Jack White

Jack White

Jack White is an American rock musician, producer and actor from Detroit. Born John Anthony Gillis in 1975, he is a rock and blues multi-instrumentalist whose work spans alternative rock, art rock, blues rock, experimental rock, garage rock revival and rock. He is associated with Third Man Records and Third String Tunes.

Career

White first works as a professional musician in the early 1990s as a drummer for the Detroit cowpunk band Goober & the Peas. He rises to prominence as the guitarist and lead vocalist of The White Stripes, the rock duo he forms in 1997 and continues with until 2011. He also performs as a guitarist and vocalist in The Raconteurs and as drummer and vocalist in The Dead Weather.

Alongside those groups, White records under his own name. His solo work includes the singles and albums Love Interruption, Blunderbuss, Lazaretto, Boarding House Reach, Fear of the Dawn, Entering Heaven Alive and No Name.

Production and labels

White produces Loretta Lynn's Van Lear Rose in 2004. That album wins a Grammy for best country album, and the song Portland Oregon brings an additional Grammy for best country collaboration. He records Love Interruption at his own Third Man Studio in Nashville and first makes it available through his pay-to-join Vault club and on his website before it appears on vinyl in his preferred format.

Other bands and collaborations

His earlier and associated bands include The Go, 2 Star Tabernacle, The Upholsterers, Jack White and The Bricks, and Goober & the Peas. His work with The White Stripes, The Raconteurs and The Dead Weather forms a central part of his output, and he remains active across these projects.