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Jack White

May 04, 2023

For other people named Jack White, see Jack White (disambiguation).

John Anthony White (né Gillis; born July 9, 1975), is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and music producer, best known as the lead singer and guitarist of the duo The White Stripes. White has enjoyed consistent critical and popular success and is widely credited as one of the key artists in the garage rock revival of the 2000s. He has won 12 Grammy Awards, and three of his solo albums have reached number one on the Billboard charts. Rolling Stone ranked him number 70 on its 2010 list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". David Fricke's 2010 list ranked him at number 17.[1][2] In 2012, the New York Times called White "the coolest, weirdest and savviest rockstar of our time".[3]

Jack White
White in 2021
Born
John Anthony Gillis

(1975-07-09) July 9, 1975 (age 47)
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
EducationCass Technical High School
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • musician
  • music producer
Years active1987–present
Spouses
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    (m. 1996; div. 2000)​
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    (m. 2005; div. 2013)​
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    (m. 2022)​
Children2
Musical career
Genres
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • keyboards
  • drums
Years active1994–present
Labels
Member of
Formerly of

After moonlighting in several underground Detroit bands as a drummer, White founded the White Stripes with fellow Detroit native and then-wife Meg White in 1997. Their 2001 breakthrough album, White Blood Cells, brought them international fame with the hit single and accompanying music video "Fell in Love with a Girl". This recognition provided White opportunities to collaborate with famous artists, including Loretta Lynn and Bob Dylan.[4] In 2005, White founded the Raconteurs with Brendan Benson, and in 2009 founded the Dead Weather with Alison Mosshart of the Kills. In 2008, he recorded "Another Way to Die" (the title song for the 2008 James Bond film Quantum of Solace) with Alicia Keys, making them the only duet to perform a Bond song. White has released four solo studio albums, which have garnered wide critical and commercial success.

White is a board member of the Library of Congress' National Recording Preservation Foundation. His record label and studio Third Man Records releases vinyl recordings of his own work as well as that of other artists and local school children.[5] His second studio album, Lazaretto (2014), holds the record for most first-week vinyl sales since 1991. White has an extensive collection of guitars and other instruments and has a preference for vintage items that often have connections to famous blues artists. He is a vocal advocate for analog technology and recording techniques.

White values his privacy and has been known to create misdirection about his personal life. He and Meg White married in 1996, but divorced in 2000 before the height of the band's fame. They then began calling themselves siblings. He was married to model and singer Karen Elson from 2005 to 2013; they have a son and daughter. In 2022, he married musician Olivia Jean. He currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee.

Early life

John Anthony Gillis[6] was born in Detroit, Michigan, on July 9, 1975,[7][8] the youngest of ten children of Teresa (née Bandyk; born 1930)[9] and Gorman M. Gillis.[10][11] His mother's family was Polish,[12] while his father was Scottish-Canadian.[13][14] He was raised a Catholic,[15] and his father and mother both worked for the Archdiocese of Detroit as the building maintenance superintendent and secretary in the Cardinal's office, respectively.[4] Gillis became an altar boy, which landed him an uncredited role in the 1987 movie The Rosary Murders, filmed mainly at Most Holy Redeemer parish in southwest Detroit.[4][citation needed] He attended Cass Technical High School in Detroit.[16][17]

Gillis' early musical influences were his older brothers, who were in a band together called Catalyst, and he learned to play the instruments they abandoned;[18][19] he began playing the drums in the first grade after finding a kit in the attic.[10][19][20] As a child, he was a fan of classical music,[21] but in elementary school, he began listening to the Doors, Pink Floyd, and Led Zeppelin.[22] As a "shorthaired [teenager] with braces",[21] Gillis began listening to the blues and 1960s rock that would influence him in the White Stripes,[4] with Son House and Blind Willie McTell being among his favorite blues guitarists.[7][23] He has said in interviews that Son House's "Grinnin' in Your Face" is his favorite song of all time.[18][citation needed] As a drummer, his heroes include Gene Krupa, Stewart Copeland, and Crow Smith from Flat Duo Jets.[24]

In 2005, on 60 Minutes, he told Mike Wallace that his life could have turned out differently. "I'd got accepted to a seminary in Wisconsin, and I was gonna become a priest, but at the last second I thought, 'I'll just go to public school.' I had just gotten a new amplifier in my bedroom, and I didn't think I was allowed to take it with me."[25] Instead, he got accepted into Cass Technical High School as a business major, and played the drums and trombone in the band.[18][26][27] At 15, he began a three-year upholstery apprenticeship with a family friend, Brian Muldoon.[4] He credits Muldoon with exposing him to punk music as they worked together in the shop.[4][18] Muldoon goaded his young apprentice into forming a band: "He played drums", Gillis thought. "Well I guess I'll play guitar then."[4][28] The two recorded an album, Makers of High Grade Suites, as the Upholsterers.[notes 1]

As a senior in high school, he met Megan White at the Memphis Smoke restaurant where she worked,[30] and they frequented the coffee shops, local music venues, and record stores of the area.[31] After a courtship, they married on September 21, 1996.[32][33] In a reversal of tradition, he legally took her last name.[4][34][35]

After completing his apprenticeship, he started a one-man business of his own, Third Man Upholstery.[36] The slogan of his business was "Your Furniture's Not Dead" and the color scheme was yellow and black—including a yellow van, a yellow-and-black uniform, and a yellow clipboard.[36] Although Third Man Upholstery never lacked business, he claims it was unprofitable due to his complacency about money and his business practices that were perceived as unprofessional, including making bills out in crayon and writing poetry inside the furniture.[36]

Music career

Group projects

The White Stripes (1997–2011)

Main article: The White Stripes
 
At the O2 Wireless Festival in 2007

At 19 years old, Jack had landed his first professional gig as the drummer for the Detroit band Goober & the Peas, and was still in that position when the band broke up in 1996.[7][18][37] It was in this band that he learned about touring and performing onstage.[18] After the band's split, he settled into working as an upholsterer by day while moonlighting in local bands, as well as performing solo shows.[18][32] Though a bartender by trade,[38] Meg began to learn to play the drums in 1997 and, according to Jack, "When she started to play drums with me, just on a lark, it felt liberating and refreshing."[4] The couple became a band, calling themselves the White Stripes,[39] and two months later performed their first show at the Gold Dollar in Detroit.[18][40]

Despite being married, Jack and Meg publicly presented themselves as siblings.[41][42] They kept to a chromatic theme, dressing only in red, white, and black.[43][44] They began their career as part of Michigan's underground garage rock music scene.[38][43] They played along with and opened for more established local bands such as Bantam Rooster, the Dirtbombs, Two-Star Tabernacle, Rocket 455, and the Hentchmen.[18][38] In 1998, the White Stripes were signed to Italy Records—a small and independent Detroit-based garage punk label—by Dave Buick.[45] The band released its eponymous debut album in 1999, and a year later the album was followed up by the cult classic,[46] De Stijl. The album eventually peaked at number 38 in Billboard's Independent Albums chart.

In 2001, the band released White Blood Cells. The album's stripped-down garage rock sound drew critical acclaim in the US and beyond,[7] making the White Stripes one of the more acclaimed bands of 2002,[38] and forefront figures in the garage band revival of the time.[7][39][47] John Peel, an influential DJ and the band's early advocate in the UK, said they were the most exciting thing he'd heard since Jimi Hendrix.[48] The New York Times said of White, "beneath the arty facade lies one of the most cagey, darkly original rockers to come along since Kurt Cobain."[49] The album was followed up in 2003 by the commercially and critically successful Elephant.[50][51][52] The critic at AllMusic wrote that the album "sounds even more pissed-off, paranoid and stunning than its predecessor ... darker and more difficult than White Blood Cells".[53] The album's first single, "Seven Nation Army", became the band's signature song,[54][55] reaching number one on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart for three weeks, winning the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Rock Song, and becoming an international sporting and protest anthem.[56][57] The band's fifth album, Get Behind Me Satan, was recorded in White's own home and marked a change in the band's musical direction, with piano-driven melodies and experimentation with marimba and a more rhythm-based guitar playing by White.[7][4]

The band's sixth album, Icky Thump, was released in 2007, and unlike their previous lo-fi albums, it was recorded in Nashville at Blackbird Studio.[43] The album was regarded as a return to the band's earlier blues and garage-rock sound.[58] It debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart, and entered the UK Albums Chart at number one, selling over 300,000 vinyl copies in England alone.[59][60] Of his excitement for vinyl, White explained, "We can't afford to lose the feeling of cracking open a new record and looking at large artwork and having something you can hold in your hands."[59] In support of the album, they launched a Canadian tour, in which they played a gig in every one of the country's provinces and territories. However, later that year, the band announced the cancellation of 18 tour dates due to Meg's struggle with acute anxiety.[61] A few days later, the duo canceled the remainder of their 2007 UK tour dates as well.[62]

White worked with other artists in the meantime, but revealed the band's plan to release a seventh album by the summer of 2009.[63][64] On February 20, 2009—and on the final episode of Late Night with Conan O'Brien—the band made their first live appearance after the cancellation of the tour,[65] and a documentary about their Canadian tour—titled The White Stripes: Under Great White Northern Lights—debuted later that year at the Toronto International Film Festival.[66] However, almost two years passed with no new releases, and on February 2, 2011, the band reported on their official website that they were disbanding. White emphasized that it was not due to health issues or artistic differences, "but mostly to preserve what is beautiful and special about the band".[67]

The Raconteurs (2005–2014, 2018–present)

Main article: The Raconteurs
 
Brendan Benson and White

In 2005, while collaborating with Brendan Benson—a fellow Michigan native whom White had worked with before[7]—they composed a song called "Steady, as She Goes". This inspired them to create a full band, and they invited Jack Lawrence and Patrick Keeler of the Greenhornes to join them in what would become the Raconteurs. The musicians met in Benson's home studio in Detroit and, for the remainder of the year, they recorded when time allowed. The result was the band's debut album, Broken Boy Soldiers. Reaching the Top Ten charts in both the US and the UK,[10] it was nominated for Best Rock Album at the 2006 Grammy Awards. The lead single, "Steady, As She Goes" was nominated for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.[68] The Raconteurs set out on tour to support the album,[7] including eight dates as the opening act for Bob Dylan. The group's second album, Consolers of the Lonely, and its first single, "Salute Your Solution", were released simultaneously in 2008. The album reached number seven on the Billboard 200 chart, and received a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Album.[68] The group rebanded to create the new album Help Us Stranger in 2019. This release was followed by a US tour.

