided to come for this short notice sell out show.
The video below is taken from the concert , featuring one of her classic poetical songs called "Pissing In a River"
She also read a moving extract from her book about her youth "Just Kids" , requested from a member of the audience , of which several seemed to have a copy.
Her voice is getting more and more powerful with age , making her songs from merely lyrical to gritty heartfelt performance poetry.Another deeply penetrating song from her tour is " Barefoot"
By far my favourite piece of hers on this tour is the live acoustic jingly-jangly version of "Beneath The Southern Cross" which transports one to a special transcendent place that only the finest music can.
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