The Gospel of The Hold Steady: How a Resurrection Really Feels [Hardcover]

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 There's a very short list of contemporary American songwriters who would also make wonderful short story writers and The Hold Steady's Craig Finn is on it. As virtuosic chroniclers of a Midwestern demimonde that gives lie to the pervasive myth of the wholesome heartland, The Hold Steady has earned its place as one of the great American rock bands of the 21st century. And now, in Cowritten with the band by the British rock journalist Michael Hann . . . I've gladly embraced the gospel of The Hold Steady for the last seventeen years even if I've never quite invested in knowing much more than the joy their music brings me. Until nowuntil the publication of There has always been something cinematic about the Hold Steady, and that sense of rough-and-tumble beauty is lovingly captured in