East Village musician Jesse Malin provides an update on his spinal stroke and thanks everyone for their ongoing support

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East Village singer-songwriter Jesse Malin is making progress in his recovery from a rare spinal stroke that he suffered in May 2023. 

Malin provided an update in a short video, where he's standing with the assistance of a walker, posted to Instagram on Thursday. 

"[T]hey got me out of the chair a lot of the day, out of the wheelchair and up on the walker, and it feels good to be up," he said. "I can't feel below my upper thighs, still ... I'm working at it. But, you know, it's weird walking without any feeling. I have these braces on below my knees, and that helps me get around doing this a few times a day. So it's getting a little better. I'm on it — just working it." 

Malin, a Queens native and longtime East Village resident, has been receiving treatment with a physical therapist since undergoing intense physical therapy and stem-cell treatments at a clinic in Buenos Aires, Argentina, starting last fall. 

"I have really good people who come and help me out, and real good instructors," Malin said. "I just wanted to say thank you. You know, for everything, all the support ... the letters and the notes and the love and the support of my music." 

Malin, a partner in several local establishments, including Niagara, 96 Tears and the Bowery Electric, plans to return to the stage for the first time since early 2023 on Dec. 1-2 at the Beacon Theater, billed as "the largest hometown show of his career." 

He will perform a set with his band, and then special guests, among others, Lucinda Williams, Rickie Lee Jones, Jakob Dylan, Butch Walker, J Mascis, Adam Duritz and David Immergluck of Counting Crows, will join him on stage. Michael Imperioli and Mary Louise-Parker are serving as the hosts.

"I can't wait for the Beacon Theater shows to play again, live with the band, and get up there. It gives me something to look forward to, to live for and work toward," he said. "So I hope you guys have a great, great, great, rest of the summer." 

You can find ticket info here. (Photo below from outside 2A on Avenue A and Second Street.)

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