The Gospel of the Hold Steady

An oral history (with photographs) of the greatest American bar band of the twenty-first century. "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."  — New York Times 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 pl