The Dead Weather (2009–2015)

Main article: The Dead Weather
 
White and Alison Mosshart performing live with the Dead Weather at the Glastonbury Festival, June 26, 2009

While on tour to promote Consolers of the Lonely, White developed bronchitis and often lost his voice.[7] Alison Mosshart, the frontwoman for the Kills (who was touring with the Raconteurs at the time) would often fill in as his vocal replacement.[7] The chemistry between the two artists led them to collaborate, and in early 2009, White formed a new group called the Dead Weather.[7] Mosshart sang, White played drums and shared vocal duties, Jack Lawrence of the Raconteurs played bass, and the Queens of the Stone Age keyboardist and guitarist Dean Fertita rounded out the four-piece.[69]

The group debuted a handful of new tracks on March 11, 2009, in Nashville from their debut album Horehound.[70] It came out on July 13, 2009, in Europe and July 14, 2009, in North America on White's Third Man Records label.[71][72] In October 2009, Mosshart confirmed that the second album was "halfway done",[73] and the first single, "Die by the Drop", was released on March 30, 2010.[74] The new album (again on the Third Man Records label) was titled Sea of Cowards and was released on May 7 of that year in Ireland, on May 10 in the United Kingdom, and on May 11 in the U.S.[75]

Announcement of their third album, Dodge & Burn, was made in July 2015 for a worldwide release in September by Third Man Records. Along with four previously released tracks, remixed and remastered, the album features eight new songs.[76]

Other collaborations

Rumors began to circulate in 2003 that White had collaborated with Electric Six for their song "Danger! High Voltage".[77] He and the Electric Six both denied this,[77][78] and the vocal work was credited officially to John S O'Leary.[79] In subsequent interviews with Chris Handyside, however, Dick Valentine and Corey Martin (Electric Six band members) acknowledged White's involvement and confirmed that he received no payment.[80]

White worked with Loretta Lynn on her 2004 album Van Lear Rose, which he produced and performed on.[81] The album was a critical and commercial success.[7] In 2008, White collaborated with Alicia Keys on the song "Another Way to Die", the theme song for the James Bond film Quantum of Solace. In 2009, Jack White was featured in It Might Get Loud, a film in which he, Jimmy Page, and the Edge come together to discuss the electric guitar and each artist's different playing methods.[82] White's first solo single, "Fly Farm Blues", was written and recorded in 10 minutes during the filming of the movie that August.[83] The single went on sale as a 7-inch vinyl record from Third Man Records and as a digital single available through iTunes on August 11, 2010. In November 2010, producer Danger Mouse announced that White—along with Norah Jones—had been recruited for his collaboration with Daniele Luppi entitled Rome.[84] White provided vocals to three songs on the album: "The Rose with the Broken Neck", "Two Against One", and "The World".[85] White finished and performed the song "You Know That I Know", and it was featured on The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams, released on October 4, 2011. In that same year, he produced and played on Wanda Jackson's album The Party Ain't Over.[81][86] To her delight, his studio also released the album on a 7-inch vinyl.[86] White also appeared on AHK-toong BAY-bi Covered, performing a cover of U2's "Love Is Blindness".[87] White has worked with other artists as well, including Beck, the Rolling Stones, Jeff Beck,[88] Bob Dylan, and Insane Clown Posse.

Solo career (2012–present)

Blunderbuss (2012)

 
White performing live in 2012

On January 30, 2012, White released "Love Interruption" as the first single off his debut, self-produced solo album, Blunderbuss, which was released on April 24, 2012.[89] The album ultimately debuted number one on the Billboard 200 chart, and in support of the album, he appeared on Saturday Night Live as the musical guest and played at select festivals during the summer of 2012, including the Firefly Music Festival, Radio 1's Hackney Weekend, the Sasquatch! Music Festival, the Fuji Rock Festival in Japan (one of the biggest festivals in the world), and Rock Werchter in Belgium. Later in the year, he headlined Austin City Limits Music Festival. During his tour for the album, White employed two live bands, which he alternated between at random. The first, called the Peacocks, was all female and consisted of Ruby Amanfu, Carla Azar, Lillie Mae Rische, Maggie Björklund, Brooke Waggoner, and alternating bassists Bryn Davies and Catherine Popper.[90] The other, the Buzzards, was all male and consisted of Daru Jones, Dominic Davis, Fats Kaplin, Ikey Owens, and Cory Younts.[91] White said maintaining two bands was too expensive,[57] and abandoned the practice at the conclusion of the tour. Blunderbuss was ultimately nominated for several Grammys, including Album of the Year, Best Rock Album, and Best Rock Song for "Freedom at 21".[7]

Lazaretto (2014)

On April 1, 2014, White announced his second solo album, Lazaretto, inspired by plays and poetry he had written as a teen.[92][93] It was released on June 10, 2014, simultaneously with the first single off the album, "High Ball Stepper". The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart and,[93] in a personal triumph for White,[93] broke the record for the largest sales week for a vinyl album since SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991.[93] The album was widely praised among critics, and was nominated for three Grammy Awards: Best Alternative Music Album, as well as Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance (for the song "Lazaretto"). During the supporting tour, he performed the longest show of his career on July 30, 2014, at the Detroit Masonic Temple,[94] and later performed as one of the headliners at the Coachella Festival over two weekends in April 2015.[95] On April 14, 2015, White announced that the festival would be his last electric set, followed by one acoustic show in each of the five U.S. states he had yet to perform in, before he would be taking a prolonged break from live performances.[96][97] However, he performed on the inaugural episode of the radio show A Prairie Home Companion with the new host Chris Thile, on October 15, 2016, in support of his compilation album Acoustic Recordings 1998–2016.[98] He co-wrote the song "Don't Hurt Yourself " with Beyoncé on her album Lemonade, and accompanied her on the vocals.[54]

Boarding House Reach (2018)

Ahead of his next effort, White worked in isolation and without a cell phone; he rented an apartment in Nashville, recorded quietly so no one would know what he was working on, and slept on an army cot.[99] He drew inspiration from rap artists of the 1980s and 1990s (as well as A Tribe Called Quest, Kanye West, and Nicki Minaj), and chose his backing musicians from talent that played supporting hip hop artists live.[99] On December 12, 2017, he released a four-minute video titled "Servings and Portions from my Boarding House Reach", which featured short sound bites of new music interspersed with white noise.[100] In January 2018, White released "Connected by Love", taken from his third solo album Boarding House Reach,[101] which was released on March 23, 2018.[102] Like its two preceding albums, it landed at number one on the Billboard 200 chart. In promotion of his album, White appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon[103] and on Saturday Night Live as the musical guest, where he played "Over and Over and Over" and "Connected by Love".[104] White released Jack White: Kneeling at The Anthem D.C., his first concert film as a solo artist, on September 21, 2018, exclusively on Amazon Prime Video.[105]

Fear of the Dawn and Entering Heaven Alive (2022)

In October 2021, White released "Taking Me Back", his first solo single since 2018, which appeared in the game Call of Duty: Vanguard.[106] In November, White revealed that he would release two solo albums in 2022: Fear of the Dawn, which will feature White's traditional rock sound, on April 8, and Entering Heaven Alive, a folk album, on July 22.[107] White also released a video for "Taking Me Back" on November 11.[108] Together, the albums were named the dual number one album of the year by Rough Trade UK.[109] In December 2021, White announced the Supply Chain Issues Tour kicking off on April 8, 2022, in Detroit, Michigan. The tour covers North America and Europe.[110]

White performed on Saturday Night Live on February 25, 2023. He played two songs from his Fear of the Dawn album and was presented with a jacket for being a Fiver-Timer on the show.[111]

Other ventures

Film and television work

White has also had a minor acting career. He appeared in the 2003 film Cold Mountain as a character named Georgia and performed five songs for the Cold Mountain soundtrack: "Sittin' on Top of the World", "Wayfaring Stranger", "Never Far Away", "Christmas Time Soon Will Be Over" and "Great High Mountain".[112] The 2003 Jim Jarmusch film Coffee and Cigarettes featured both Jack and Meg in the segment "Jack Shows Meg His Tesla Coil".[113] He also played Elvis Presley in the 2007 satire Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story.[114][115] In 2016, he appeared as a special guest on the season one finale of The Muppets, and sang "You Are the Sunshine of My Life", which he later released on 7-inch vinyl.[116] In June 2017, White appeared in the award-winning documentary film The American Epic Sessions, recording on the first electrical sound recording system from the 1920s.[117] His performances of "Matrimonial Intentions", "Mama's Angel Child", "2 Fingers of Whiskey (with Elton John) and "On the Road Again' and "One Mic" (with Nas) appeared on Music from The American Epic Sessions: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. He was an executive producer of the film.[118]

Third Man Records

Main article: Third Man Records

White co-founded Third Man Records in 2001 with Ben Swank, formerly of the Ohio-based Soledad Brothers band.[119][120] However, it was not until after he moved to Nashville that White purchased a space in 2009 to house his label.[5] He explained, "For the longest time I did not want to have my own studio gear, mostly because with the White Stripes I wanted to have the constriction of going into a studio and having a set time of 10 days or two weeks to finish an album, and using whatever gear they happen to have there. After 10 to 15 years of recording like that I felt that it was finally time for me to have my own place to produce music, and have exactly what I want in there: the exact tape machines, the exact microphones, the exact amplifiers that I like, and so on."[121] Using the slogan "Your Turntable's Not Dead",[19] Third Man also presses vinyl records,[59] for the artists on its label, for White's own musical ventures, as well as for third parties for hire.[122]

In March 2015, Third Man joined in the launch of TIDAL, a music streaming service that Jay-Z purchased and co-owns with other major music artists.[123][124] Later that year, White partnered with the watch manufacturer Shinola to open a retail location in Detroit.[125]

Artistry

Instruments and equipment

White owns many instruments and, historically, has tended to use certain ones for specific projects or in certain settings. He has a preference for vintage guitars, many of which are associated with influential blues artists. Much of his equipment is custom-made, for both technical and aesthetic reasons. White is a proficient guitar, bass, mandolin, percussion and piano player.

During his career with the White Stripes, White principally used three guitars,[126] though he used others as well.[127] The red, "JB Hutto", Airline guitar was a vintage 1964 model originally distributed by Montgomery Ward department store.[126][128] Though used by several artists, White's attachment to the instrument raised its popularity to the extent that Eastwood Guitars began producing a modified replica around 2000.[126] The 1950s-era Kay Hollowbody was a gift from his brother in return for a favor.[48] It was the same brand of electric guitar made popular by Howlin' Wolf,[126] and White most famously used it on "Seven Nation Army".[128] He began using a 1915 Gibson L-1 acoustic (often called the Robert Johnson model) on the Icky Thump album;[126][128] in an interview for Gibson, he called the instrument his favorite.[126] He also used a three-pickup Airline Town & Country (later featured in the "Steady As She Goes" music video),[129] a Harmony Rocket,[129] a 1970s-era Crestwood Astral II,[128][129] and what would become the first of three custom Gretsch Rancher Falcon acoustic guitars.[126] While with the Stripes, any equipment that did not match their red/black/white color scheme was painted red.

