To many, Fred “Sonic” Smith is not a household name, but he has left an indelible mark on the rock music scene due to his own musical legacy and romantic ties to legendary artist Patti Smith.

Patti Smith was honored at this year’s “The ... in the River”), Michael Stipe (who was joined by Patti’s daughter Jesse Paris Smith on “My Blakean Year”), Alison Mosshart (who covered ...

He and Vanessa (Paradis, his then-wife) and their daughter came to my concert in ... With love, Soundwalk Collective and Patti Smith.' Reports at the time suggested the Gloria singer had fallen ...

Appropriately enough, Wednesday night's benefit tribute concert at New York's Carnegie Hall in honor of pioneering musician, author and icon Patti Smith began with a poem. Not just any poem: It was ...

Her daughter, Jesse Paris Smith, sat beside her holding her hand. Flea backstage at the tribute concert, “People Have the Power: A Celebration of Patti Smith.”Credit...Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet ...

Maggie Rogers, Ben Harper, Eugene Hutz, Johnny Depp, Michael Stipe, and Patti Smith perform during "People Have the Power: A Celebration of Patti Smith" presented by Michael Dorf at Carnegie Hall ...

Michael Stipe, alongside Smith’s daughter Jesse on keyboards and guitarist Andy LeMaster, presented “My Blakean Year,” a deceptively simple, workman-like song that Patti Smith is fond of ...

Patti has always stepped up and done the ... “My Blakean Year,” backed by Smith’s daughter Jesse on keyboards and guitarist Andy LeMaster. Throughout the second half of the evening, Smith ...

Patti Smith was only 19 when she became pregnant ... and when she gave birth in 1977, she passed her daughter onto Catholic Charities. In the years that followed, she searched for the baby to ...