New York City-based rock musician Jesse Malin is thrilled with Bruce Springsteen’s version of his song ‘She Don’t Love Me Now’, which has been released today as the latest single from ‘Silver Patron Saints: The Songs of Jesse Malin’.
Out on 20th September, the 3xLP and 2xCD set is available for pre-order now on Glassnote Records. All proceeds from the album will benefit Malin’s Sweet Relief artist fund, set up after a rare spinal stroke in May 2023 left him paralysed from the waist down.
In regard to ‘She Don’t Love Me Now’, Malin enthuses that “Bruce gave it that Stax-soul-thing that we were dreaming of when we recorded the original. It’s so surreal to me.” Malin had originally recorded the song for his 2015 album ‘New York Before the War’. For this new version, Springsteen is backed by Malin’s regular band plus Jake Clemons of his E Street Band on saxophone.
“Bruce’s generosity, honesty and support are equally as powerful as his songwriting and performing,” states Malin, who also cites the occasion in 2007 when Springsteen duetted with Malin on a song entitled ‘Broken Radio’ that he had written for his late mother. “Bruce is one of the guys. He walks it like he talks it. You spend some time with him, and it feels like you’ve known him for years. He’s like my friends in Queens, sitting around talking about Sinatra, the Clash, and the Pogues. He has that passion and excitement for life.”
He continues: “While I was working hard on my recovery at a clinic in Argentina, I had no idea that my friends and the producers of this record were reaching out to so many great artists to have them do versions of my songs. When I heard these versions, especially ‘She Don’t Love Me Now’, it took me out of a dark time. I felt excited about life again, in a way that only music can do.”
Often a contributor to other people’s causes, Malin is grateful to all the musicians who have rallied around him, including Springsteen, 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 pre-ordered 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, adding that “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 and Alejandro Escovedo, with more 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)
