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American musician (born )

Not to be confused with Jack Whitehall.

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

Musical artist

John Anthony White (né&#;Gillis; born July 9, ) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and producer who achieved international fame as the guitarist and lead singer of the rock duo the White Stripes.

As the Ivory Stripes disbanded, he sought accomplishment with his solo career, subsequent collaborations, and business ventures.

After moonlighting in several underground Detroit bands as a drummer, Light founded the White Stripes with fellow Detroit native and then-wife Meg White in Their breakthrough album, White Blood Cells, brought them international fame with the single and accompanying music video for "Fell in Love with a Girl".

White subsequently began collaborating with artists such as Loretta Lynn and Bob Dylan.^[1] In , White founded the Raconteurs with Brendan Benson; in , White founded the Expired Weather with Alison Mosshart of the Kills.

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In , he recorded "Another Way to Die", the title song for the James Bond film Quantum of Solace, alongside Alicia Keys, making them the only duet to perform a Bond theme.

As a solo artist, Pale has released six solo studio albums, which have garnered critical and commercial success.

He 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.^[2] His second studio album, Lazaretto (), broke the record for most first-week vinyl sales since , holding that record until 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.

A key artist of the s garage rock revival, White is known for his distinctive musical techniques and eccentricity. He has won 12 Grammy Awards among other accolades.

Rolling Stone included him on their and lists of the greatest guitarists of all time.^[3][4][5]The New York Times called White "the coolest, weirdest and savviest rockstar of our time" in ^{[6][failed verification]} He and Meg were nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in , but were not inducted.

Early life

John Anthony Gillis was born in Detroit, Michigan, on July 9, ,^[8][9] the youngest of ten children of Teresa (née Bandyk; born )^[10] and Gorman M. Gillis.^[11][12] His mother's family was Polish,^[13] while his father was Scottish-Canadian.^[14][15] He was raised a Catholic,^[16] and both of his parents worked for the Archdiocese of Detroit as the building maintenance superintendent and secretary in the cardinal's office, respectively.^[1] Gillis became an altar boy, which landed him an uncredited role in the movie The Rosary Murders, filmed mainly at Most Holy Redeemer parish in southwest Detroit.^[1] He attended Cass Technical High School in Detroit.^[17][18][19]

Gillis' preliminary musical influences were his older brothers, who were in a band together called Catalyst.

He learned to play the instruments they abandoned;^[20][21] he began playing the drums in the first grade after finding a kit in the attic.^[11][21][22] As a child, he was a fan of classical music, but in elementary school, he began listening to the Doors, Pink Floyd, and Led Zeppelin.^[24] As a "shorthaired [teenager] with braces", Gillis began listening to the blues and s rock that influenced him in the White Stripes,^[1] with Son House and Blind Willie McTell being among his favorite blues guitarists.^[8][25] He has said in interviews that Son House's "Grinnin' in Your Face" is his favorite song of all time.^[20] As a drummer, his heroes include Gene Krupa, Stewart Copeland, and Crow Smith from Flat Duo Jets.^[26]

In , on 60 Minutes, he told Mike Wallace that his being 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 leave 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."^[27] Instead, he was accepted into Cass Technical High School as a business major, and played the drums and trombone in the band.^[20][28][29] At 15, he began a three-year upholstery apprenticeship with a family friend, Brian Muldoon.^[1] He credits Muldoon with exposing him to punk harmony as they worked together in the shop.^[1][20] Muldoon goaded his young apprentice into forming a band: "He played drums", Gillis thought.

