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High on Rebellion: Patti Smith Speaks, Part 2

John Tobler, ZigZag, June 1978

We join Patti Smith and John Tobler mid-conversation one day last October, when Patti was on her way to Europe to do her annual poetry reading in honour of Arthur Rimbaud's birthday. The jaunt was acting as a test run for the tour of Europe she's just done. That's about all you need to know....

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