June 6, 2001

The Patti Smith Group are playing a three night gig at the new Greenwich Village venue “Village Underground”. The sold out show I saw was fantastic! Full of passion and feeling, Patti Smith is a true legend. It’s great to see a world-class artist such as Patti in a small and intimate room. It felt like a show in a friends basement, and the crowd loved every minute. Club owner Steve Weitzman has been bringing some very good shows to the city and this one is no exception.

June 6 - NYC - Patti Smith Group plays at the Village Underground with an American flag background.

Lenny Kaye thanks Andi Ostrowe for singing a song with Patti.

Patti opens her arms to the crowd.

The audience is rapt as Patti reads from a poem by William Blake.

Lenny pays attention to her as Patti sings a rocker.

Patti smiles as she plays guitar, in fact she smiled a lot at this show.

The fans give a big round of applause.

Patti takes a bow.

Guitarist Oliver Ray takes a solo.

After the show, Lenny Kaye gives bass player Tony Shanahan a hug as Tony celebrates his birthday.

After the show, I stopped to have a bite to eat and by chance saw Lenny as he was headed home. My wife Elizabeth took a photo of us (someone in the place must have thought we were hippies because he held a peace sign in front of us).

Lenny took this photo of me and Elizabeth as we enjoyed a bowl of Japanese udon.

Andi Ostrowe, Bob Gruen, Elizabeth Gregory-Gruen, Jay Dee Daugherty, Lenny Kaye, Oliver Ray, Patti Smith, The Patti Smith Group, Tony Shanahan