Photo review: The Hold Steady at The Ritz, Ybor City
July 5th, 2009 by elawgrrl in Concerts, Local Music, Photo review, Photos, Reviews“There’s so much joy in what we do up here…” Craig Finn of The Hold Steady exclaimed to fans near the end of their set at The Ritz on July 2, 2009, “…we are all the Hold Steady!“
The joy rang loud and proud throughout their set. Fans of The Hold Steady don’t just come and watch the band — they participate and follow along with the band antics.
As everyone knows by now (or should know), our little enclave Ybor City makes multiple appearances in Hold Steady lyrics including:
Ybor city is tres speedy but they throw such killer parties.
Killer parties almost killed me. – Almost Killed Me
The Hold Steady is Craig Finn (vocals, guitar), Tad Kubler (lead guitar), Franz Nicolay (keyboards, vocals, harmonica, accordion), Galen Polivka (bass) and Bobby Drake (drums).
The show was a Jim Beam sponsored soiree featuring lots of fun giveaways and prizes including a Hold Steady autographed guitar given away by Creative Loafing’s Joran Slane with the help of the Jim Beam girls.
GreyMarket
Straight from their wildly successful set at Heatwave, GreyMarket opened up the show in near darkness (reportedly at their request). I still managed to capture a few shots…
This electronic alt-duo have quite the buzz going at the moment with a slew of summer shows scheduled. Check out their website for dates!
GreyMarket is Michael Gargiulo (drums, laptop and backup vocals) and L. Cave McCoy (lead vocals, guitar and pedals).
For more photos, please visit the links below:
July 5th, 2009 at 10:45 pm
Come on, Eileen!
July 6th, 2009 at 6:29 pm
Lol “Come on Eileen.”
The Rabid One was there. Great night, great show. Ybor DOES throw killer parties.
Great review and stellar pics. Thanks!