As they displayed recently to a sold-out crowd, The Blue Stones play with a raw ferocity that the Chop Shop struggled to contain.

His intro: A single-chord, loud, sustained strumming followed with a single, turn-it-up-to-eleven country yodel.

A.J. Croce, son of the legendary songwriter/guitarist Jim Croce, led off the first of two nights at the famous Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix, Arizona.

This amazing run confirms that The National is alive and kicking, with more pages to be written in an already stellar career.