(Vocal/instrumental group, 2005–present) Formed by The White Stripes’ Jack White and friend/songwriter Brendan Benson (along with Jack Lawrence and Patrick Keeler from Detroit’s Greenhornes), The Raconteurs fuse White’s guitar know-how with Benson’s songwriting panache. The concoctions are heady, if openly throwback, and those recorded for debut Broken Boy Soldiers (2006) are interesting in the way they were recorded ...
or piano and the rhythm is Meg’s accompaniment. There is nothing else that needs to be there.’ During downtime from The White Stripes in 2005, White formed The Raconteurs, a more conventional 1960s-influenced outfit. In 2009, he formed a new group called The Dead Weather with The Kills frontwoman Alison Mosshart. The White Stripes announced that they ...
The Deaf), their breakthrough came with 2000’s Rated ‘R’ featuring the sarcastic anthem ‘Feel Good Hit Of The Summer’. Styles & Forms | Twenty-First Century | Rock Personalities | The Raconteurs | Twenty-First Century | Rock ...
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