Lenny Kaye
Sign in to saveAmerican guitarist, songwriter, producer, journalist
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Within Vinony's link graph, Lenny Kaye is referenced by 287 other articles, and connects out to Patti Smith discography, Germany and New York City.
Vinony files it under 1946 births, 20th-century American guitarists and 21st-century American Jews.
Its subject is documented across 15 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Waylon
- Lightning Striking
- Waylon
- Waylon
- You Call It Madness
via Open Library + Wikidata
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
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1946-12-27
Discography
- Child Bride1980
- I've Got a Right1984
- February 10, 19712006
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 3,882
- Total plays
- 10,670
Tags
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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Manhattan
- Occupation
- music critic
- Educated at
- Rutgers University
- Genre
- folk rock
- 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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