The Debra Haul - The Heat

 

2023 Charity Shop Purchases #31 - Jesse Malin - The Heat

From one folky JM - Joni Mitchell to this week's slice of Americana from  another radically different JM - Jesse Malin

Once described by Entertainment Weekly as the Springsteen of Avenue D  New York's Jesse Mailin  specializes in gritty, street-level tunes about people struggling through life’s mean twists.According to Pop Matters Jesse has a voice  which can summon an amazing range of emotion. At times he’s full of impotent rage, and elsewhere he channels the swagger of John Travolta’s Danny Zuko from Grease. But through it all Malin’s voice sounds earthy, pained, and genuine.

The Heat is his second album from 2004 on Artemis in the US and One Little Indian in the UK. I was pleased to find it as it now joins 2002's The Fine Art of Self Destruction and 2007's Glitter in the Gutter on the shelves

I saw him at King Tuts around the time his debut album was released and again more recently in 2018 when he was supporting (and absolutely blowing away) Chuck Prophet at Cottiers .As I wrote in a previous post he is a great story teller and song writer and given his character has probably lived half of his songs.

You should go and see him if you ever get the chance.You will not regret it.

Jesse Malin -Mona Lisa

Jesse Malin - Block Island