A superstar group of rock icons will be featured on an upcoming Jesse Malin tribute album as the beloved punk troubadour continues his recovery from a spinal stroke he suffered last year that left him partially paralyzed. Silver Patron Saints: The Songs of Jesse Malin will be released on September 20 and will feature Bruce Springsteen, Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong, the late MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer (with the Kills' Alison Mosshart), Lucinda Williams, Elvis Costello, Rage Against the Machine Tom Morello and many others.
In a statement, D Generation singer and solo artist Malin, 57, said: “As always in my songs, the themes are all there – transcendence, positivity and global unity through music. This is what I love to do and I will do everything I can to keep doing it.” All proceeds from the album will go to Malin's Sweet Relief Artist Fund.
The album honoring the New York punk lad, whose lyrical acumen has long made him a favorite among his fellow singers, will also feature contributions from the Hold Steady, the Replacements/GNR's Tommy Stinson, Counting Crows, Dinosaur Jr., the Wallflowers, Spoon, Susanna Hoffs of the Bangles, Frank Turner and Rancid.
Malin revealed. suffered a spinal cord stroke while out to dinner with a friend in New York's East Village in May 2023 that left him paralyzed from the waist down. When his insurance didn't cover the significant medical bills he incurred, a Sweet Relief fundraiser was started to help with long-term care.
The first single from the album, “Prisoners of Paradise” by Bleachers, is out now and you can pre-order the album here. “Prisoners” originally appeared on Malin's third solo studio album in 2007 Glitter in the Gutterwhich included contributions from Springsteen, Jakob Dylan of the Wallflower, Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age and Chris Shiflett of the Foo Fighters.
In an Instagram post, Malin said the song has always been one of his favourites, describing it as being about “new beginnings and rebirth… letting the past fall away and start fresh.”
In a video update from Malin published in March, the singer said he has been receiving treatment and undergoing extensive physical therapy in Buenos Aires, Argentina for several weeks and that doctors are “seeing some progress and I'm pushing forward every day non-stop.” At the time he said he really missed playing music and hoped to get back into it this fall. “It was the hardest thing I've ever been through to say the least. Guys take care of each other please and don't forget me,” he wrote.
The full tracklist for the album has yet to be released.
Watch the “Prisoners of Paradise” preview below.
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