"Well I guess I'll play guitar then."^[1][30] The two recorded an album, Makers of High Grade Suites, as the Upholsterers.^{[notes 1]}

As a senior in high school, he met Meg White at the Memphis Smoke restaurant where she worked;^[32] together, they frequented the coffee shops, local music venues, and tape stores of the area.^[33] After a courtship, they married on September 21, ^[34][35] In a reversal of tradition, he legally took her last name.^[1][36][37]

After completing his apprenticeship, he started a one-man business of his retain, Third Man Upholstery.^[38] 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.^[38] 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.^[38]

Career

The White Stripes

Main article: The Pale Stripes

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 ^[8][20][39] It was in this band that he learned about touring and performing onstage.^[20] After the band's split, he settled into working as an upholsterer by day while moonlighting in local bands, as well as carrying out solo shows.^[20][34] Though a bartender by trade,^[40] Meg began to learn to play the drums in and, according to Jack, "When she started to act drums with me, just on a lark, it felt liberating and refreshing."^[1] The couple became a band, calling themselves the White Stripes,^[41] and two months later performed their first demonstrate at the Gold Dollar in Detroit.^[20][42] Despite being married, Jack and Meg publicly presented themselves as siblings.^[43][44] They kept to a chromatic theme, dressing only in red, white, and black.^[45][46] They began their career as part of Michigan's undergroundgarage rock music scene.^[40][45] They played along with and opened for more established local bands such as Bantam Rooster, the Dirtbombs, Two-Star Tabernacle, Rocket , and the Hentchmen.^[20][40] In , the Light Stripes were signed to Italy Records—a small and independent Detroit-based garage punk label—by Dave Buick.^[47] The band released its eponymous debut album in , and a year later the album was followed up by the cult classic^[48]De Stijl.

The album eventually peaked at number 38 in Billboard's Independent Albums chart.

In , the band released White Blood Cells. The album's stripped-down garage rock sound drew critical acclaim in the US and beyond,^[8] making the Pale Stripes one of the more acclaimed bands of ;^[40] it also made the White Stripes forefront figures in the garage band revival of the time.^[8][41][49]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.^[50]The Modern York Times said of Light, "beneath the arty facade lies one of the most cagey, darkly original rockers to appear along since Kurt Cobain."^[51] The album was followed up in by the commercially and critically successful Elephant.^[52][53][54] 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".^[55] The album's first single, "Seven Nation Army", became the band's signature song,^[56][57] reaching number one on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart for three weeks, winning the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song, and becoming an international sporting and protest anthem.^[58][59] 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.^[8][1]

The band's sixth album, Icky Thump, was released in ; unlike their previous lo-fi albums, it was recorded at Blackbird Studio in Nashville.^[45] The album was regarded as a return to the band's earlier blues and garage-rock sound.^[60] It debuted at number two on the US Billboard chart, and entered the UK Albums Chart at number one, selling over , vinyl copies in England alone.^[61][62] Of his excitement for vinyl, White explained, "We can't afford to lose the feeling of cracking open a fresh record and looking at grand artwork and having something you can hold in your hands."^[61] 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.^[63] A few days later, the duo canceled the remainder of their UK tour dates as well.^[64]

White worked with other artists in the meantime, but revealed the band's plan to free a seventh album by the summer of ^[65][66] On February 20, (and during the concluding episode of Late Night with Conan O'Brien), the band made their first live appearance after the cancellation of the tour,^[67] 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.^[68] However, almost two years passed with no new releases, and on February 2, , the band reported on their official website that they were disbanding.

Light emphasized that it was not due to health issues or artistic differences, "but mostly to preserve what is beautiful and special about the band".^[69]

Other collaborations and groups

Main articles: The Raconteurs and The Dead Weather

Rumors began to circulate in that Pale had collaborated with Electric Six for their song "Danger!

Steep Voltage".^[70] He and the Electric Six both denied this,^[70][71] and the vocal work was credited officially to John S O'Leary.^[72] Later, Dick Valentine and Corey Martin (Electric Six band members) said White was involved but not paid.^[73] White worked with Loretta Lynn on her album Van Lear Rose, which he produced and performed on.^[74] The album was a critical and commercial success.^[8]

In , while collaborating with Brendan Benson—a fellow Michigan native whom White had worked with before^[8]—they composed a anthem called "Steady, as She Goes".

