THE BEAT GOES ON
DETROIT — Obviously inspired by the incandescent pairing of James Brown and the Grand Ol' Opry several months ago, punk doyenne (and Detroit resident) Patti Smith created her own twisted tandem here in the Motor City May 17th & 18th, when she stood up for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
THE BEAT GOES ON
Kick Out The Jams, Antol Dorati!
DETROIT — Obviously inspired by the incandescent pairing of James Brown and the Grand Ol' Opry several months ago, punk doyenne (and Detroit resident) Patti Smith created her own twisted tandem here in the Motor City May 17th & 18th, when she stood up for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
Patti, along with boyfriend and former MC5-er, Fred "Sonic" Smith, did a pair of benefit concerts to raise money for the DSO. The Smith twins, who said they, were moved to help the symphony after watching conductor Antol Dorati lead the DSO through a string of nationally televised Beethoven performances on PBS, reportedly raised more than $6,000 for the classical music cause.
The benefit shows, at the University of Michigan, Dearborn campus, and the Punch &. Judy Theatre in Grosse Pointe, were, no surprise, headlined by the Patti Smith Group and Son-
ic's Rendezvous Band. But Detroit new wave groups such as the Algebra Mothers, the Mutants, and Flirt also .filled out the bill along with a local jazz group and a string quartet.