Patti Smith and Dean Wareham

Influences on Patti Smith and Dean Wareham/Galaxie 500/Luna/Dean & Britta

I still remember a saying from a famous American Historian H.B.Adames, which says “A teacher affects eternity，he can never tell where his influences stop”. In other words, it means the influences by teachers are mostly useful permanent, No one can estimate their profound duration in advance. In addition, people are not able to learn everything by themselves, so everyone needs to have teachers. Even through presidents，artists， famous stars, there is no exception and whatever how successful you are, you still need to learn some helpful stuff form other people. It just and direct comes to my topic today, Patti Smith and Dean Wareham they are famous and popular artists all over the world. However, they also have influenced by several artists like the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, the Doors and so on.

First, I think the influence on Patti Smith is more worth to discuss. Because Patti Smith she is the most famous American singer and songwriter. She is one of the leaders who influence the New York Puck Rock Movement. That’s why Patti Smith called “the Godmother of Punk”. However, in the early life of the Godmother of Punk, she has experienced a long rough period. At that time, Patti Smith has been a shop assistant of bookstore. But from another point of view, Patti Smith did not worry about her life, so she has enough time to write poetry, songs and research the different types of music. Also at that time, Patti Smith has influenced by some other artists. Because of these influences, Patti Smith became very famous and popular. But she is still feeling grateful about these artists such as Bob Dylan. Patti Smith and Bob Dylan have been friends since 1975; they meet each other when Bob Dylan was an audience in one of Patti’s Concerts. After they become friends, they start to sing song together; tours all over the world together, they help each other in art and push each other in their later...