He’s got a taxidermy giraffe in his office, a copy of Action Comics #1 he paid over $1million for; employees who dress in black suits and yellow ties, and he launched a turntable on a balloon to record it as it ascended to the top of the atmosphere/until the balloon popped. And that was his 3 millionth album pressed, apparently - and he’s building his own pressing factory in Detroit. Oh, and he’s got white peacocks in training to wander the grounds of his big Nashville house.
Jeez. He’s a decent musician, too.
Love this description of his guitar work:
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A White guitar solo is often a series of collisions, a challenge to a song to defend itself. He likes fat, sludgy tones and clipped attacks, often repeating a note as if he were throttling it.
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Nice.
And, finally, for all the time of my fandom, I had no idea he has short teeth, like Stevie Ray Vaughn did. The head-on shot at the front of the article is the first I’d just seen him smile. No big deal, just weird when you miss something that basic in a person you’ve paid attention to for years. A gummy smile is pretty distinctive and I never noticed.
Love the description of his guitar solo’s.
I have to agree, The end solo of you don’t know what love is (you just do as you’re told)(from 3:00) brings to mind exactly that image. Jack hunched over the lower neck frets squeezing the life out of the damn thing until it squeals.
And if you haven’t seen it, check out The Big Interview with Dan Rather when he spoke with Jack White. They do a nice tour of Third Man Records. Excellent episode if you’re a Jack White fan like I am.
In this article, there’s a nice overview of the White Stripes and why they worked, but very little mention of White’s personal life, his “feud” with Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys. White’s fracas with Jason Stollsheimer of the Von Bondies is referenced, but not by name, just a reference to White’s feistiness.
I’m in no way a music fan - I don’t really follow anyone, I can’t speak intelligently about it, and have little context to put it in. But I did really enjoy White’s documentary “Play It Loud”.