So the Hold Steady were really on fire Friday night at the black cat
I'm very glad they posted the set times, as I kind of thought Friendship sucked at Ottobar and waltzed in minutes before THS went on and got a great spot on the 'balcony' right up front
Played a few new songs not released yet and they sounded great. They have so many 'hits' from those first 4 records, that seeing them two nights in a row, I got my fill on nearly all of them
Someone joined him on stage for a verse of Stay Positive, but not really sure who it was
Craig seriously said he 'loved' DC about 20 times...but yet the first show in a decade and they have been touring a lot since 2016
It was very packed too, so I would hope that THS gets the picture that they could likely pack shows whenever they come to town
I think this might have sold out the 9:30 club, again because they hadn't been in town for soo l long
I also thought the 3-day pass thing was a good plan, I think I paid very close to the face value of two tix (since no service fees are included)
I guess they just take 20 or so of their guest list and do this, I think it's genius
I didn't go to Philly, but likely wouln't have done both Balt/DC and glad I did
I did spot Challenged although we didn't talk, we exchanged waves from across the front of the room
I Spaced on finding Space in that space. He was there, writing incoherent posts to the forum