I'm going to see Jesse Malin in September. Not only that he will be supporting Chuck Prophet!
How good is that going to be??
I've only seen him the once before at King Tut's around the time that his debut album from December 2002 The Fine Art of Self Destruction was doing the rounds.
As I recall there was a fair amount of associated hype. It was produced by Ryan Adams ( who also plays guitar and keyboards and provides background vocals) at the time when the Enfant Terrible could do no wrong. At the time Ryan stated Jesse's a genius.He scares me he's so good.
Then there are the obvious Springsteen comparisons and the fact that at the time he was a bit of a Johnny Marr look-a-likey . So a good few boxes ticked there.
He fairly quickly slipped off my radar but I am looking forward to reacquainting myself with him and his music.
Here's something to keep me going until September.
Jesse Malin - Queen of the Underground
Jesse Malin - The Fine Art of Self Destruction
Just struck me that the post title could refer to the Argentina football team!
Sounds like a good night out.
ReplyDeleteTop night, although I would have expected Jesse to be supporting Chuck. The Fine Art... is a terrific album and I saw him live around then too. Like you, I've not heard much from him recently, so let us know if you discover any gems.
ReplyDeleteHe is the support act to Chuck, Rol
DeleteD'oh. I misread. Sorry.
DeleteGood double bill. I liked the Jesse Malin album, especially Wendy.
ReplyDeleteLikewise but I have featured that one before Adam
DeleteSaw him on three separate occasions at the Wah Wah Hut, always good value for money. Good story teller too.
ReplyDeleteThe second album, the Heat is very good too. I also have a bootleg cd on which there is a rathe good studio outtake of Hungry Heart
This was omitted from the UK release of the debut but is also on that bootleg and is one of my favourites https://app.box.com/s/oo8soorfj2d6qnt9p91u2u0he5vwzlja
ReplyDeleteMy version has this on it.Then again it has a sticker on it saying it cost me $8.95 suggesting that I bought it in the States
DeleteOoh, that is good. Cheers, Drew.
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