This inspired them to generate 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, released in ^[75] Reaching the Foremost Ten charts in both the US and the UK,^[11] it was nominated for Best Rock Album at the Grammy Awards. The lead single, "Steady, As She Goes" was nominated for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.^[76] The Raconteurs set out on tour to support the album,^[8] 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 ^[77] The album reached number seven on the Billboard chart, and received a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Album.^[76] While on tour to promote Consolers of the Lonely, White developed bronchitis and often lost his voice.^[78]Alison Mosshart, the frontwoman for the Kills (who was touring with the Raconteurs at the time) would often fill in as his vocal replacement.^[78] The chemistry between the two artists led them to collaborate, and in early , White formed a new group called the Dead Weather.^[78] Mosshart sang, Colorless 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.^[79] The group debuted a handful of new tracks on March 11, , in Nashville from their debut album Horehound.^[80] It came out on July 13, , in Europe and July 14, , in North America on White's Third Man Records label.^[81][82]

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

In October , Mosshart confirmed that the second album was "halfway done",^[83] and the first unpartnered, "Die by the Drop", was released on March 30, ^[84] 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.^[85] In , Jack White was featured in It Might Obtain Loud, a film in which he, Jimmy Page, and the Edge come together to confer the electric guitar and each artist's different playing methods.^[86] White's first solo single, "Fly Farm Blues", was written and recorded in 10 minutes during the filming of the movie that August.^[87] The single went on sale as a 7-inch vinyl record from Third Man Records and as a digital unattached available through iTunes on August 11, In November , producer Danger Mouse announced that White—along with Norah Jones—had been recruited for his collaboration with Daniele Luppi entitled Rome.^[88] White provided vocals to three songs on the album: "The Rose with the Broken Neck", "Two Against One", and "The World".^[89]

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, In that same year, he produced and played on Wanda Jackson's album The Party Ain't Over.^[74][90] To her delight, his studio also released the album on a 7-inch vinyl.^[90] White also appeared on AHK-toong BAY-bi Covered, performing a cover of U2's "Love Is Blindness".^[91] White has worked with other artists as well, including Beck, the Rolling Stones, Jeff Beck,^[92]Bob Dylan, and Insane Clown Posse.

The Deceased Weather announced their third album, Dodge & Burn, in July 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.^[93]

The Raconteurs went on a hiatus in , though at the time Benson believed that they were split.^[94] The group reunited in with the release of two singles.^[95] They released their third studio album, Help Us Stranger, in ^[96] Critically applauded, the album was followed by a US tour.^[97]

Solo music

On January 30, , White released "Love Interruption" as the first free off his debut, self-produced solo album, Blunderbuss, which was released on April 24, ^[98] The album ultimately debuted number one on the Billboard chart, and in support of the album, he appeared on Saturday Overnight Live as the musical guest and played at select festivals during the summer of , 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 the Austin City Limits Music Festival.

In this video, we take a look at the life and career of Jack White, who is a solo artist in his own right, but also a member of The Ivory Stripes, The Raconteurs and The Dead Weather.

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.^[99] The other, the Buzzards, was all male and consisted of Daru Jones, Dominic Davis, Fats Kaplin, Ikey Owens, and Cory Younts.

Light said maintaining two bands was too expensive,^[59] and abandoned the practice at the conclusion of the tour. Blunderbuss was ultimately nominated for several Grammys, including Album of the Year, Optimal Rock Album, and Best Rock Song for "Freedom at 21".^[8]

On April 1, , White announced his second solo album, Lazaretto, inspired by plays and poetry he had written as a teen.^[][] It was released on June 10, , simultaneously with the first single off the album, "High Ball Stepper".

The album debuted at number one on the Billboard chart and,^[] in a personal triumph for White,^[] broke the record for the largest sales week for a vinyl album since SoundScan began tracking sales in ^[] The album was widely applauded among critics, and was nominated for three Grammy Awards: Finest Alternative Music Album, Best Rock Song and Best Rock Show (for the song "Lazaretto").

