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6 unusual facts about The Hold Steady


D'yer Mak'er

The Hold Steady released "Joke About Jamaica" on their 2008 album Stay Positive, in which the opening lines are,

Five Alive

American rock band The Hold Steady album Almost Killed Me song "Knuckles" contains the line "I've been trying to get people to call me SunnyD. 'Cause I've got the good stuff kids go for. People keep calling me Five Alive."

Hard Luck Woman

The Hold Steady reportedly did an electrified cover version on their covers EP, "RAGS".

Juan Luis Carrera

In this capacity Carrera has worked with bands like: Modest Mouse, Sleater-Kinney, Bright Eyes, Tortoise, The Sea and Cake, The Hold Steady and Hoover.

Thunderbird Motel

The hotel is referenced by former Minnesotans, The Hold Steady on their album, "Separation Sunday" in the song, "Stevie Nix." The song contains the lyrics, "...and the carpet at the Thunderbird has a burn for every cowboy that got fenced in."

WDST

Additionally, Radio Woodstock's year-long 30th Anniversary Concert Series featured performances in the Woodstock area by Assembly of Dust, Amos Lee, and The Hold Steady to name a few.


American Princes

Since the release of Less and Less some of the bands American Princes have shared the stage with include The Flaming Lips, The Roots, Big Star, The Hold Steady, Spoon, De La Soul, Lucero, Catfish Haven, John Doe, The Apples in Stereo, and others.

I'll Believe You

The soundtrack features the song, "Ode to Star L23," a lesser known song by We Are Scientists, as well as songs by The Hold Steady and The Fray.

Sal Paradise

The first song "Stuck Between Stations" by The Hold Steady on the album Boys and Girls in America starts with the lyric, "There are nights when I think that Sal Paradise was right / Boys and Girls in America, they have such a sad time together."

Stuck Between Stations

Stuck Between Stations is named after the opening track of The Hold Steady’s Boys and Girls in America album.

The Debutante Hour

Sonevytsky and Hwang sang on "Slapped Actress," off 2008 The Hold Steady album Stay Positive.

The Hazey Janes

In 2007, the band recorded a second album, Hands Around The City, with producer John Agnello (The Hold Steady, Sonic Youth, The Walkmen) at Water Music Recorders in Hoboken, New Jersey.


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