Minus 5 Play With Patti Smith In Seattle

Minus 5

In an email to HQ today Scott McCaughey reported that, "Friday night the Minus 5 had the incredible opportunity to join Patti Smith and Lenny Kaye onstage during their sold out performance at the Crocodile in Seattle. After an acoustic set by Patti and Lenny (with tremendous versions of "Redondo Beach" and "Ghandi" among others), Peter Buck, Bill Rieflin, John Ramberg, and I came onstage for an occasionally loose but high-spirited and super-fun set of Patti classics and a few covers (or "traditional American folk songs" as Patti called them). We played: Ghost Dance Free Money Pushing Too Hard (The Seeds - lead vocal by Lenny) Ask The Angels Like A Rolling Stone People Have The Power Dancing Barefoot Gloria

Patti's daughter Jesse played keyboard on Rolling Stone, Power and Barefoot.
Patti seemed really happy with Jesse up there and tried to get her to play
more, but Jesse was a bit shy about it maybe. It was great though!

For the encore, Patti and Lenny did a beautiful duet on "Wing", and then we
rejoined for the total mayhem of "Rock'n'Roll Nigger", which ended with
Patti going ballistic with Lenny's guitar, and leaving it slightly the worse
for wear.

What an amazing night! I feel really privileged to have taken part. And
the money earned is going straight to New Orleans to help out where it's
truly needed. Patti and Lenny joked that we should come to San Francisco
with them, and I asked them if they wanted to go to Spain with us!
We are leaving on a big high, that's for sure..."

source: r.e.m. website