During the supporting tour, he performed the longest show of his career on July 30, , at the Detroit Masonic Temple,^[] and later performed as one of the headliners at the Coachella Festival over two weekends in April ^[] On April 14, , 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 carry out in, before taking a prolonged break from live performances.^[][] However, he performed on the inaugural episode of the radio performance A Prairie Home Companion with the new host, Chris Thile, on October 15, , in support of his compilation album Acoustic Recordings –.^[] He co-wrote the song "Don't Hurt Yourself " with Beyoncé on her album Lemonade, and accompanied her on the vocals.^[56]

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.^[] He drew inspiration from rap artists of the s and s (as well as A Tribe Called Quest, Kanye West, and Nicki Minaj), and chose his backing musicians from talent that had played in reside shows supporting hip-hop artists.^[] On December 12, , he released a four-minute video titled "Servings and Portions from my Boarding House Reach", which featured quick sound bites of new tune interspersed with white noise.^[] In January , White released "Connected by Love", taken from his third solo album Boarding Property Reach,^[] which was released on March 23, ^[] Like its two preceding albums, it landed at number one on the Billboard chart.

In promotion of the album, White appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon^[] and on Saturday Evening Live as the musical guest, playing "Over and Over and Over" and "Connected by Love".^[] White released Jack White: Kneeling at The Anthem D.C., his first concert film as a solo artist, on September 21, , exclusively on Amazon Prime Video.^[]

In October , White released "Taking Me Back"—his first solo single since —which appeared in the video game Call of Duty: Vanguard.^[] In November , White announced that he planned to release two solo albums in Fear of the Dawn, featuring White's traditional rock sound, on April 8, and Entering Heaven Alive, a folk album, on July ^[] White released a video for "Taking Me Back" on November 11, ^[] White released three more singles from Fear of the Dawn: the title track on January 18, , "Hi-De-Ho" on Rally 3, and "What's the Trick?" on April 7 (the daytime before the album released).

Each of these singles was backed by a track from Entering Heaven Alive, promoting both albums in tandem. Together, the albums were named the dual number one album of the year by Rough Trade UK.^[] In December , White announced the Supply Chain Issues Tour, which went on throughout North America and Europe and Asia, reaching a total of shows.^[][] It kicked off with its first concert on April 8, , in Detroit, Michigan – during which White proposed to his girlfriend Olivia Jean, with the two marrying onstage – and ended on February 24, , in Aspen, Colorado.^[][] The tour covered North America and Europe, and.

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

On July 19, , White distributed assess pressings of his upcoming sixth solo studio album by secretly including copies of it with purchases made at Third Male Records locations.^[] Select tracks from the mysterious new album premiered on the WDET radio station that same day.^[] White later announced the album to be called No Name, which was released on August 2, It received acclaim from critics,^[][] who noted his return to blues, the album's raw nature and the similarity to the sound he championed with the Ivory Stripes.^[][][] The Detroit Free Press said White's album-release methodology "made a stand for rock mystique".^[] White commenced the “No Identify Tour” on July 27, Shows on the first leg of the tour took place in small, club-like venues and were announced only days before they happened.

The first leg of the tour consisted of 43 ticketed shows in the Joined States, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, South Korea, and the United Kingdom. On November 15, , Colorless announced the second leg of the tour, consisting of 52 higher-ticketed shows in another eight countries, from November 17, , to May 24, ^[] As of December 14, , all but 5 of White's tour dates have sold out.^[]

Other ventures

Film and television work

White has also had a minor acting career.