On Black Friday in 2013, Third Man Records diversified and launched the Bumble Buzz[130] pedal an octave fuzz built for Third Man by Vancouver, British Columbia’s Union Tube and Transistor. In 2014 the pedal was reviewed by Premier Guitar,[131] and is found in Jack's pedal setup.[132][133]

While the Raconteurs were still in development, White commissioned luthier Randy Parsons to create what White called the Triple Jet—a custom guitar styled after the Duo Jet double-cutaway guitar.[134] Parsons's first product was painted copper color, however he decided to create a second version with a completely copper body, which White began to use instead.[134] For the Raconteurs first tour, White also played a Gretsch Anniversary Jr. with a Bigsby vibrato tailpiece and three Filtertron pickups.[129][134] He later added a custom Gretsch Anniversary Jr. with two cutaways, a lever-activated mute system, a built-in and retractable bullet microphone, and a light-activated theremin next to the Bigsby.[126] White has dubbed this one the "Green Machine",[126][128] and it is featured in It Might Get Loud.[126] He sometimes played a Gibson J-160E,[129] a Gretsch Duo Jet in Cadillac Green,[129] and a second Gretsch Rancher acoustic guitar.[126] For the Raconteurs' 2008 tour, he had Analog Man plate all of his pedals in copper.[135] In 2020 White completed his Three-Wheel-Motion Low Rider - which is a highly customized Fender Telecaster B-Bender guitar.[136]

He has since acquired another Gretsch, a custom white "Billy Bo" Jupiter Thunderbird with a gold double pickguard (as seen in the music video for "Another Way to Die").[126][128] White found a 1957 Gretsch G6134 White Penguin in 2007 while on tour in Texas[126]—the same one he used in the music video for "Icky Thump"[128]—which ultimately fit in with the Dead Weather's color scheme.[127] He also uses a black left-handed one since the Dead Weather album Sea of Cowards came out.[citation needed] He has also been known to play Fender Telecasters,[126][128] featuring one in the music video for Loretta Lynn's "Portland, Oregon".

White owns three Gretsch Rancher Falcons because he says that its bass tones make it his favorite acoustic to play live.[126] They are collectively referred to as his "girlfriends", as each one has an image of a classic movie star on the back. Claudette Colbert is the brunette he used while with the Stripes, Rita Hayworth is the redhead he acquired with the Raconteurs, and Veronica Lake is the blonde he added in 2010 while with the Dead Weather.[126]

Since 2018, White has been playing EVH Wolfgang guitars, which are Eddie Van Halen's signature model.[137]

 
"Seven Nation Army" excerpt
Demonstrates the "fake" bass tone White achieves by using an octave pedal.
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White uses numerous effects to create his live sound, most notably a DigiTech Whammy WH-4 to create the rapid modulations in pitch he uses in his solos.[138] White also produces a "fake" bass tone by playing the Kay Hollowbody and JB Hutto Montgomery Airline guitars through a Whammy IV set to one octave down for a very thick, low, rumbling sound, which he uses most notably on the song "Seven Nation Army".[138] He also uses an MXR Micro Amp and custom Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Distortion/Sustainer.[129] In 2005, for the single "Blue Orchid", White employed an Electro-Harmonix Polyphonic Octave Generator (POG), which let him mix in several octave effects into one along with the dry signal.[127] He plugs this setup into a 1970s Fender Twin Reverb "Silverface" and two 100-Watt Sears Silvertone 1485 6×10 amplifiers.[127][128] He also used a 1960s Fender Twin Reverb "Blackface".[127][128]

On occasion, White also plays other instruments, such as a Black Gibson F-4 mandolin ("Little Ghost"), piano (on most tracks from Get Behind Me Satan, and various others), and an electric piano on such tracks as "The Air Near My Fingers" and "I'm Finding it Harder to be a Gentleman". White also plays percussion instruments such as the marimba (as on "The Nurse"),[4] drums and tambourine. For the White Stripes' 2007 tour, he played a custom-finish Hammond A-100 organ with a Leslie 3300 speaker, which was subsequently loaned to Bob Dylan, and currently resides at Third Man Studios.[139] On the album Broken Boy Soldiers, both he and Benson are credited with playing the album's synths and organ.

With the Dead Weather, White plays a custom Ludwig Classic Maple kit in Black Oyster Pearl.[24] Notably, it includes two-snare drums, which White calls "the jazz canon".[24] For the 2009 Full Flash Blank tour, White used a drum head with the Three Brides of Dracula on the front, but in 2010, White employed a new drum head, upon the release of Sea of Cowards, which has an image of The Third Man himself: Harry Lime attempting to escape certain capture in the sewers of Vienna. During the American leg of the 2010 tour, White switched his drum head again featuring a picture of himself in the guise he wore on the cover of Sea of Cowards. This drum head is called Sam Kay by some fans, referring to the insert inside of the 12" LP.[citation needed]

Minimalist style

I love analog because of what it makes you do. Digital recording gives you all this freedom, all these options to change the sounds that you are putting down, and those are for the most part not good choices to have for an artist," and "Mechanics are always going to provide inherent little flaws and tiny little specks and hisses that will add to the idea of something beautiful, something romantic. Perfection, making things perfectly in time and perfectly free of extraneous noise, is not something to aspire to! Why would anyone aspire to such a thing?[121]

—Jack White

White has long been a proponent of analog equipment and the associated working methods.[43][81] Beginning in the fifth grade, he and his childhood friend, Dominic Suchyta, would listen to records in White's attic on weekends and began to record cover songs on an old four-track reel-to-reel tape machine.[18] The White Stripes' first album was largely recorded in the attic of his parents' home.[18] As their fame grew beyond Detroit, the Stripes became known for their affected innocence and stripped-down playing style.[7] In particular, White became distinguished for his nasal vocal delivery and loose, explosive guitar delivery.[7] In an early New York Times concert review from 2001, Ann Powers said that, while White's playing was "ingenious", he "created more challenges by playing an acoustic guitar with paper taped over the hole and a less-than-high-quality solid body electric".[42]

His home studio in Nashville contains two rooms ("I want everyone close, focused, feeling like we're in it together.")[5] with two pieces of equipment: a Neve mixing console,[5] and two Studer A800 2-inch 8-track tape recorders.[121]

In his introduction in the documentary film, It Might Get Loud, White showcases his minimalist style by constructing a guitar built out of a plank of wood, three nails, a glass Coke bottle, a guitar string, and a pickup. He ends the demonstration by saying, "Who says you need to buy a guitar?"[28] In a 2012 episode of the show, Portlandia, White made a cameo in a sketch spoofing home studio enthusiasts who prefer antique recording equipment.[140]

Reception

White has enjoyed both critical and commercial success, and is widely credited as one of the key artists in the garage rock revival of the 2000s.[7] Rolling Stone ranked him number 70 on its 2010 list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".[141] David Fricke's 2011 list ranked him at number 17.[142] He has won twelve Grammy Awards, with 33 nominations,[143] and three solo albums have reached number one on the Billboard charts. Interviewers note the wide breadth of the music styles and eras he draws from for inspiration.[144] In May 2015, the Music City Walk of Fame announced that it would be honoring White (along with Loretta Lynn) with a medallion at its re-opening in Nashville.[145] On February 8, 2017, White was the honoree of the Producers and Engineers Wing of the Recording Academy during the annual Grammy Week celebration for his commitment "to working diligently to ensure that the quality and integrity of recorded music are captured and preserved".[146]

Much has been made of White's "showmanship" and affectations.[138] Since the beginning, critics have debated the "riddle" of White's self-awareness against his claims of authenticity,[42][49] with people falling on both sides of the issue. Joe Hagan of The New York Times asked in 2001, "Is Mr. White, a 25-year-old former upholsterer from southwest Detroit, concocting this stuff with a wink? Or are the White Stripes simply naïve?"[49] Alexis Petridis, of The Guardian, said that White "makes for an enigmatic figure. Not because he's particularly difficult or guarded, but simply because what he tells you suggests a lifelong penchant for inscrutable behavior."[57] White himself confesses, "Sometimes I think I'm a simple guy, but I think the reality is I'm really complicated, as simple as I wish I was."[57]

Personal life

White is protective of his privacy and gives few details of his family life, even going as far as to disseminate false information.[34] He states that he does not consider his personal life relevant to his art, saying "It's the same thing as asking Michelangelo, 'What kind of shoes do you wear?' ... In the end, it doesn't really matter ... the only thing that's going to be left is our records and photos."[48]

His collection of esoterica include Lead Belly's New York City arrest record, James Brown's Georgia driver's license from the 1980s, and a copy of the first Superman comic from June 1938.[54] For $300,000 in January 2015, an online bidder won an auction for Elvis Presley's first recording ever—an acetate of the two cover songs: "My Happiness" and "That's When Your Heartaches Begin".[147] In its edition of March 6, 2015, Billboard magazine announced the buyer had been White.[147] The vinyl record was recorded at Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee in the summer of 1953 when Presley was 18 years old.[citation needed]

Raised in Detroit, White is a fan of the Detroit Tigers baseball team.[148]

On multiple occasions, he has decried video games as being useless and a waste of time, going so far as to state that he doesn't allow his kids to play them.[149] Despite this, his songs have appeared in the trailers for Call of Duty: Vanguard, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, and Battlefield 1, and on the soundtracks of Forza Horizon 4 and numerous Guitar Hero games.

Relationships

 
 
 
White was married to his White Stripes bandmate Meg White (left) from 1996 to 2000, and to Karen Elson (middle) from 2005 to 2013. He married Olivia Jean (right) in 2022.

