Photos from Patti Smith
Benefit concert (May 31, 2003)

Hudson residents Rudy Wurlitzer and Lynn Davis, who conceived of the benefit concert and convinced Patti Smith to perform

 

Board president Peter Jung (in baseball cap) greets the arriving crowd in the Basilica antechamber

 

The crowd waits in the antechamber for the main doors to open

 

A young Patti Smith fan buys a Stop SLC button from Ed Stoler

 

The crowd (and anticipation) grows

 

With the main doors open, the audience rushes in

 

Patrick Doyle of the Basilica opens the concert: "Tell the truth!"

 

Actor Dechen Thurman (brother of Uma) introduces Patti Smith

 

The concert begins

 

Patti in profile

 

"Gloria"

 

Encore: Rolling Stones cover

 

Finale: "People Have the Power"