Saw where Pattie Smith was mentioned in the paper about being in R&R Hall of fame. She was a witness in the late '60s and early '70s. She was from New Jersey or New York. Anyone else remember her bio.?
Pattie Smith inducted to Rock n Roll Hall of Fame
by mann377 3 Replies latest jw friends
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blondie
I thought her mother was the JW and she was the child forced to go along. I don't think she was every baptized or pursued it as an adult after she left home.
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Seeker4
Blondie,
Your right. It was her mom. She discussed it with Terri Gross in an interview.
I think I also remember she said in one article I read that she took a trip to an art museum with a group of Witnesses when she was a kid, and she was in awe of all the great art. But one of the brothers, condescendingly of course, remarked how all of it would be destroyed at Armageddon.
That was instrumental in getting her to realize this was not a religion she wanted to be part of.
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Abaddon
I saw Patti at Glasters a few years back. She is a real old-school rock goddess.
From what I have read I think she falls into the Van Morrison catagory, someone who has had exposure to Witnesses but has never really shown the repugnance for the cult one might expect and seems to foster some silly nostalga for the bothers and sisters.