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Lenny Kaye
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Lenny Kaye

Guitarist, songwriter

Born 1946 in Manhattan

Rock & Punk Folk & Country

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Neighborhood

Wikipedia ties Lenny Kaye to Washington Heights, Manhattan. A tie, not always an origin

Places

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Music spots

  • Venue

    Max’s Kansas City

    1965–1981

    Mickey Ruskin opened this restaurant and club on Park Avenue South in 1965; it closed in 1974 and reopened in 1975 under Tommy Dean Mills, until 1981. Debbie Harry was a waitress here; Patti Smith and Lenny Kaye opened for Phil Ochs on New Year’s Day 1974; and after it reopened it became one of the birthplaces of punk, with bands from the Ramones and Blondie to Klaus Nomi, per Wikipedia.

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Also tied to Washington Heights