Banga

Patti in Spain
Photo by Steven Sebring

Some of the photos and excerpts from the liner notes in the Special Book Edition of the album Banga © 2011
(Photography by Patti Smith)

The inspiration behind Constantine’s Dream:

Patti's band:

“Banga expresses the camaraderie with the band […] the true canine spirit”.

Banga is a dog in The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov (1891-1940 Russian writer).

Patti’s son, Jackson, does the barking on the track. 

"Cree o Explota"

The track Amerigo contemplates the exploits of the 15th century explorer Amerigo Vespucci whose name gave the word America.