CBGB

My niece, while watching old footage of Patti Smith performing: "What drug is she on?" Me: "The 1970's".

I wish I had been there on that last night. 

Heck, I wish that I had been there on the last night at Folk City, where I once sat right in front of Allen Ginsburg and Peter Orlovsky not six feet away when they recited and sang their poetry and songs.  I wish that I had been there the last night at Kenny's Castaway, where I once heard the funkiest jazz in…