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Lenny Kaye

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American guitarist, songwriter, producer, journalist

Person · Open Library

Works
5

Top works

  • Waylon
  • Lightning Striking
  • Waylon
  • Waylon
  • You Call It Madness

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Film & TV

Known for

  • Nova '78 — Self (archive footage)2026
  • The Fuzztones vs the World2025
  • The Story of Microdisney: The Clock Comes Down the Stairs — Self2024
  • Go to Izzy! — Himself2024
  • Nightclubbing: The Birth of Punk Rock in NYC — Self2023
  • The Songpoet2021
  • Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine — Self2019
  • Carmine Street Guitars — Self2018
  • Horses: Patti Smith and Her Band — Himself2018
  • Jeff Buckley: You and I2016

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1946-12-27
rock

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
3,882
Total plays
10,670

Tags

post-punkrockamericanguitardanceteria

Longtime collaborator with Rock n Roll Hall of Famer Patti Smith since the early 1970s, Kaye has been the lead guitarist in the Patti Smith Group, and played key roles in her career since she released her debut LP Horses in 1975. In addition to Patti Smith, Kaye has collaborated in the studio with such artists as Suzanne Vega, Jim Carroll, Soul Asylum, Kristen Hersh of Throwing Muses, and late Beat poet Allen Ginsberg. Kaye also has been a music writer <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Lenny+K

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Manhattan
Occupation
music critic
Instrument
guitar
Official website
lennykaye.com
Image
Patti Smith performing at Lollapalooza Festival, Grant Park, Chicago (2).jpg
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Commons category
Lenny Kaye
date of birth
1946-12-27
start of work period
1964-00-00
Sources (2)

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