Jack and Meg married on September 21, 1996, and divorced on March 24, 2000. Jack took Meg's last name, legally changing his surname. After the White Stripes broke up, he mentions he "almost never talks to Meg", adding that she has been solitary.[150][151]

In 2003, he had a brief relationship with actress Renée Zellweger, whom he met during the filming of Cold Mountain.[58] That summer, the couple were in a car accident in which White broke his left index finger and was forced to reschedule much of the summer tour.[152] He posted the footage of his finger surgery on the web for fans.[153] White and Zellweger's breakup became public in December 2004.[154]

White met British model Karen Elson when she appeared in the White Stripes' music video for "Blue Orchid". They married on June 1, 2005, in Manaus, Brazil. The wedding took place in a canoe on the Amazon River and was officiated by a shaman. A Roman Catholic priest later convalidated their marriage.[155] Manager Ian Montone was the best man and Meg White was the maid of honor.[155] Official wedding announcements stated that "it was the first marriage" for both.[155] In 2006, the couple had a daughter.[156] A son was born in 2007.[157] The family resided in Brentwood, a suburb south of Nashville,[158] where Elson managed a vintage clothing store called Venus & Mars.[159][160] Elson provided vocals on White's first solo record.[160] The couple announced their intention to divorce in June 2011,[161] throwing "a positive swing bang humdinger" party to commemorate the split.[5][34] On July 22, 2013, a Nashville judge barred White from having "any contact with Karen Elson whatsoever except as it relates to parenting time with the parties' minor children".[162] A counter-motion was filed on August 2, 2013, stating that "The reason for filing this response is that Mr. White does not want to be portrayed as something he is not, violent toward his wife and children."[163] The divorce was finalized on November 26, 2013.[164] Elson later recanted the charges, attributing the "aggressive" proceedings to her divorce attorneys, and saying "those who gain of a marriage ending helped to create a downward spiral at my most vulnerable."[5] White agreed, saying, "When shitty lawyers are in a situation like divorce, their goal is to villainize."[5] The former couple reportedly remain on good terms.[34]

On April 8, 2022, White played the national anthem for a Detroit Tigers game, then proposed to his girlfriend, Olivia Jean, near the end of a concert performance at the Detroit Masonic Temple, while "Hotel Yorba" was being played. Jean and White were married shortly afterward by White's business partner Ben Swank who officiated on stage.[120]

Politics

In October 2016, upon learning that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump had used the White Stripes song "Seven Nation Army" in video campaign materials, White denounced the presidential candidate[165] and began selling shirts reading "Icky Trump"—a play on the White Stripes song "Icky Thump"—through the Third Man Records website.[166] He publicly endorsed Senator Bernie Sanders for the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries and performed a six-song set at a Sanders event at Cass Technical High School on October 27, 2019. At the rally, White stated that he believes that "Sanders is telling the truth, and I really do trust him". He was drawn in by Sanders' view that the Electoral College should be abolished, also stating at the rally that "I have this silly notion that the person who gets the most votes should be elected" and "[the Electoral College] is the reason we're in the mess we're in now".[167]

On November 20, 2022, White wrote a note to Elon Musk explaining his reason for leaving the Twitter platform, he said, "So you gave Trump his Twitter platform back. Absolutely disgusting, Elon. That is officially an asshole move".[168]

Eccentricity

White has been called "eccentric".[99][169] He is known for creating a mythology around his endeavors;[13] examples include his claim that the Stripes began on Bastille Day,[38] that he and Meg are the two youngest of ten siblings,[38][41][170] and that Third Man Records used to be a candy factory.[19] These assertions came into question or were disproven, as when, in 2002, the Detroit Free Press produced copies of both a marriage license and divorce certificate for him and Meg, confirming their history as a married couple.[151] Neither addresses the truth officially, and Jack continues to refer to Meg as his sister in interviews,[19] including in the documentary Under Great White Northern Lights, filmed in 2007.[171] In a 2005 interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Jack alluded to this open secret, implying that it was intended to keep the focus on the music rather than the couple's relationship:

When you see a band that is two pieces, husband and wife, boyfriend and girlfriend, you think, 'Oh, I see ... ' When they're brother and sister, you go, 'Oh, that's interesting.' You care more about the music, not the relationship—whether they're trying to save their relationship by being in a band.[4]

It became hypnotic. This was the minimum amount of staples I could put to hold this fabric down. The number three exemplifies the almost iconic, mysterious perfection that cannot be obtained ... To this day, I still think about it all the time.[57]

-- White, on how seeing three staples on an upholstery piece triggered his affinity for the number three.

He has an attachment to the number three,[43][172] stemming from seeing three staples in the back of a Vladimir Kagan couch, he helped to upholster as an apprentice.[57] His business ventures frequently feature "three" in the title and he typically appends "III" to the end of his name.[34] During the White Stripes 2005 tour in the UK, White began referring to himself as "Three Quid"—"quid" being British slang for pound sterling.[173]

He maintains an aesthetic that he says challenges whether people will believe he is "real".[4][34] He frequently color-codes his endeavors, such as the aforementioned Third Man Upholstery and the White Stripes, as well as Third Man Records, which is completely outfitted in yellow, black, red, and blue (including staff uniforms).[5][147] As a taxidermy enthusiast—that correlates to his work as an upholsterer—he decorates his studio in preserved animals, including a peacock, giraffe, and Himalayan goat.[34][147]

Minor controversies

On December 13, 2003, White was involved in an altercation with Jason Stollsteimer, lead singer of the Von Bondies, at the Magic Stick, a Detroit club.[174][175] White was charged with misdemeanor aggravated assault.[176] He pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of assault and battery, was fined $750 (including court costs), and was sentenced to take anger management classes.[5][175]

White has repeatedly referenced conflicts that erupted between him and fellow artists in Detroit's underground music scene after the White Stripes gained international success.[4][43] In a 2006 interview with the Associated Press, he said that he eventually left Detroit because, "he could not take the negativity anymore."[177] However, in an effort to clarify his feelings towards the city of Detroit itself, he wrote and released a poem called "Courageous Dream's Concern".[177] In it, he expresses his affection for his hometown.[22][177]

I so love your heart that burns
That in your people's body yearns
To perpetuate, and permeate, the lonely dream that does encapsulate,
Your spirit, that God insulates,
With courageous dream's concern[22]

—Excerpt from "Courageous Dream's Concern", as published in the Detroit Free Press

During their 2013 divorce proceedings, Elson entered into evidence an e-mail White had sent her that included disparaging remarks about the Black Keys.[34][178] When asked about the email in a 2014 Rolling Stone magazine interview, White stood by the remarks saying, "I'll hear TV commercials where the music's ripping off sounds of mine, to the point I think it's me. Half the time, it's the Black Keys."[5] He later apologized for the comments.[179] However, in September 2015, Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney posted a series of tweets alleging that White tried to fight him in a bar.[180] White denied the claim in a statement to the online magazine Pitchfork, saying that Carney should talk to him directly, and not on the internet.[181] The following day, Carney posted a tweet saying, "Talked to jack for an hour he's cool. All good."[182] White tweeted on the Third Man Twitter account, "From one musician to another, you have my respect Patrick Carney."[181]

On February 1, 2015, the University of Oklahoma's newspaper OU Daily ran a story regarding White's show of February 2 at McCasland Field House that included the publication of White's tour rider.[183] The rider, especially the guacamole recipe it included and White's ban of bananas backstage, received some media coverage.[184] It was later reported that in response to the rider's publication White's booking agency, William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, had banned its acts from playing shows at the University of Oklahoma.[185] On February 15, White released an open letter addressed to "journalists and other people looking for drama or a diva" in which he referred to the guacamole recipe as his tour manager's "inside joke with local promoters" and "just something to break up the boredom" and the ban of bananas being alluded to food allergies of an unnamed tour member, while criticizing journalists who wrote about the rider as "out of their element".[186] In the same letter, he forgave OU Daily for publishing the story and reaffirmed his affinity for the city of Oklahoma and his desire to perform there.[186]

Philanthropy

White has provided financial support to institutions in his hometown of Detroit. In 2009, White donated almost $170,000 towards the renovation of the baseball diamond in southwest Detroit's Clark Park.[187] The Detroit Masonic Temple was nearly foreclosed on in 2013 after it was revealed that owners owed $142,000 in back taxes.[188] In June 2013, it was revealed that White had footed the entire bill. To thank him for the donation, the temple has decided to rename its second largest theater the Jack White Theater.[188][189]

The National Recording Preservation Foundation received an inaugural gift of $200,000 from White to use toward restoring and preserving deteriorating sound recordings on media such as reel-to-reel tape and old cylinders.[190] The foundation's director, Eric J. Schwartz said the donation demonstrated a "commitment by a really busy songwriter and performer donating both his time on the board, and money to preserve our national song recording heritage".[190] White also serves on the foundation's board.[191]

In July 2016, White joined Nashville's 45-member Gender Equality Council.[192]

On September 18, 2018, White donated $30,000 to The Outsiders House Museum for its preservation and restoration.[193]

On May 3, 2019, Wayne State University of Detroit, Michigan awarded White with an honorary doctor of humane letters degree "for his dedication to Detroit and significant contributions to the arts as one of the most prolific and renowned artists of the past two decades".[194]

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Jack White

For his various collaborations and solo work, White has won regional, national and international awards, including twelve Grammy Awards and has been nominated for 33.[143] Nashville mayor Karl Dean awarded White the title of "Nashville Music City Ambassador" in 2011.[195]

Back-up band

Although a solo artist, White performs with a live band to provide additional instrumentation and vocals.

Current lineup

  • Dominic Davis – bass, backing vocals
  • Daru Jones – drums
  • Quincy McCrary – keyboards, samples, synthesizer, organ, backing vocals

Boarding House Reach-era lineup

  • Carla Azar – acoustic drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Dominic Davis – bass
  • Neal Evans – piano, synthesizer, organ, keyboards, electronic drums, backing vocals
  • Quincy McCrary – keyboards, samples, backing vocals

Blunderbuss-era lineup

Note: While on tour in support of Blunderbuss, White toured with two bands that he alternated between shows with.

Discography

Filmography

Books

Footnotes

Notes

  1. ^ In 2016, Third Man Records announced that two separate individuals had found two records by the Upholsterers that Brian Muldoon had hidden in furniture in 2004, in celebration of having been in business for 25 years.[29]

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Works cited

  • Dunn, Brad (2009). When They Were 22: 100 Famous People at the Turning Point in Their Lives. Andrews McMeel Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7407-8681-5.
  • Handyside, Chris (2004). Fell in Love with a Band: The Story of The White Stripes. St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 978-0-312-33618-9.
  • Sullivan, Denise (2004). White Stripes – Sweethearts of the Blues. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 978-1-61780-227-0.