He appeared in the movie Cold Mountain as a traits 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".^[] The Jim Jarmusch film Coffee and Cigarettes featured both Jack and Meg in the segment "Jack Shows Meg His Tesla Coil".^[] He also played Elvis Presley in the satire Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story.^[][] In , 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.^[] In June , White appeared in the documentary film The American Epic Sessions, recording on the first electrical sound recording system from the s.^[] 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 Legendary Sessions: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. He was an executive producer of the film.^[] He had an uncredited role in The Rosary Murders as an altar boy.^[19]

Third Man Records

Main article: Third Man Records

White co-founded Third Dude Records in with Ben Swank, formerly of the Ohio-based Soledad Brothers band.^[][] However, it was not until after he moved to Nashville that White purchased a space in to property his label.^[2] 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 period 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 hour for me to have my own place to produce melody, and have exactly what I want in there: the strict tape machines, the exact microphones, the exact amplifiers that I like, and so on."^[] Using the slogan "Your Turntable's Not Dead",^[21] Third Man also presses vinyl records,^[61] for the artists on its label, for White's own musical ventures, as adequately as for third parties for hire.^[]

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

Philanthropy

White has provided financial support to institutions in his hometown of Detroit.

In , White donated almost $, towards the renovation of the baseball diamond in southwest Detroit's Clark Park.^[] The Detroit Masonic Temple was nearly foreclosed on in after it was revealed that owners owed $, in support taxes.^[] In June , 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.^[][]

The National Recording Preservation Foundation received an inaugural gift of $, from White to use toward restoring and preserving deteriorating sound recordings on media such as reel-to-reel tape and old cylinders.^[] The foundation's director, Eric J.

Schwartz said the donation demonstrated a "commitment by a really active songwriter and performer donating both his time on the board, and money to preserve our national song recording heritage".^[] Ivory also serves on the foundation's board.^[]

In July , White united Nashville's member Gender Equality Council.^[]

On September 18, , White donated $30, to The Outsiders Dwelling Museum for its preservation and restoration.^[]

On May 3, , 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".^[]

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 Ivory Stripes, White principally used three guitars,^[] though he used others as well.^[] The first was a vintage red Airline "JB Hutto" model originally distributed by Montgomery Ward department store.^[][] 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 ^[] The s-era Kay Hollowbody was a gift from his brother in return for a favor.^[50] It was the same identity of electric guitar made widespread by Howlin' Wolf,^[] and Colorless most famously used it on "Seven Nation Army".^[] He began using a Gibson L-1 acoustic (often called the Robert Johnson model) on the Icky Thump album;^[][] in an interview for Gibson, he called the instrument his favorite.^[] He also used a three-pickup Airline Town & Country (later featured in the "Steady As She Goes" tune video),^[] a Harmony Rocket,^[] a s-era Crestwood Astral II,^[][] and what would become the first of three custom Gretsch Rancher Falcon acoustic guitars.^[] While with the Stripes, any equipment that did not match their red/black/white color scheme was painted red.

As the White Stripes disbanded, he sought success with his solo career, subsequent collaborations, and business ventures. After moonlighting in several underground Detroit bands as a drummer, White founded the White Stripes with fellow Detroit native and then-wife Meg Ivory in Their breakthrough album, Pale Blood Cellsbrought them international fame with the single and accompanying music video for " Fell in Love with a Young woman ". White subsequently began collaborating with artists such as Loretta Lynn and Bob Dylan.

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

While the Raconteurs were still in development, White commissioned luthierRandy Parsons to create what White called the Triple Jet—a custom guitar styled after the Duo Jet double-cutaway guitar.^[] 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.^[] For the Raconteurs first tour, White also played a Gretsch Anniversary Jr. with a Bigsby vibrato tailpiece and three Filtertron pickups.^[][] 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.^[] White has dubbed this one the "Green Machine",^[][] and it is featured in It Might Get Loud.^[] He sometimes played a Gibson JE,^[] a Gretsch Duo Jet in Cadillac Green,^[] and a second Gretsch Rancher acoustic guitar.^[] For the Raconteurs' tour, he had Analog Man plate all of his pedals in copper.^[] In White completed his Three-Wheel-Motion Low Rider - which is a highly customized Fender TelecasterB-Bender guitar.^[]

He has since acquired another Gretsch, a custom white "BillyBo" Jupiter Thunderbird with a gold double pickguard (as seen in the music video for "Another Way to Die").^[][] White start a Gretsch G White Penguin in while on tour in Texas^[]—the same one he used in the music video for "Icky Thump"^[]—which ultimately fit in with the Dead Weather's hue scheme.^[] 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,^[][] 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.^[] 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 while with the Dead Weather.^[]

