Philadelphia and South Jersey bred poet-rocker Patti Smith will get an honorary Doctor of Letters degree at the commencement ceremony at Rowan University in Glassboro on Friday, in recognition of "her success in the fields of music, literature and art." Her dear friend Bob Dylan has two honorary docs - from St. Andrews University in Scotland in 2004, and some obscure Jersey school (oh yeah, Princeton) - back in 1970. Here's a hand held video of the two of them singing Dylan's "Dark Eyes" - from the underrated 1985 album Empire Burlesque - at the Electric Factory in Philadelphia in 1995, when Dylan and Smith, most memorably, toured together. Note their tender kiss at the end - Patti clearly brings out the softie in crusty old Bob.
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