External links

  • Official website  
  • Third Man Records
  • Official site of the Raconteurs
  • Official site of the Dead Weather
  • Jack White on Charlie Rose
  • Jack White discography at Discogs
  • Jack White at IMDb
  • Jack White collected news and commentary at The Guardian  

May 04, 2023
jack, white, other, people, named, disambiguation, john, anthony, white, gillis, born, july, 1975, american, musician, singer, songwriter, music, producer, best, known, lead, singer, guitarist, white, stripes, white, enjoyed, consistent, critical, popular, suc. For other people named Jack White see Jack White disambiguation John Anthony White ne Gillis born July 9 1975 is an American musician singer songwriter and music producer best known as the lead singer and guitarist of the duo The White Stripes White has enjoyed consistent critical and popular success and is widely credited as one of the key artists in the garage rock revival of the 2000s He has won 12 Grammy Awards and three of his solo albums have reached number one on the Billboard charts Rolling Stone ranked him number 70 on its 2010 list of The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time David Fricke s 2010 list ranked him at number 17 1 2 In 2012 the New York Times called White the coolest weirdest and savviest rockstar of our time 3 Jack WhiteWhite in 2021BornJohn Anthony Gillis 1975 07 09 July 9 1975 age 47 Detroit Michigan U S EducationCass Technical High SchoolOccupationsSingersongwritermusicianmusic producerYears active1987 presentSpousesMeg White m 1996 div 2000 wbr Karen Elson m 2005 div 2013 wbr Olivia Jean m 2022 wbr Children2Musical careerGenresBlues rockgarage rock revivalalternative rockfolkcountryInstrument s VocalsguitarkeyboardsdrumsYears active1994 presentLabelsThird ManXLColumbiaMember ofThe RaconteursThe Dead WeatherFormerly ofGoober and the PeasThe White StripesThe GoThe UpholsterersAfter moonlighting in several underground Detroit bands as a drummer White founded the White Stripes with fellow Detroit native and then wife Meg White in 1997 Their 2001 breakthrough album White Blood Cells brought them international fame with the hit single and accompanying music video Fell in Love with a Girl This recognition provided White opportunities to collaborate with famous artists including Loretta Lynn and Bob Dylan 4 In 2005 White founded the Raconteurs with Brendan Benson and in 2009 founded the Dead Weather with Alison Mosshart of the Kills In 2008 he recorded Another Way to Die the title song for the 2008 James Bond film Quantum of Solace with Alicia Keys making them the only duet to perform a Bond song White has released four solo studio albums which have garnered wide critical and commercial success White is a board member of the Library of Congress National Recording Preservation Foundation His record label and studio Third Man Records releases vinyl recordings of his own work as well as that of other artists and local school children 5 His second studio album Lazaretto 2014 holds the record for most first week vinyl sales since 1991 White has an extensive collection of guitars and other instruments and has a preference for vintage items that often have connections to famous blues artists He is a vocal advocate for analog technology and recording techniques White values his privacy and has been known to create misdirection about his personal life He and Meg White married in 1996 but divorced in 2000 before the height of the band s fame They then began calling themselves siblings He was married to model and singer Karen Elson from 2005 to 2013 they have a son and daughter In 2022 he married musician Olivia Jean He currently resides in Nashville Tennessee Contents 1 Early life 2 Music career 2 1 Group projects 2 1 1 The White Stripes 1997 2011 2 1 2 The Raconteurs 2005 2014 2018 present 2 1 3 The Dead Weather 2009 2015 2 1 4 Other collaborations 2 2 Solo career 2012 present 2 2 1 Blunderbuss 2012 2 2 2 Lazaretto 2014 2 2 3 Boarding House Reach 2018 2 2 4 Fear of the Dawn and Entering Heaven Alive 2022 3 Other ventures 3 1 Film and television work 3 2 Third Man Records 4 Artistry 4 1 Instruments and equipment 4 2 Minimalist style 5 Reception 6 Personal life 6 1 Relationships 6 2 Politics 6 3 Eccentricity 6 4 Minor controversies 6 5 Philanthropy 7 Awards and nominations 8 Back up band 8 1 Current lineup 8 2 Boarding House Reach era lineup 8 3 Lazaretto era lineup 8 4 Lazaretto era previous members 8 5 Blunderbuss era lineup 9 Discography 10 Filmography 11 Books 12 Footnotes 12 1 Notes 12 2 References 12 3 Works cited 13 External linksEarly life EditJohn Anthony Gillis 6 was born in Detroit Michigan on July 9 1975 7 8 the youngest of ten children of Teresa nee Bandyk born 1930 9 and Gorman M Gillis 10 11 His mother s family was Polish 12 while his father was Scottish Canadian 13 14 He was raised a Catholic 15 and his father and mother both worked for the Archdiocese of Detroit as the building maintenance superintendent and secretary in the Cardinal s office respectively 4 Gillis became an altar boy which landed him an uncredited role in the 1987 movie The Rosary Murders filmed mainly at Most Holy Redeemer parish in southwest Detroit 4 citation needed He attended Cass Technical High School in Detroit 16 17 Gillis early musical influences were his older brothers who were in a band together called Catalyst and he learned to play the instruments they abandoned 18 19 he began playing the drums in the first grade after finding a kit in the attic 10 19 20 As a child he was a fan of classical music 21 but in elementary school he began listening to the Doors Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin 22 As a shorthaired teenager with braces 21 Gillis began listening to the blues and 1960s rock that would influence him in the White Stripes 4 with Son House and Blind Willie McTell being among his favorite blues guitarists 7 23 He has said in interviews that Son House s Grinnin in Your Face is his favorite song of all time 18 citation needed As a drummer his heroes include Gene Krupa Stewart Copeland and Crow Smith from Flat Duo Jets 24 In 2005 on 60 Minutes he told Mike Wallace that his life could have turned out differently I d got accepted to a seminary in Wisconsin and I was gonna become a priest but at the last second I thought I ll just go to public school I had just gotten a new amplifier in my bedroom and I didn t think I was allowed to take it with me 25 Instead he got accepted into Cass Technical High School as a business major and played the drums and trombone in the band 18 26 27 At 15 he began a three year upholstery apprenticeship with a family friend Brian Muldoon 4 He credits Muldoon with exposing him to punk music as they worked together in the shop 4 18 Muldoon goaded his young apprentice into forming a band He played drums Gillis thought Well I guess I ll play guitar then 4 28 The two recorded an album Makers of High Grade Suites as the Upholsterers notes 1 As a senior in high school he met Megan White at the Memphis Smoke restaurant where she worked 30 and they frequented the coffee shops local music venues and record stores of the area 31 After a courtship they married on September 21 1996 32 33 In a reversal of tradition he legally took her last name 4 34 35 After completing his apprenticeship he started a one man business of his own Third Man Upholstery 36 The slogan of his business was Your Furniture s Not Dead and the color scheme was yellow and black including a yellow van a yellow and black uniform and a yellow clipboard 36 Although Third Man Upholstery never lacked business he claims it was unprofitable due to his complacency about money and his business practices that were perceived as unprofessional including making bills out in crayon and writing poetry inside the furniture 36 Music career EditGroup projects Edit The White Stripes 1997 2011 Edit Main article The White Stripes At the O2 Wireless Festival in 2007 At 19 years old Jack had landed his first professional gig as the drummer for the Detroit band Goober amp the Peas and was still in that position when the band broke up in 1996 7 18 37 It was in this band that he learned about touring and performing onstage 18 After the band s split he settled into working as an upholsterer by day while moonlighting in local bands as well as performing solo shows 18 32 Though a bartender by trade 38 Meg began to learn to play the drums in 1997 and according to Jack When she started to play drums with me just on a lark it felt liberating and refreshing 4 The couple became a band calling themselves the White Stripes 39 and two months later performed their first show at the Gold Dollar in Detroit 18 40 Despite being married Jack and Meg publicly presented themselves as siblings 41 42 They kept to a chromatic theme dressing only in red white and black 43 44 They began their career as part of Michigan s underground garage rock music scene 38 43 They played along with and opened for more established local bands such as Bantam Rooster the Dirtbombs Two Star Tabernacle Rocket 455 and the Hentchmen 18 38 In 1998 the White Stripes were signed to Italy Records a small and independent Detroit based garage punk label by Dave Buick 45 The band released its eponymous debut album in 1999 and a year later the album was followed up by the cult classic 46 De Stijl The album eventually peaked at number 38 in Billboard s Independent Albums chart In 2001 the band released White Blood Cells The album s stripped down garage rock sound drew critical acclaim in the US and beyond 7 making the White Stripes one of the more acclaimed bands of 2002 38 and forefront figures in the garage band revival of the time 7 39 47 John Peel an influential DJ and the band s early advocate in the UK said they were the most exciting thing he d heard since Jimi Hendrix 48 The New York Times said of White beneath the arty facade lies one of the most cagey darkly original rockers to come along since Kurt Cobain 49 The album was followed up in 2003 by the commercially and critically successful Elephant 50 51 52 The critic at AllMusic wrote that the album sounds even more pissed off paranoid and stunning than its predecessor darker and more difficult than White Blood Cells 53 The album s first single Seven Nation Army became the band s signature song 54 55 reaching number one on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart for three weeks winning the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Rock Song and becoming an international sporting and protest anthem 56 57 The band s fifth album Get Behind Me Satan was recorded in White s own home and marked a change in the band s musical direction with piano driven melodies and experimentation with marimba and a more rhythm based guitar playing by White 7 4 The band s sixth album Icky Thump was released in 2007 and unlike their previous lo fi albums it was recorded in Nashville at Blackbird Studio 43 The album was regarded as a return to the band s earlier blues and garage rock sound 58 It debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart and entered the UK Albums Chart at number one selling over 300 000 vinyl copies in England alone 59 60 Of his excitement for vinyl White explained We can t afford to lose the feeling of cracking open a new record and looking at large artwork and having something you can hold in your hands 59 In support of the album they launched a Canadian tour in which they played a gig in every one of the country s provinces and territories However later that year the band announced the cancellation of 18 tour dates due to Meg s struggle with acute anxiety 61 A few days later the duo canceled the remainder of their 2007 UK tour dates as well 62 White worked with other artists in the meantime but revealed the band s plan to release a seventh album by the summer of 2009 63 64 On February 20 2009 and on the final episode of Late Night with Conan O Brien the band made their first live appearance after the cancellation of the tour 65 and a documentary about their Canadian tour titled The White Stripes Under Great White Northern Lights debuted later that year at the Toronto International Film Festival 66 However almost two years passed with no new releases and on February 2 2011 the band reported on their official website that they were disbanding White emphasized that it was not due to health issues or artistic differences but mostly to preserve what is beautiful and special about the band 67 The Raconteurs 2005 2014 2018 present Edit Main article The Raconteurs Brendan Benson and White In 2005 while collaborating with Brendan Benson a fellow Michigan native whom White had worked with before 7 they composed a song called Steady as She Goes This inspired them to create a full band and they invited Jack Lawrence and Patrick Keeler of the Greenhornes to join them in what would become the Raconteurs The musicians met in