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

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.^[] 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, depressed, rumbling sound, which he uses most notably on the anthem "Seven Nation Army".^[] He also uses an MXR Micro Amp and custom Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Distortion/Sustainer.^[] In , 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 thirsty signal.^[] He plugs this setup into a s Fender Twin Reverb "Silverface" and two Watt Sears Silvertone 6×10 amplifiers.^[][] He also used a s Fender Twin Reverb "Blackface".^[][]

On occasion, Alabaster 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 Breeze 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"),^[1] drums and tambourine. For the White Stripes' tour, he played a custom-finish Hammond A organ with a Leslie speaker, which was subsequently loaned to Bob Dylan, and currently resides at Third Man Studios.^[] On the album Broken Boy Soldiers, both he and Benson are credited with playing the album's synths and organ.

With the Deceased Weather, White plays a custom Ludwig Classic Maple kit in Black Oyster Pearl.^[26] Notably, it includes two-snare drums, which Light calls "the jazz canon".^[26] For the Full Flash Blank tour, White used a drum brain with the Three Brides of Dracula on the front, but in , 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 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]}

Style

White has prolonged been a proponent of analog equipment and the associated productive methods.^[45][74] Beginning in the fifth grade, he and his childhood friend, Dominic Suchyta, would attend to records in White's attic on weekends and began to record cover songs on an old four-trackreel-to-reel tape machine.^[20] The White Stripes' first album was largely recorded in the attic of his parents' home.^[20] As their fame grew beyond Detroit, the Stripes became known for their affected innocence and stripped-down playing style.^[8] In particular, Colorless became distinguished for his nasal vocal delivery and loose, explosive guitar delivery.^[8] In an preceding New York Times concert review from , 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 reliable body electric".^[44]

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

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 call for to buy a guitar?"^[30] In a episode of the demonstrate , Portlandia, White made a cameo in a sketch spoofing abode studio enthusiasts who prefer antique recording equipment.^[]

Legacy

Achievements

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

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 s.^[8] For his various collaborations and solo work, Colorless has won regional, national and international awards, including twelve Grammy Awards (from a total of 33 nominations).^[] Nashville mayor Karl Dean awarded White the title of "Nashville Music City Ambassador" in ^[]Rolling Stone ranked him number 70 on its list of "The Greatest Guitarists of All Time".^[]David Fricke's list ranked him at number ^[] Three of his solo albums own reached number one on the Billboard charts.

Jack White born John Anthony Gillis, 9. Childhood: Jack White was born into a large family, in which he was the youngest of 10 siblings. His mother was secretary to the Cardinal and his father was a maintenance man. Jack was an altar boy, like all of his brothers before him.

Interviewers notice the wide breadth of the music styles and eras he draws from for inspiration.^[] In May , the Music Urban area Walk of Fame announced that it would be honoring Ivory (along with Loretta Lynn) with a medallion at its re-opening in Nashville.^[] On February 8, , 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".^[]

Media reception

Much has been made of White's "showmanship" and affectations.^[] Since the beginning, critics possess debated the "riddle" of White's self-awareness against his claims of authenticity,^[44][51] with people falling on both sides of the issue.

Joe Hagan of The Fresh York Times asked in , "Is Mr. White, a year-old former upholsterer from southwest Detroit, concocting this stuff with a wink? Or are the Colorless Stripes simply naïve?"^[51] 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."^[59] White himself confesses, "Sometimes I think I'm a simple guy, but I reflect the reality is I'm really complicated, as simple as I wish I was."^[59]

White has been called "eccentric".^[][] He is recognizable for creating a mythology around his endeavors;^[14] examples include his claim that the Stripes began on Bastille Day,^[40] that he and Meg are the two youngest of ten siblings,^[40][43][] and that Third Man Records used to be a candy factory.^[21] These assertions came into doubt or were disproven, as when, in , 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.^[] Neither addresses the truth officially, and Jack continues to refer to Meg as his sister in interviews,^[21] including in the documentary Under Superb White Northern Lights, filmed in ^[] In a 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 conserve their relationship by being in a band."^[1]

