Editing Lenny Kaye (section)

{{short description|American guitarist, composer, and writer (born 1946)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
| name            = Lenny Kaye
| image             = Lenny Kaye and guitar 1978.jpg
| caption        = Kaye performing with [[Patti Smith]] in 1978
|alt = Kaye playing guitar wearing aviator sunglasses
| background      = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_name      = Lenny Kusikoff
| alias           = Lenny Kaye Connection
| birth_date            = {{birth date and age|1946|12|27}}
| origin          = [[New York City]], U.S.
| instrument      = Guitar, bass, vocals
| genre           = {{hlist|[[Rock music|Rock]]|[[protopunk]]|[[Punk rock|punk]]|[[garage rock]]}}
| occupation      = {{hlist|Musician|songwriter|record producer|[[Music journalism|music journalist]]}}
| years_active    = 1964–present
| label           = [[Giorno Poetry Systems]],<br />[[Arista Records|Arista]], [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| associated_acts = [[Patti Smith]], [[R.E.M.]]
| website             = [https://web.archive.org/web/20080907103240/http://lennykaye.com/ LennyKaye.com]
}}
'''Lenny Kaye''' (''[[Birth name|né]]'' '''Kusikoff'''; born December 27, 1946) is an American guitarist, composer, and writer, notable for his work with the [[Patti Smith]] Group, his contributions to music magazines, and his [[garage rock]] retrospective anthology ''[[Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era|Nuggets]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oceanstar.com/patti/bio/kaye.htm |title=Lenny Kaye |access-date=March 5, 2008}}</ref>