Jesse Malin at le Poisson Rouge

Photograph by Everynight Charley Crespo

Jesse Malin celebrated his birthday (actually on January 26) with a two-hour concert at le Poisson Rouge, and the well-wishers included a host of his peers. Eugene Hutz of Gogol Bordello, Felice Rosser of Faith NYC, and Catherine Popper of Puss N' Boots joined Malin and his band onstage for one song each. Musicians who play the local circuit, including Amanda Cross, Drew Eckman and Rick Norman of Eck’s Men, Jill Fiore, James Maddock, Adam Masterson, Cee Stephen, Drew Stone of Antidote NYHC, Alfonso Velez and others, were scattered throughout the audience. Monte A. Melnick, the Ramone’s road manager, also enjoyed the concert from the back of the room.

Many of Malin’s fans are talented photographers. Gail Hoffman, Ehud Lazin, Sachyn Mital and Jini Sachse generously offered their work for this photo-feature. This gallery of images from the performance celebrates not only Malin the musician, but also his fans.

Jesse Malin with Eugene Hutz, by Everynight Charley Crespo

Jesse Malin with Catherine Popper, by Gail Hoffman

Photograph by Gail Hoffman

Photograph by Ehud Lazin

Photograph by Ehud Lazin

Photograph by Sachyn Mital

Photograph by Sachyn Mital

Photograph by Jini Sachse

Photograph by Jini Sachse

Setlist

1. Sinner (with a string quartet)
2. When You're Young
3. Shining Down
4. The Way We Used to Roll
5. Greener Pastures
6. Before You Go
7. State of the Art
8. Crawling Back to You (Tom Petty cover)
9. Tall Black Horses
10. Dance on My Grave
11. Dance With the System
12. Broken Radio (with a string quartet)
13. Time Robber
14. Pocahontas (Neil Young cover)
15. Lost Forever
16. Backstabbers
17. Todd Youth
18. A Little Death
19. Saint Christopher (with Catherine Popper)
20. Meet Me at the End of the World Again

Encore:

1. Turn Up the Mains (with Felice Rosser)
2. Death Star
3. If Music Could Talk (The Clash cover)
4. If I Should Fall From Grace With God (The Pogues cover, with Eugene Hütz)
5. She Don't Love Me Now
6. You Know It's Dark When Atheists Start to Pray

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The Manhattan Beat covers New York City's live music developments as they happen. All photographs are by Everynight Charley Crespo, except when noted otherwise. For a list of Manhattan venues that are presenting live music regularly, swing the desktop cursor to the right and click on the pop-up tab "Where to Find Live Music." For a listing of upcoming concerts for live audiences, visit The Manhattan Beat's January and February calendars.