Hold Steady (Wilco Cover) - 16 June 2017, Chicago, IL (Thalia Hall)

[zspaul]

Friday night at Thalia Hall in Chicago, The Hold Steady covered "I'm the Man Who Loves You":

 

[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgR65bzcSlg[/media]

 

Which should've been a bit less of a surprise after Craig Finn's tweet earlier in the day:

 

 

Overall an outstanding show as well, THS knows how to entertain and the audience was VERY into it!

 

[bböp]

Thanks for posting that video, sir! When I saw that THS covered I'm The Man, I was so curious about how that sounded. I think they did pretty well with it. Pretty cool that Craig's been on a bit of a Wilco kick while in town. I was definitely bummed not to be able to make any of the shows this week! The setlists have looked awesome.

[zspaul]

@bböp - have you seen them before? They perform with (and the audience too has) the sort of intensity and energy I'd usually only ever expect from a band just starting out with something to prove playing like everything rests on killing just this one show. Glad I could fulfill your hopes of a video of that song's performance!

[bböp]

@bböp - have you seen them before? They perform with (and the audience too has) the sort of intensity and energy I'd usually only ever expect from a band just starting out with something to prove playing like everything rests on killing just this one show. Glad I could fulfill your hopes of a video of that song's performance!

 

Oh yeah, I've been a fan since I saw them open for The Wrens back in like 2004. So I've seen them a fair bit, though not as often lately as I'd like. Was this your first time seeing them? It does help, I think, that for these shows they're basically playing "the hits" and not really promoting a new record or anything. But I do like that they're throwing some covers in there as well. THS, especially Craig, are good dudes.