Jack White (Part 2 of 2: “His Solo Career”) . . .

Solo career

It was rumored that in 2003 Jack White collaborated on Electric Six's song "Danger! High Voltage." Both he and the Electric Six denied this, and the vocal work was credited officially to John S O'Leary. However, a recent radio interview with Tim Shaw on Kerrang! 105.2 in the UK had Electric Six lead singer Dick Valentine talking openly about White singing on this song as well as speculating on the amount of money he was paid ($60,000). Also, a Q magazine article stated that Jack White did in fact work with Electric Six on the song "Gay Bar".

In 2008, Jack White collaborated with the infamous Alicia Keys on the song "Another Way to Die", the theme song for the James Bond film Quantum of Solace.

He also appeared in the movie Cold Mountain 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."

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. White's first solo single, "Fly Farm Blues," was written and recorded in 10 minutes during the filming of the movie in August. 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.

In November 2010, producer Danger Mouse announced that White had been recruited for his collaboration with Daniele Luppi entitled Rome along with Norah Jones. White provided vocals to three songs on the album: "The Rose with the Broken Neck," "Two Against One" and "The World."

The song "You Know That I Know", finished and performed by Jack White, was featured on The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams, released on October 4, 2011.

On January 30, 2012 Jack released "Love Interruption" as the first single of his debut solo album, Blunderbuss, which was released on April 24, 2012. The album was produced by Vance Powell, who has worked with such notable names as Kings of Leon, The Whigs and Daniel Ellsworth & The Great Lakes. On March 3, 2012, White appeared on Saturday Night Live (SNL) as the musical guest, with Lindsay Lohan hosting.

 

White played selected dates in the summer of 2012, with festivals such as Radio 1's Hackney Weekend, Sasquatch! Music Festival, Fuji Rock Festival in Japan, one of the biggest festivals in the world, Rock Werchter in Belgium, and later in the year he headlined Austin City Limits Music Festival. For his solo shows, White tours with two bands. One, The Peacocks, is all-female, and the other, The Buzzards is all-male.

After reading the two Part Post on Jack White and his music career, I hope you learned a little more about him than you knew before. 

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Jack White and Jimmy Page (from Led Zeppelin)

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Jack White and The Rolling Stones in 1996

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Jack White & Alison Mosshart performing live with ‘The Dead Weather’

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Jack & Meg, ‘The White Stripes’ at the 02 Wireless Festival in 2007

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The next artist on my “Hot List” is David Bromberg.

David Bromberg (born September 19, 1945) is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter. An eclectic artist, Bromberg plays bluegrass, blues, folk, jazz, country and western, and rock and roll equally well. He is known for his quirky, humorous lyrics, and the ability to play rhythm and lead guitar at the same time.

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Until next time, remember to help “SUPPORT LIVE MUSIC” . . .

Chris Hauska debuting his single on iTunes called  ‘Hey Maaya (Just Say Yes)’ 

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MUSICIAN by Night

GOD Save “The Blues”

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