NEW YORK - Punk poet Patti Smith brought her earthy growl to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Monday, inducted as a member with the Ronettes, Van Halen, R.E.M. and the institution's first hip-hop act, Grandmaster Flash. Shy, and fighting back tears as she thought of family members, Smith recalled how her late husband, Fred "Sonic" Smith, told her before he died that she would someday make the rock hall.
"He asked me please to accept it like a lady and not to say any curse words," she said, "and make certain to salute new generations."
The bohemian poet straddled the hippie and punk rock eras. Her album "Horses" set a standard for literate rock and she had radio hits with …
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