Benson s home studio in Detroit and for the remainder of the year they recorded when time allowed The result was the band s debut album Broken Boy Soldiers Reaching the Top Ten charts in both the US and the UK 10 it was nominated for Best Rock Album at the 2006 Grammy Awards The lead single Steady As She Goes was nominated for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal 68 The Raconteurs set out on tour to support the album 7 including eight dates as the opening act for Bob Dylan The group s second album Consolers of the Lonely and its first single Salute Your Solution were released simultaneously in 2008 The album reached number seven on the Billboard 200 chart and received a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Album 68 The group rebanded to create the new album Help Us Stranger in 2019 This release was followed by a US tour The Dead Weather 2009 2015 Edit Main article The Dead Weather White and Alison Mosshart performing live with the Dead Weather at the Glastonbury Festival June 26 2009 While on tour to promote Consolers of the Lonely White developed bronchitis and often lost his voice 7 Alison Mosshart the frontwoman for the Kills who was touring with the Raconteurs at the time would often fill in as his vocal replacement 7 The chemistry between the two artists led them to collaborate and in early 2009 White formed a new group called the Dead Weather 7 Mosshart sang White played drums and shared vocal duties Jack Lawrence of the Raconteurs played bass and the Queens of the Stone Age keyboardist and guitarist Dean Fertita rounded out the four piece 69 The group debuted a handful of new tracks on March 11 2009 in Nashville from their debut album Horehound 70 It came out on July 13 2009 in Europe and July 14 2009 in North America on White s Third Man Records label 71 72 In October 2009 Mosshart confirmed that the second album was halfway done 73 and the first single Die by the Drop was released on March 30 2010 74 The new album again on the Third Man Records label was titled Sea of Cowards and was released on May 7 of that year in Ireland on May 10 in the United Kingdom and on May 11 in the U S 75 Announcement of their third album Dodge amp Burn was made in July 2015 for a worldwide release in September by Third Man Records Along with four previously released tracks remixed and remastered the album features eight new songs 76 Other collaborations Edit Rumors began to circulate in 2003 that White had collaborated with Electric Six for their song Danger High Voltage 77 He and the Electric Six both denied this 77 78 and the vocal work was credited officially to John S O Leary 79 In subsequent interviews with Chris Handyside however Dick Valentine and Corey Martin Electric Six band members acknowledged White s involvement and confirmed that he received no payment 80 White worked with Loretta Lynn on her 2004 album Van Lear Rose which he produced and performed on 81 The album was a critical and commercial success 7 In 2008 White collaborated with Alicia Keys on the song Another Way to Die the theme song for the James Bond film Quantum of Solace In 2009 Jack White was featured in It Might Get Loud a film in which he Jimmy Page and the Edge come together to discuss the electric guitar and each artist s different playing methods 82 White s first solo single Fly Farm Blues was written and recorded in 10 minutes during the filming of the movie that August 83 The single went on sale as a 7 inch vinyl record from Third Man Records and as a digital single available through iTunes on August 11 2010 In November 2010 producer Danger Mouse announced that White along with Norah Jones had been recruited for his collaboration with Daniele Luppi entitled Rome 84 White provided vocals to three songs on the album The Rose with the Broken Neck Two Against One and The World 85 White finished and performed the song You Know That I Know and it was featured on The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams released on October 4 2011 In that same year he produced and played on Wanda Jackson s album The Party Ain t Over 81 86 To her delight his studio also released the album on a 7 inch vinyl 86 White also appeared on AHK toong BAY bi Covered performing a cover of U2 s Love Is Blindness 87 White has worked with other artists as well including Beck the Rolling Stones Jeff Beck 88 Bob Dylan and Insane Clown Posse Solo career 2012 present Edit Blunderbuss 2012 Edit White performing live in 2012 On January 30 2012 White released Love Interruption as the first single off his debut self produced solo album Blunderbuss which was released on April 24 2012 89 The album ultimately debuted number one on the Billboard 200 chart and in support of the album he appeared on Saturday Night Live as the musical guest and played at select festivals during the summer of 2012 including the Firefly Music Festival Radio 1 s Hackney Weekend the Sasquatch Music Festival the Fuji Rock Festival in Japan one of the biggest festivals in the world and Rock Werchter in Belgium Later in the year he headlined Austin City Limits Music Festival During his tour for the album White employed two live bands which he alternated between at random The first called the Peacocks was all female and consisted of Ruby Amanfu Carla Azar Lillie Mae Rische Maggie Bjorklund Brooke Waggoner and alternating bassists Bryn Davies and Catherine Popper 90 The other the Buzzards was all male and consisted of Daru Jones Dominic Davis Fats Kaplin Ikey Owens and Cory Younts 91 White said maintaining two bands was too expensive 57 and abandoned the practice at the conclusion of the tour Blunderbuss was ultimately nominated for several Grammys including Album of the Year Best Rock Album and Best Rock Song for Freedom at 21 7 Lazaretto 2014 Edit On April 1 2014 White announced his second solo album Lazaretto inspired by plays and poetry he had written as a teen 92 93 It was released on June 10 2014 simultaneously with the first single off the album High Ball Stepper The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart and 93 in a personal triumph for White 93 broke the record for the largest sales week for a vinyl album since SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991 93 The album was widely praised among critics and was nominated for three Grammy Awards Best Alternative Music Album as well as Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance for the song Lazaretto During the supporting tour he performed the longest show of his career on July 30 2014 at the Detroit Masonic Temple 94 and later performed as one of the headliners at the Coachella Festival over two weekends in April 2015 95 On April 14 2015 White announced that the festival would be his last electric set followed by one acoustic show in each of the five U S states he had yet to perform in before he would be taking a prolonged break from live performances 96 97 However he performed on the inaugural episode of the radio show A Prairie Home Companion with the new host Chris Thile on October 15 2016 in support of his compilation album Acoustic Recordings 1998 2016 98 He co wrote the song Don t Hurt Yourself with Beyonce on her album Lemonade and accompanied her on the vocals 54 Boarding House Reach 2018 Edit Ahead of his next effort White worked in isolation and without a cell phone he rented an apartment in Nashville recorded quietly so no one would know what he was working on and slept on an army cot 99 He drew inspiration from rap artists of the 1980s and 1990s as well as A Tribe Called Quest Kanye West and Nicki Minaj and chose his backing musicians from talent that played supporting hip hop artists live 99 On December 12 2017 he released a four minute video titled Servings and Portions from my Boarding House Reach which featured short sound bites of new music interspersed with white noise 100 In January 2018 White released Connected by Love taken from his third solo album Boarding House Reach 101 which was released on March 23 2018 102 Like its two preceding albums it landed at number one on the Billboard 200 chart In promotion of his album White appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 103 and on Saturday Night Live as the musical guest where he played Over and Over and Over and Connected by Love 104 White released Jack White Kneeling at The Anthem D C his first concert film as a solo artist on September 21 2018 exclusively on Amazon Prime Video 105 Fear of the Dawn and Entering Heaven Alive 2022 Edit In October 2021 White released Taking Me Back his first solo single since 2018 which appeared in the game Call of Duty Vanguard 106 In November White revealed that he would release two solo albums in 2022 Fear of the Dawn which will feature White s traditional rock sound on April 8 and Entering Heaven Alive a folk album on July 22 107 White also released a video for Taking Me Back on November 11 108 Together the albums were named the dual number one album of the year by Rough Trade UK 109 In December 2021 White announced the Supply Chain Issues Tour kicking off on April 8 2022 in Detroit Michigan The tour covers North America and Europe 110 White performed on Saturday Night Live on February 25 2023 He played two songs from his Fear of the Dawn album and was presented with a jacket for being a Fiver Timer on the show 111 Other ventures EditFilm and television work Edit White has also had a minor acting career He appeared in the 2003 film Cold Mountain as a character named Georgia and performed five songs for the Cold Mountain soundtrack Sittin on Top of the World Wayfaring Stranger Never Far Away Christmas Time Soon Will Be Over and Great High Mountain 112 The 2003 Jim Jarmusch film Coffee and Cigarettes featured both Jack and Meg in the segment Jack Shows Meg His Tesla Coil 113 He also played Elvis Presley in the 2007 satire Walk Hard The Dewey Cox Story 114 115 In 2016 he appeared as a special guest on the season one finale of The Muppets and sang You Are the Sunshine of My Life which he later released on 7 inch vinyl 116 In June 2017 White appeared in the award winning documentary film The American Epic Sessions recording on the first electrical sound recording system from the 1920s 117 His performances of Matrimonial Intentions Mama s Angel Child 2 Fingers of Whiskey with Elton John and On the Road Again and One Mic with Nas appeared on Music from The American Epic Sessions Original Motion Picture Soundtrack He was an executive producer of the film 118 Third Man Records Edit Main article Third Man Records White co founded Third Man Records in 2001 with Ben Swank formerly of the Ohio based Soledad Brothers band 119 120 However it was not until after he moved to Nashville that White purchased a space in 2009 to house his label 5 He explained For the longest time I did not want to have my own studio gear mostly because with the White Stripes I wanted to have the constriction of going into a studio and having a set time of 10 days or two weeks to finish an album and using whatever gear they happen to have there After 10 to 15 years of recording like that I felt that it was finally time for me to have my own place to produce music and have exactly what I want in there the exact tape machines the exact microphones the exact amplifiers that I like and so on 121 Using the slogan Your Turntable s Not Dead 19 Third Man also presses vinyl records 59 for the artists on its label for White s own musical ventures as well as for third parties for hire 122 In March 2015 Third Man joined in the launch of TIDAL a music streaming service that Jay Z purchased and co owns with other major music artists 123 124 Later that year White partnered with the watch manufacturer Shinola to open a retail location in Detroit 125 Artistry EditInstruments and equipment Edit White owns many instruments and historically has tended to use certain ones for specific projects or in certain settings He has a preference for vintage guitars many of which are associated with influential blues artists Much of his equipment is custom made for both technical and aesthetic reasons White is a proficient guitar bass mandolin percussion and piano player During his career with the White Stripes White principally used three guitars 126 though he used others as well 127 The red JB Hutto Airline guitar was a vintage 1964 model originally distributed by Montgomery Ward department store 126 128 Though used by several artists White s attachment to the instrument raised its popularity to the extent that Eastwood Guitars began producing a modified replica around 2000 126 The 1950s era Kay Hollowbody was a gift from his brother in return for a favor 48 It was the same brand of electric guitar made popular by Howlin Wolf 126 and White most famously used it on Seven Nation Army 128 He began using a 1915 Gibson L 1 acoustic often called the Robert Johnson model on the Icky Thump album 126 128 in an interview for Gibson