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Also Known As Patricia Lee Smith
Born December 30, 1946 (age 79) • Chicago • Illinois
Awards And Honors National Book Award (2010) • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum (2007)
Notable Works “A Book of Days” • “Banga” • “Because the Night” • “Bread of Angels” • “Devotion” • “Dream of Life” • “Easter” • “Gone Again” • “Gung Ho” • “Horses” • “Just Kids” • “M Train” • “Peace and Noise” • “Radio Ethiopia” • “Year of the Monkey”

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Lee Hazlewood
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Bruce Springsteen plays an acoustic guitar and sings into a microphone on stage at the New York Film Festival Spotlight Gala.
Bruce Springsteen
American singer, songwriter, and bandleader
Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry
American musician
Lou Reed performs on stage in Madrid, wearing a black jacket and playing an electric guitar while singing into a microphone.
Lou Reed
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Tom Waits
Tom Waits
American singer-songwriter
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Emmylou Harris
American singer and songwriter
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Bob Seger
American singer, songwriter, and guitarist
Paul Simon
Paul Simon
American musician
Eric Clapton plays an electric guitar onstage, eyes closed, wearing glasses and a dark shirt, with drums and bright stage lights in the background.
Eric Clapton
British musician
Van Morrison.
Van Morrison
Irish singer-songwriter
Rod Stewart
Rod Stewart
British singer-songwriter
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Jeff Buckley
American musician
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Michael McDonald
American singer and songwriter
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Sixto Rodriguez
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Lenny Kravitz
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Jack Antonoff
American singer-songwriter and producer
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Christopher Cross
American singer-songwriter
Steve Earle
Steve Earle
American musician
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Lucinda Williams
American singer and songwriter
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Melissa Etheridge
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