The Hold Steady "Almost Killed Me" 2023-03-31 setting the stage for what

setting the stage for what was to come

On his sixth album Wilderness Within You

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Emily Retsas (bass) and Nick White (keys)

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The Hold Steady "Almost Killed Me" 2023-03-31 setting the stage for whatAfter Lifter Puller, the long running indie rock band he fronted, broke up, Craig Finn took his vocal declarations and lyrical twists and started the Hold Steady. He was joined by old bandmate Tad Kubler on lead guitar plus a crew of hard rocking, bar hopping dudes intent on taking the rambling indie rock of Lifter Puller and replacing it with scuffed up AOR and swaggering hard rock. Their 2004 debut album, Almost Killed Me, sounds like the E Street