he called the instrument his favorite 126 He also used a three pickup Airline Town amp Country later featured in the Steady As She Goes music video 129 a Harmony Rocket 129 a 1970s era Crestwood Astral II 128 129 and what would become the first of three custom Gretsch Rancher Falcon acoustic guitars 126 While with the Stripes any equipment that did not match their red black white color scheme was painted red On Black Friday in 2013 Third Man Records diversified and launched the Bumble Buzz 130 pedal an octave fuzz built for Third Man by Vancouver British Columbia s Union Tube and Transistor In 2014 the pedal was reviewed by Premier Guitar 131 and is found in Jack s pedal setup 132 133 While the Raconteurs were still in development White commissioned luthier Randy Parsons to create what White called the Triple Jet a custom guitar styled after the Duo Jet double cutaway guitar 134 Parsons s first product was painted copper color however he decided to create a second version with a completely copper body which White began to use instead 134 For the Raconteurs first tour White also played a Gretsch Anniversary Jr with a Bigsby vibrato tailpiece and three Filtertron pickups 129 134 He later added a custom Gretsch Anniversary Jr with two cutaways a lever activated mute system a built in and retractable bullet microphone and a light activated theremin next to the Bigsby 126 White has dubbed this one the Green Machine 126 128 and it is featured in It Might Get Loud 126 He sometimes played a Gibson J 160E 129 a Gretsch Duo Jet in Cadillac Green 129 and a second Gretsch Rancher acoustic guitar 126 For the Raconteurs 2008 tour he had Analog Man plate all of his pedals in copper 135 In 2020 White completed his Three Wheel Motion Low Rider which is a highly customized Fender Telecaster B Bender guitar 136 He has since acquired another Gretsch a custom white Billy Bo Jupiter Thunderbird with a gold double pickguard as seen in the music video for Another Way to Die 126 128 White found a 1957 Gretsch G6134 White Penguin in 2007 while on tour in Texas 126 the same one he used in the music video for Icky Thump 128 which ultimately fit in with the Dead Weather s color scheme 127 He also uses a black left handed one since the Dead Weather album Sea of Cowards came out citation needed He has also been known to play Fender Telecasters 126 128 featuring one in the music video for Loretta Lynn s Portland Oregon White owns three Gretsch Rancher Falcons because he says that its bass tones make it his favorite acoustic to play live 126 They are collectively referred to as his girlfriends as each one has an image of a classic movie star on the back Claudette Colbert is the brunette he used while with the Stripes Rita Hayworth is the redhead he acquired with the Raconteurs and Veronica Lake is the blonde he added in 2010 while with the Dead Weather 126 Since 2018 White has been playing EVH Wolfgang guitars which are Eddie Van Halen s signature model 137 Seven Nation Army excerpt source source Demonstrates the fake bass tone White achieves by using an octave pedal Problems playing this file See media help White uses numerous effects to create his live sound most notably a DigiTech Whammy WH 4 to create the rapid modulations in pitch he uses in his solos 138 White also produces a fake bass tone by playing the Kay Hollowbody and JB Hutto Montgomery Airline guitars through a Whammy IV set to one octave down for a very thick low rumbling sound which he uses most notably on the song Seven Nation Army 138 He also uses an MXR Micro Amp and custom Electro Harmonix Big Muff Distortion Sustainer 129 In 2005 for the single Blue Orchid White employed an Electro Harmonix Polyphonic Octave Generator POG which let him mix in several octave effects into one along with the dry signal 127 He plugs this setup into a 1970s Fender Twin Reverb Silverface and two 100 Watt Sears Silvertone 1485 6 10 amplifiers 127 128 He also used a 1960s Fender Twin Reverb Blackface 127 128 On occasion White also plays other instruments such as a Black Gibson F 4 mandolin Little Ghost piano on most tracks from Get Behind Me Satan and various others and an electric piano on such tracks as The Air Near My Fingers and I m Finding it Harder to be a Gentleman White also plays percussion instruments such as the marimba as on The Nurse 4 drums and tambourine For the White Stripes 2007 tour he played a custom finish Hammond A 100 organ with a Leslie 3300 speaker which was subsequently loaned to Bob Dylan and currently resides at Third Man Studios 139 On the album Broken Boy Soldiers both he and Benson are credited with playing the album s synths and organ With the Dead Weather White plays a custom Ludwig Classic Maple kit in Black Oyster Pearl 24 Notably it includes two snare drums which White calls the jazz canon 24 For the 2009 Full Flash Blank tour White used a drum head with the Three Brides of Dracula on the front but in 2010 White employed a new drum head upon the release of Sea of Cowards which has an image of The Third Man himself Harry Lime attempting to escape certain capture in the sewers of Vienna During the American leg of the 2010 tour White switched his drum head again featuring a picture of himself in the guise he wore on the cover of Sea of Cowards This drum head is called Sam Kay by some fans referring to the insert inside of the 12 LP citation needed Minimalist style Edit I love analog because of what it makes you do Digital recording gives you all this freedom all these options to change the sounds that you are putting down and those are for the most part not good choices to have for an artist and Mechanics are always going to provide inherent little flaws and tiny little specks and hisses that will add to the idea of something beautiful something romantic Perfection making things perfectly in time and perfectly free of extraneous noise is not something to aspire to Why would anyone aspire to such a thing 121 Jack White White has long been a proponent of analog equipment and the associated working methods 43 81 Beginning in the fifth grade he and his childhood friend Dominic Suchyta would listen to records in White s attic on weekends and began to record cover songs on an old four track reel to reel tape machine 18 The White Stripes first album was largely recorded in the attic of his parents home 18 As their fame grew beyond Detroit the Stripes became known for their affected innocence and stripped down playing style 7 In particular White became distinguished for his nasal vocal delivery and loose explosive guitar delivery 7 In an early New York Times concert review from 2001 Ann Powers said that while White s playing was ingenious he created more challenges by playing an acoustic guitar with paper taped over the hole and a less than high quality solid body electric 42 His home studio in Nashville contains two rooms I want everyone close focused feeling like we re in it together 5 with two pieces of equipment a Neve mixing console 5 and two Studer A800 2 inch 8 track tape recorders 121 In his introduction in the documentary film It Might Get Loud White showcases his minimalist style by constructing a guitar built out of a plank of wood three nails a glass Coke bottle a guitar string and a pickup He ends the demonstration by saying Who says you need to buy a guitar 28 In a 2012 episode of the show Portlandia White made a cameo in a sketch spoofing home studio enthusiasts who prefer antique recording equipment 140 Reception EditWhite has enjoyed both critical and commercial success and is widely credited as one of the key artists in the garage rock revival of the 2000s 7 Rolling Stone ranked him number 70 on its 2010 list of The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time 141 David Fricke s 2011 list ranked him at number 17 142 He has won twelve Grammy Awards with 33 nominations 143 and three solo albums have reached number one on the Billboard charts Interviewers note the wide breadth of the music styles and eras he draws from for inspiration 144 In May 2015 the Music City Walk of Fame announced that it would be honoring White along with Loretta Lynn with a medallion at its re opening in Nashville 145 On February 8 2017 White was the honoree of the Producers and Engineers Wing of the Recording Academy during the annual Grammy Week celebration for his commitment to working diligently to ensure that the quality and integrity of recorded music are captured and preserved 146 Much has been made of White s showmanship and affectations 138 Since the beginning critics have debated the riddle of White s self awareness against his claims of authenticity 42 49 with people falling on both sides of the issue Joe Hagan of The New York Times asked in 2001 Is Mr White a 25 year old former upholsterer from southwest Detroit concocting this stuff with a wink Or are the White Stripes simply naive 49 Alexis Petridis of The Guardian said that White makes for an enigmatic figure Not because he s particularly difficult or guarded but simply because what he tells you suggests a lifelong penchant for inscrutable behavior 57 White himself confesses Sometimes I think I m a simple guy but I think the reality is I m really complicated as simple as I wish I was 57 Personal life EditWhite is protective of his privacy and gives few details of his family life even going as far as to disseminate false information 34 He states that he does not consider his personal life relevant to his art saying It s the same thing as asking Michelangelo What kind of shoes do you wear In the end it doesn t really matter the only thing that s going to be left is our records and photos 48 His collection of esoterica include Lead Belly s New York City arrest record James Brown s Georgia driver s license from the 1980s and a copy of the first Superman comic from June 1938 54 For 300 000 in January 2015 an online bidder won an auction for Elvis Presley s first recording ever an acetate of the two cover songs My Happiness and That s When Your Heartaches Begin 147 In its edition of March 6 2015 Billboard magazine announced the buyer had been White 147 The vinyl record was recorded at Sun Studio in Memphis Tennessee in the summer of 1953 when Presley was 18 years old citation needed Raised in Detroit White is a fan of the Detroit Tigers baseball team 148 On multiple occasions he has decried video games as being useless and a waste of time going so far as to state that he doesn t allow his kids to play them 149 Despite this his songs have appeared in the trailers for Call of Duty Vanguard Call of Duty Advanced Warfare and Battlefield 1 and on the soundtracks of Forza Horizon 4 and numerous Guitar Hero games Relationships Edit White was married to his White Stripes bandmate Meg White left from 1996 to 2000 and to Karen Elson middle from 2005 to 2013 He married Olivia Jean right in 2022 Jack and Meg married on September 21 1996 and divorced on March 24 2000 Jack took Meg s last name legally changing his surname After the White Stripes broke up he mentions he almost never talks to Meg adding that she has been solitary 150 151 In 2003 he had a brief relationship with actress Renee Zellweger whom he met during the filming of Cold Mountain 58 That summer the couple were in a car accident in which White broke his left index finger and was forced to reschedule much of the summer tour 152 He posted the footage of his finger surgery on the web for fans 153 White and Zellweger s breakup became public in December 2004 154 White met British model Karen Elson when she appeared in the White Stripes music video for Blue Orchid They married on June 1 2005 in Manaus Brazil The wedding took place in a canoe on the Amazon River and was officiated by a shaman A Roman Catholic priest later convalidated their marriage 155 Manager Ian Montone was the best man and Meg White was the maid of honor 155 Official wedding announcements stated that it was the first marriage for both 155 In 2006 the couple had a daughter 156 A son was born in 2007 157 The family resided in Brentwood a suburb south of Nashville 158 where Elson managed a vintage clothing store called Venus amp Mars 159 160 Elson provided vocals on White s first solo record 160 The couple announced their intention to divorce in June 2011 161 throwing a positive swing bang humdinger party to commemorate the split 5 34 On July 22 2013 a Nashville judge barred White from having any contact with Karen Elson whatsoever except as it relates to parenting time with the parties minor children 162 A counter motion was filed on August 2 2013 stating that The reason for filing this response is that Mr White does not want to be portrayed as something he is not violent toward his wife and children 163 The divorce was finalized on November 26 2013 164 Elson later recanted the charges attributing the aggressive proceedings to her divorce attorneys and saying those who gain of a marriage ending