Wish That I Was Jesse’s Girl

Jesse Malin. Wednesday, June 13, at the Bottleneck.

Dispatch by Crystal K. Wiebe

While underappreciated by the masses, Jesse Malin can inspire fierce loyalty in the folks lucky enough to see him perform. I’ve been something of a Malin fangirl since I saw him perform in 2003 at the Double Door in Chicago. But I’ve got nothing on the dedicated follower I met last night.