Jesse Malin returns to concerts after suffering a stroke last year
Last year, the New York singer-songwriter Jesse Malin he had a spinal stroke that has it left paralyzed from the waist down. But in the last two months things have improved a lot. First of all he slowly started walking again, last September 20th he played three songs at the CBS Saturday Sessions and his musician colleagues and friends, also in September, released a tribute album in his honor entitled “Silver patron saints” (read the review here).
Last night, to confirm the improvement in his health, Jesse Malin held his first public concert after the stroke at the Beacon Theater in New York, accompanied by some guests, including Steven Van Zandt, Elvis Costello and Lucinda Williams . During the set some covers were proposed: Pogues, Rolling Stones, Clash and Ramones.
Setlist:
Set 1 (8:25 to 9:45 PM):
I Would Do It for You
Before You Go
Oh Sheena
Room 13
If I Should Fall From Grace With God (Pogues cover)
Argentina
Turn Up the Mains (with Little Steven)
She Don’t Love Me Now
Death Star
The Way We Used to Roll
Aftermath (only)
State of the Art
She’s So Dangerous
Backstabbers
Sway (Rolling Stones cover)
Silver Manhattan
Meet Me at the End of the World Again
Sep 2 (10:25 to 10:47 PM):
Do You Remember Rock ‘n’ Roll Radio? (Ramones cover)
Greener Pastures (with Diane Gentile)
You Know It’s Dark When Atheists Start to Pray (with Catherine Popper)
Rudie Can’t Fail (Clash cover) (with Lucinda Williams, Elvis Costello and others on backing vocals)