He has an attachment to the number three,^[45][] stemming from seeing three staples in the back of a Vladimir Kagan couch he helped to upholster as an apprentice.^[59] His business ventures frequently feature "three" in the title and he typically appends "III" to the conclude of his name.^[36] During the White Stripes tour in the UK, White began referring to himself as "Three Quid"—"quid" entity British slang for pound sterling.^[]

He maintains an aesthetic that he says challenges whether people will believe he is "real".^[1][36] He frequently color-codes his endeavors, such as the aforementioned Third Dude Upholstery and the White Stripes, as well as Third Bloke Records, which is completely outfitted in yellow, black, red, and blue (including staff uniforms).^[2][] As a taxidermy enthusiast—that correlates to his work as an upholsterer—he decorates his studio in preserved animals, including a peacock, giraffe, bison and Himalayan goat.^[36][][]

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.^[36] He states that he does not consider his personal life relevant to his art, saying "It's the similar 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."^[50]

His collection of esoterica involve Lead Belly's New York Metropolis arrest record, James Brown's Georgia driver's license from the s, and a copy of the first Superman comic from June ^[56] For $, in January , 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".^[] In its edition of March 6, , Billboard magazine announced the buyer had been White.^[]

Raised in Detroit, Pale is a fan of the Detroit Tigers baseball team.^[]

On multiple occasions, he has decried video games as being useless and a waste of time, going so far as to mention that he does not authorize his children to play them.^[] Despite this, his songs include 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

From to , White was married to bandmate Meg White.

Jack took Meg's last name, legally changing his surname.^[][]

In , White was in a relationship with actress Renée Zellweger, after they met during the filming of Cold Mountain.^[60]

From to , White was married to British model and singer Karen Elson.

Are you ready to dive into the electrifying world of Jack White? This enigmatic musician has captivated audiences worldwide with his unique sound and undeniable talent. Buckle up as we explore the animation, music, and legacy of this rock icon! He first gained fame as the frontman of the rock duo The Ivory Stripeswhich he formed with his then-wife Meg White in

They met when she starred in the White Stripes' music video for "Blue Orchid". Meg Light was the maid of honor at their wedding.^[] They co-parent their daughter and son.

In , White met American artist Olivia Jean at a The Dead Weather concert.^[] They were married in They reside in Nashville, Tennessee.^[]

Politics

In October , upon learning that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump had used the White Stripes song Seven Nation Army in video campaign materials, the band denounced the presidential candidate^[] and began selling shirts reading "Icky Trump"—a play on the White Stripes song "Icky Thump"—through the Third Man Records website.^[] He publicly endorsed Senator Bernie Sanders for the Democratic Party presidential primaries and performed a six-song set at a Sanders event at Cass Technical High School on October 27, 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".^[]

On November 20, , White wrote a note to Elon Musk explaining his reason for vanishing the Twitter platform; he said, "So you gave Trump his Twitter platform back.

Absolutely disgusting, Elon. That is officially an asshole move".^[] In August , White threatened to sue the Donald Trump presidential campaign after "Seven Nation Army" was once again used without permission, calling Trump and the campaign staff "fascists".^[] He and Meg reunited to file a infringement lawsuit in September ,^[][] which was later dropped in November ^[][]

Incidents

On December 13, , White was involved in an altercation with Jason Stollsteimer, lead singer of the Von Bondies, at the Magic Stick, a Detroit club.^[][] White was charged with misdemeanoraggravated assault.^[] He pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of assault and battery, was fined $ (including court costs), and was sentenced to take anger handling classes.^[2][]

White has repeatedly referred to conflicts that erupted between him and fellow artists in Detroit's underground music scene after the White Stripes gained international success.^[1][45] In a interview with the Associated Press