Last week I recovered this from the back pocket of a pair of trousers; a page torn from a copy of Mojo found on the tube a few months back.
The fabulous image of two of my all-time faves in interview mode (and barnet excelsis) was taken by James Hamilton; others of Patti Smith from the same session can be found at Ecstatic Peace, Thurston Moore’s operation which published a book of Hamilton’s work.
Smith’s career as a rock critic was covered in In Their Own Write (for which I also talked to her musical foil, Lenny Kaye).
As mentioned in Smith’s formidable memoir Just Kids, the knee tattoo was inscribed by another heroine, Vali Myers.
Hey Paul – I loved this photo when I first saw it. How great is Rod’s hair? By the way, Ecstatic Peace is actually the website for Thurston Moore’s label/publishing company. They published a James Hamilton book which is why there’s so much of his stuff there.
Thanks Tim; have corrected accordingly.
Vale Vali!