The first time I met Patti Smith was in a laundromat. We knew some of the same people, including Richard Hell.

Verlaine soon released a self-titled solo album that began a fruitful 1980s solo career. Discography


Solo albums
Tom Verlaine (1979)
Dreamtime (1981)
Words from the Front (1982)
Cover (1984)
Flash Light (1987)
The Wonder (1990)
Warm and Cool (1992 reissued in 2005)
The Miller's Tale: A Tom Verlaine Anthology (1996)
Songs and Other Things (2006)
Around (2006)


Singles
"Always" (1981)
"Postcard from Waterloo" (1982)
"Let Go the Mansion" (1984)
"Five Miles of You" (1984)
"A Town Called Walker" (1987)
"Cry Mercy Judge" (1987)
"The Funniest Thing" (1987)
"Shimmer" (1989)
"Kaleidoscopin" (1990). Vibrato is a large part of Verlaine's style and he makes extensive use of the Jazzmaster's unique vibrato arm.