helped to create a downward spiral at my most vulnerable 5 White agreed saying When shitty lawyers are in a situation like divorce their goal is to villainize 5 The former couple reportedly remain on good terms 34 On April 8 2022 White played the national anthem for a Detroit Tigers game then proposed to his girlfriend Olivia Jean near the end of a concert performance at the Detroit Masonic Temple while Hotel Yorba was being played Jean and White were married shortly afterward by White s business partner Ben Swank who officiated on stage 120 Politics Edit In October 2016 upon learning that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump had used the White Stripes song Seven Nation Army in video campaign materials White denounced the presidential candidate 165 and began selling shirts reading Icky Trump a play on the White Stripes song Icky Thump through the Third Man Records website 166 He publicly endorsed Senator Bernie Sanders for the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries and performed a six song set at a Sanders event at Cass Technical High School on October 27 2019 At the rally White stated that he believes that Sanders is telling the truth and I really do trust him He was drawn in by Sanders view that the Electoral College should be abolished also stating at the rally that I have this silly notion that the person who gets the most votes should be elected and the Electoral College is the reason we re in the mess we re in now 167 On November 20 2022 White wrote a note to Elon Musk explaining his reason for leaving the Twitter platform he said So you gave Trump his Twitter platform back Absolutely disgusting Elon That is officially an asshole move 168 Eccentricity Edit White has been called eccentric 99 169 He is known for creating a mythology around his endeavors 13 examples include his claim that the Stripes began on Bastille Day 38 that he and Meg are the two youngest of ten siblings 38 41 170 and that Third Man Records used to be a candy factory 19 These assertions came into question or were disproven as when in 2002 the Detroit Free Press produced copies of both a marriage license and divorce certificate for him and Meg confirming their history as a married couple 151 Neither addresses the truth officially and Jack continues to refer to Meg as his sister in interviews 19 including in the documentary Under Great White Northern Lights filmed in 2007 171 In a 2005 interview with Rolling Stone magazine Jack alluded to this open secret implying that it was intended to keep the focus on the music rather than the couple s relationship When you see a band that is two pieces husband and wife boyfriend and girlfriend you think Oh I see When they re brother and sister you go Oh that s interesting You care more about the music not the relationship whether they re trying to save their relationship by being in a band 4 It became hypnotic This was the minimum amount of staples I could put to hold this fabric down The number three exemplifies the almost iconic mysterious perfection that cannot be obtained To this day I still think about it all the time 57 White on how seeing three staples on an upholstery piece triggered his affinity for the number three He has an attachment to the number three 43 172 stemming from seeing three staples in the back of a Vladimir Kagan couch he helped to upholster as an apprentice 57 His business ventures frequently feature three in the title and he typically appends III to the end of his name 34 During the White Stripes 2005 tour in the UK White began referring to himself as Three Quid quid being British slang for pound sterling 173 He maintains an aesthetic that he says challenges whether people will believe he is real 4 34 He frequently color codes his endeavors such as the aforementioned Third Man Upholstery and the White Stripes as well as Third Man Records which is completely outfitted in yellow black red and blue including staff uniforms 5 147 As a taxidermy enthusiast that correlates to his work as an upholsterer he decorates his studio in preserved animals including a peacock giraffe and Himalayan goat 34 147 Minor controversies Edit On December 13 2003 White was involved in an altercation with Jason Stollsteimer lead singer of the Von Bondies at the Magic Stick a Detroit club 174 175 White was charged with misdemeanor aggravated assault 176 He pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of assault and battery was fined 750 including court costs and was sentenced to take anger management classes 5 175 White has repeatedly referenced conflicts that erupted between him and fellow artists in Detroit s underground music scene after the White Stripes gained international success 4 43 In a 2006 interview with the Associated Press he said that he eventually left Detroit because he could not take the negativity anymore 177 However in an effort to clarify his feelings towards the city of Detroit itself he wrote and released a poem called Courageous Dream s Concern 177 In it he expresses his affection for his hometown 22 177 I so love your heart that burns That in your people s body yearns To perpetuate and permeate the lonely dream that does encapsulate Your spirit that God insulates With courageous dream s concern 22 Excerpt from Courageous Dream s Concern as published in the Detroit Free Press During their 2013 divorce proceedings Elson entered into evidence an e mail White had sent her that included disparaging remarks about the Black Keys 34 178 When asked about the email in a 2014 Rolling Stone magazine interview White stood by the remarks saying I ll hear TV commercials where the music s ripping off sounds of mine to the point I think it s me Half the time it s the Black Keys 5 He later apologized for the comments 179 However in September 2015 Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney posted a series of tweets alleging that White tried to fight him in a bar 180 White denied the claim in a statement to the online magazine Pitchfork saying that Carney should talk to him directly and not on the internet 181 The following day Carney posted a tweet saying Talked to jack for an hour he s cool All good 182 White tweeted on the Third Man Twitter account From one musician to another you have my respect Patrick Carney 181 On February 1 2015 the University of Oklahoma s newspaper OU Daily ran a story regarding White s show of February 2 at McCasland Field House that included the publication of White s tour rider 183 The rider especially the guacamole recipe it included and White s ban of bananas backstage received some media coverage 184 It was later reported that in response to the rider s publication White s booking agency William Morris Endeavor Entertainment had banned its acts from playing shows at the University of Oklahoma 185 On February 15 White released an open letter addressed to journalists and other people looking for drama or a diva in which he referred to the guacamole recipe as his tour manager s inside joke with local promoters and just something to break up the boredom and the ban of bananas being alluded to food allergies of an unnamed tour member while criticizing journalists who wrote about the rider as out of their element 186 In the same letter he forgave OU Daily for publishing the story and reaffirmed his affinity for the city of Oklahoma and his desire to perform there 186 Philanthropy Edit White has provided financial support to institutions in his hometown of Detroit In 2009 White donated almost 170 000 towards the renovation of the baseball diamond in southwest Detroit s Clark Park 187 The Detroit Masonic Temple was nearly foreclosed on in 2013 after it was revealed that owners owed 142 000 in back taxes 188 In June 2013 it was revealed that White had footed the entire bill To thank him for the donation the temple has decided to rename its second largest theater the Jack White Theater 188 189 The National Recording Preservation Foundation received an inaugural gift of 200 000 from White to use toward restoring and preserving deteriorating sound recordings on media such as reel to reel tape and old cylinders 190 The foundation s director Eric J Schwartz said the donation demonstrated a commitment by a really busy songwriter and performer donating both his time on the board and money to preserve our national song recording heritage 190 White also serves on the foundation s board 191 In July 2016 White joined Nashville s 45 member Gender Equality Council 192 On September 18 2018 White donated 30 000 to The Outsiders House Museum for its preservation and restoration 193 On May 3 2019 Wayne State University of Detroit Michigan awarded White with an honorary doctor of humane letters degree for his dedication to Detroit and significant contributions to the arts as one of the most prolific and renowned artists of the past two decades 194 Awards and nominations EditMain article List of awards and nominations received by Jack White For his various collaborations and solo work White has won regional national and international awards including twelve Grammy Awards and has been nominated for 33 143 Nashville mayor Karl Dean awarded White the title of Nashville Music City Ambassador in 2011 195 Back up band EditAlthough a solo artist White performs with a live band to provide additional instrumentation and vocals Current lineup Edit Dominic Davis bass backing vocals Daru Jones drums Quincy McCrary keyboards samples synthesizer organ backing vocalsBoarding House Reach era lineup Edit Carla Azar acoustic drums percussion backing vocals Dominic Davis bass Neal Evans piano synthesizer organ keyboards electronic drums backing vocals Quincy McCrary keyboards samples backing vocalsLazaretto era lineup Edit Dominic Davis bass Dean Fertita Hammond organ piano keyboards Daru Jones drums Fats Kaplin pedal steel guitar fiddle mandolin theremin Lillie Mae Rische fiddle mandolin backing vocals Lazaretto era previous members Edit Isaiah Ikey Owens B3 organ piano keyboards died on tour in 2014 Cory Younts mandolin harmonica piano keyboards percussion backing vocals Blunderbuss era lineup Edit Note While on tour in support of Blunderbuss White toured with two bands that he alternated between shows with The Buzzards all male band Dominic Davis bass Daru Jones drums Fats Kaplin pedal steel guitar fiddle mandolin theremin Isaiah Ikey Owens B3 organ piano keyboards Cory Younts mandolin harmonica piano keyboards percussion backing vocals The Peacocks all female band Ruby Amanfu backing vocals Carla Azar drums Maggie Bjorklund pedal steel guitar acoustic guitar Catherine Popper bass Bryn Davies bass Lillie Mae Rische fiddle mandolin backing vocals Brooke Waggoner piano B3 organ keyboardsDiscography EditSolo albums Main article Jack White discography Blunderbuss 2012 Lazaretto 2014 Boarding House Reach 2018 Fear of the Dawn 2022 Entering Heaven Alive 2022 With the White Stripes Main article The White Stripes discography The White Stripes 1999 De Stijl 2000 White Blood Cells 2001 Elephant 2003 Get Behind Me Satan 2005 Icky Thump 2007 With the Raconteurs See also The Raconteurs discography Broken Boy Soldiers 2006 Consolers of the Lonely 2008 Help Us Stranger 2019 With the Dead Weather See also The Dead Weather discography Horehound 2009 Sea of Cowards 2010 Dodge and Burn 2015 Filmography EditThe Rosary Murders 1987 uncredited altar boy Cold Mountain 2003 Georgia Coffee and Cigarettes 2003 Himself Under Blackpool Lights 2004 Himself The Fearless Freaks 2005 Himself Walk Hard The Dewey Cox Story 2007 Elvis Presley Shine a Light 2008 Himself It Might Get Loud 2009 Himself Mutant Swinger from Mars 2009 Mikey Under Great White Northern Lights 2010 Himself Conan O Brien Can t Stop 2011 Himself American Pickers 2012 Himself Portlandia season 3 episode 1 2012 Himself The Muppets season 1 episode 16 2016 Himself American Epic 2017 Himself The American Epic Sessions 2017 Himself Jack White Kneeling at The Anthem D C 2018 Himself Killers of the Flower Moon 2023 Books EditWe Are Going to Be Friends 2017 based on We re Going to Be Friends by the White StripesFootnotes EditNotes Edit In 2016 Third Man Records announced that two separate individuals had found two records by the Upholsterers that Brian Muldoon had hidden in furniture in 2004 in celebration of having been in business for 25 years 29 References Edit 100 Greatest Guitarists Rolling Stone December 18 2015 Archived from the original on June 20 2021 Retrieved July 20 2021 Fricke David December 3 2010 100 Greatest Guitarists David Fricke s Picks Rolling Stone Archived from the original on July 17 2021 Retrieved July 20 2021 Eells Josh April 5 2012 Jack Outside the Box The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Archived from the original on July 27 2022 Retrieved July 27 2022 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Fricke David 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