The Songs of Jesse Malin’ Benefit LP

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“She Don’t Love Me Now” is a song originally written and recorded by the singer and songwriter Jesse Malin for his 2015 album New York before the war. It has now been reinterpreted by Malin’s colleague and friend, Bruce Springsteenas part of an upcoming benefit album.

This new recording can be heard on Silver Patron Saints: The Songs of Jesse Malin, The release is scheduled for October 25th via Glassnote Records. Proceeds from the collection will benefit Malin’s Sweet Relief artist fund.

Here is a video of the new Springsteen version, featuring Malin’s backing band and E-Street Band Member Jake Clemons on the saxophone:

“Bruce gave him this Stax soul thing that we dreamed of when we recorded the original. It’s so surreal to me,” Malin said in a statement.

The scope of this special new album project is tied to Malin’s ongoing recovery and his daily management of the effects of a rare spinal cord stroke he suffered in May 2023 that left him paralyzed from the waist down.

“While I was working hard to recover in a clinic in Argentina, I had no idea that my friends and the producers of this record were contacting so many amazing artists to get them to do versions of my songs,” Malin said of this project. “When I heard these versions, especially ‘She Don’t Love Me Now,’ it brought me out of a dark time. I was full of joy for life again, in a way that only music can.”

“As always, all the themes are present in my songs – transcendence, positivity and global unity through music,” Malin added. “This is what I love to do and I will do everything I can to keep doing it.”

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Here is “Black Haired Girl”, also recently shared from the album, with Green Day‘S Billie Joe Armstrong front and center:

And “Prisoners of Paradise” with Grandstands (aka celebrated, Grammy-winning producer/songwriter Jack Antonoff):

Here is the track list of the record:

1. Prisoners of Paradise (feat. Bleachers)
2. Oh Sheena (feat. Counting Crows)
3. She doesn’t love me now (feat. Bruce Springsteen)
4. Black Haired Girl (with Billie Joe Armstrong)
5. Brooklyn (with Dinosaur Jr.)
6. About You (feat. Frank Turner)
7. Turn Up the Mains (with Alison Mosshart, Wayne Kramer, Tom Morello, Steven Van Zandt, Mike Watt and Joey C.)
8. Room 13 (feat. Lucinda Williams and Elvis Costello)
9. Don’t let them get you down (Beautiful Day) (feat. The Wallflowers)
10. The way we used to roll (feat. Spoon)
11. Shane (feat. Rocky O’Riordan)
12. In the Modern World (feat. Butch Walker)
13. High Lonesome (feat. Susanna Hoffs)
14. Greener Pastures (feat. Graham Parker)
15. Meet me at the end of the world (feat. Alejandro Escovedo)
16. Death Star (feat. The Hold Steady)
17. Taking the Subway (feat. Tommy Stinson and Ruby Stinson)
18. St. Mark’s Sunset (feat. The Walker Roaders)
19. Dead On (feat. Ian Hunter)
20. Almost Grown (feat. Danny Clinch and Christopher Thorn with Daniel Donatos Cosmic Country)
21. Shining Down (feat. Aaron Lee Tasjan)
22. When you’re young (feat. Low Cut Connie)
23. All the way from Moscow (feat. Willie Nile)
24. No Way Out (feat. Rancid)
25. You know it’s dark when atheists start praying (feat. Gogol Bordello)
26. God is dead (feat. Agnostic Front)
27. Frankie (feat. Murphy’s Law)

Malin is working hard to resume her live performances and has two special shows planned in New York City for early December. A press release states:

Malin will return to the stage of New York City’s Beacon Theater for the biggest shows of his career in his hometown. The December 1st shows are sold out and tickets beginning December 2nd are on sale now through Ticketmaster, with premium packages available through Sweet Relief. All proceeds from the shows will benefit Jesse’s Sweet Relief Artist Fund.

Jesse and his band will play a full set followed by special guests at each show including Lucinda Williams, Jakob Dylan, Butch Walker, J Mascis, Adam and David Immy of Counting Crows, The Hold Steady and Alejandro Escovedo. Additional guests to be announced.

See also:

New York singer and songwriter Jesse Malin recovers from rare stroke (fundraiser)

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