#02: JACK WHITE - BLUNDERBUSS
Jack White
has to be one of the hardest working men in music. Over the last few years he
has played with three bands - The White Stripes, The Raconteurs and The Dead
Weather – whilst also finding time to run his own record label, Third Man
Records, in Nashville Tennesse. He’s long been quizzed about a solo album and,
with The White Stripes officially dissolved in early 2011, his debut
Blunderbuss was released in April of this year. Jack White has always worn his
influences on his sleeve. Much of The White Stripes early work is a love letter
to 1930’s bluesmen such as Son House and Blind Willie McTell, while later
albums pay homage to the likes of Led Zeppelin, who themselves took the sound
of the Blues and evolved it into Rock and Heavy Metal. The Dead Weather is pure
Garage Rock and Blues and The Raconteurs played Rock and Americana with
sprinklings of country soul. Blunderbuss covers all of these influences and
more. Album opener Missing Pieces and the second track, Sixteen Saltines both
have a heavy rock and blues feel with the latter featuring a classic Jack White
riff running through it. Lead single, Love Interruption is a country ballad
with a bitter edge and Hip (Eponymous) Poor Boy is a foot-tapping bar room
ditty. The stand out track for me is the one cover on the album, I’m Shakin,
originally by Motown star Little Willie John. Jack White showcases a wide
variety of his talents and influences on his debut album and the result is one
of his best efforts yet.
Favourite
Track I’m Shakin’
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