<b>Lenny Kaye</b> is an acclaimed music writer whose work has appeared in <i>Rolling Stone</i>, <i>The Village Voice</i>, <i>Creem</i>, <i>Hit Parader</i>, and <i>Crawdaddy!</i> He has been a guitarist for poet-rocker Patti Smith since her band's inception thirty years ago and serves on the nominating committee for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He is the co-author of <i>Waylon</i>. He lives in New York.<br><br><br><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>