MALIN,JESSE - SILVER PATRON SAINTS Vinyl LP

"As always in my songs, the themes are all there- transcendence, positivity and global unity through music," says Jesse Malin. "This is what I love to do, and I'm going to do everything I can to keep doing it." Silver Patron Saints: The Songs of Jesse Malin is a tribute and benefit album, with all proceeds to Jesse Malin's Sweet Relief artist fund. "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, David Fricke. In May 2023, Jesse Malin suffered a rare spinal stroke that left him paralyzed from the waist down. Last December, Malin told Rolling Stone, "I have a lot of anxiety and insomnia. Your mind goes into some dark places.

But I just have to keep a positive outlook and believe." He is now undergoing a strict daily regimen with physical therapy and stem-cell treatments. "I am getting some strength back in my legs, but it moves a lot slower than I would like. I don't want to portray it like I'm ready to do the James Brown splits onstage. I definitely have a long way to go, but I'm blessed and so grateful for the amazing fans and friends that I have." Fricke adds, "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."

Tracks:

LP1

Prisoners of Paradise - Bleachers

Oh Sheena - Counting Crows

She Don't Love Me Now - Bruce Springsteen

Black Haired Girl - Billie Joe Armstrong

Brooklyn - Dinosaur Jr.

Turn Up the Mains - Alison Mosshart, Wayne Kramer, Tom Morello, Steven Van Zandt, Mike Watt, Joey C.

Room 13 - Lucinda Williams and Elvis Costello, with Ray Kennedy

Don't Let Them Take You Down (Beautiful Day) - The Wallflowers

The Way We Used to Roll - Spoon

Shane - Rocky O'Riordan

In the Modern World - Butch Walker

LP2

High Lonesome - Susanna Hoffs

Death Star - The Hold Steady

St. Mark's Sunset - The Walker Roaders

About You - Frank Turner

Riding on the Subway - Tommy Stinson and Ruby Stinson

Greener Pastures - v

Meet Me at the End of the World - Alejandro Escovedo

Dead On - Ian Hunter

Almost Grown Danny - Clinch and Daniel Donato's Cosmic Country

LP3

When You're Young - Low Cut Connie

Shinig Down - Aaron Lee Tasjan

Queen of the Underworld - Fantastic Cat

All the Way from Moscow - Willie Nile

No Way Out - Rancid

You Know It's Dark When Atheists Start to Pray - Gogol Bordello

God Is Dead - Agnostic Front

Frankie - Murphy's Law

Label: Jesse Malin Benefit