The rocker of my generation, as I see it.
NAME
Jack White III.
Yeah! That´s a great name. I´m sure it gave
Jack some respect in the hood. Even if you don´t like White Stripes, you just
prick up your ears as soon as you discover the royalness in it. Wise man.
ABILITES
He sings, plays guitar, piano and drums. A real
pain in the ass for any parents to raise. I picture Mrs White talking in the
hairdressing salon, saying to her friends, “Well,
Little Jackie makes noise with almost everything. He slams things on the
ground, grabs a spoon and crashes the saucepan. We are thinking of giving him
some musical instruments. Or maybe some really strong medication. I hope to
take a decision this week”.
This guy is a professional swagger. White
Stripes, The Racounters, Dead Weather, solo album, and record producer. What is
more, he opened his own record label: Third Man Records.
His alter-egos work perfectly. Maybe Dead
Weather´s “Cut like a buffalo” sounds
pretty much like Strangler´s “Peaches”? Don´t
worry, it´s ok. We won´t tell anyone.
I almost forgot! He played “Elvis” in the Dewey Cox movie. So, we can also consider him an
actor. Can we? I hope Al Pacino won´t read this.
ATTITUDE
Just two things Jack said:
- “I have enough money to live on
vacation for the nex twenty years”.
- “I have three dads: my
biological father, God and Bob Dylan.”
He doesn´t achieve “bigmouth” levels like Liam
and Noel Gallagher, but White´s a pretty clever guy and declares such things
freely, just like a minor elevator chat with your neighbor. “Nice day, uh?” “Great one! I´m recording with all my three bands and
then maybe have some casual sex with girls I haven´t met yet.” Lucky
bastard.
He played a like a thiry seconds concert with
the White Stripes in order to be part of the Guiness World Records under the
name of “Shortest concert ever”. As a
musician, he´s a terrific publicist.
MOVING TIMELINE
He looks into the future with his feet stuck in
american roots. Why? Tries to look trendy and makes records sound up to date,
but you won´t see White denying his cowboy persona. He created “Third man
Records”. Where? In Nashville! “Fool”, great antonym for “Jack”. Obviously,
this guy is aware of the significance that place gives to his work. He loves
Dylan (even played with him) and Cash, and doesn´t want to miss the chance to
become one of them in the future. Although he isn´t as talented as these two
legends, he manages to create the ideal atmosphere to deceive us and make us
believe he`ll be in the podium with Johnny and Bobby.
MISTERY
Is Meg his wife? Or are they just brothers?
Recording five albums at the same time? Won´t release any record until 2018?
Quitting tours? Why the hell should we worry about these things?
TALENT
Is like UFOs. Many people believes its
existence, but is hard to prove.
