‘Silver Patron Saints : The Songs Of Jesse Malin’ is released tomorrow (20th September). Containing 27 choice cover versions of songs by the native New Yorker from across his career recorded by a wide variety of artists, the idea for it came after Malin suffered a rare spinal stroke in May 2023 that left him paralysed from the waist down. Both a tribute and benefit album, all proceeds from the release will go to his Sweet Relief Musicians Fund and help pay for his ongoing rehabilitation.
Malin has also just announced a special one-off benefit concert in London to take place on 1st May 2025 at Islington Assembly Hall. As with his upcoming shows in New York in early December, it will feature a variety of special guests. Tickets are available HERE from 11am GMT on 20th September.
Having often a contributor to other people’s causes, Malin is grateful to the multitude of musicians who have rallied around him for ‘Silver Patron Saints’. These include Bruce Springsteen (who provides current single ‘She Don’t Love Me Now’), Billie Joe Armstrong, Lucinda Williams and Elvis Costello, The Hold Steady, Tommy Stinson, Alison Mosshart (with the late Wayne Kramer), Tom Morello, Counting Crows, Dinosaur Jr., The Wallflowers, Spoon, Susanna Hoffs, Frank Turner, Rancid and many more. The full album tracklisting can be read below, while the 3xLP set can be purchased HERE.
“This record is a dynamite and long-overdue awareness project, non-stop star time in vigorously personal twists on behalf of a great rock & roll songbook,” writes longtime supporter and Rolling Stone magazine editor David Fricke. “Jesse Malin knows about scars, from his youth, observation and more. They all carry tales, and he’s not done telling them. ‘Silver Patron Saints’ is the gang back at the bar, coming to the stage to toast the composer and his story so far.”
Malin will return to the stage at the Beacon Theatre in New York City at the beginning of December for the biggest hometown shows of his career. A previously announced date on 1st December has already sold out, but an additional one on 2nd is on sale HERE with premium packages available via Sweet Relief.
Malin will perform a full set with his band, followed by special guests at each show that include Lucinda Williams, Jakob Dylan, Butch Walker, J Mascis, Adam and David Immy of Counting Crows, The Hold Steady, Alejandro Escovedo, Rickie Lee Jones and Eugene Hutz of Gogol Bordello. Further names are yet to be announced.
SILVER PATRON SAINTS
THE SONGS OF JESSE MALIN
TRACKLISTING
1 Prisoners of Paradise (feat. Bleachers)
2 Oh Sheena (feat. Counting Crows)
3 She Don’t Love Me Now (feat. Bruce Springsteen)
4 Black Haired Girl (feat. Billie Joe Armstrong)
5 Brooklyn (feat. Dinosaur Jr.)
6 About You (feat. Frank Turner)
7 Turn Up the Mains (feat. Alison Mosshart, Wayne Kramer, Tom Morello, Steven Van Zandt, Mike Watt & Joey C.)
8 Room 13 (feat. Lucinda Williams and Elvis Costello)
9 Don’t Let Them Take 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 Riding on 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 Donato’s 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 to Pray (feat. Gogol Bordello)
26 God Is Dead (feat. Agnostic Front)
27 Frankie (feat. Murphy’s Law)
