The Gospel of the Hold Steady: How a Resurrection Really Feels -- The Hold Stead

<p><b><i>An oral history (with photographs) of the greatest American bar band of the twenty-first century</i></b></p><p>"A colorful montage of stories about and photographs of American rock band The Hold Steady, by both members of the group as well as dedicated fans . . . A must-have for admirers of the band and a good choice to fans of bar rock." <br><i>--Kirkus Reviews</i><br></p><p>"Plenty of rock bands treat their fans like congregants. But not many shine a light on the arrangement. Fewer still go as far as The Hold Steady, whose lead vocalist and lyricist, Craig Finn, has a disarming way of combining humility and exultation." <br>--<i>New York Times</i></p><p>On January 22, 2003, four men stepped onto a stage in Brooklyn and did something no one else was doing at that time, in that place. They played rock 'n' roll: old-fashioned rock 'n' roll with skyscraping riffs and sloppy solos, topped with extraordinary lyrics about an out-of-focus America, blurred by pills and powders, of crime and fear and desperation and redemption.</p><p>Twenty years later, The Hold Steady are one of America's most beloved rock bands, famed for live shows that turn unbelievers into converts, and for a catalog filled with some of the most exciting yet poetic music of the twenty-first century. To mark those twenty years, The Hold Steady tell their full story in <i>T</i><i>he Gospel of The Hold Steady: </i><i>How a Resurrection Really Feels.</i></p><p>An oral history, based on interviews with ever