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This sort of thing became inevitable once Jack White moved from Detroit to Nashville: He already hired the trumpet player from a local Mexican restaurant to play on the Stripes' Icky Thump, and now the Raconteurs have corralled bluegrass legend Ricky Skaggs and country singer Ashley Monroe for seven-man/one-woman acoustic jam of "Old Enough", a fairly convoluted song from their recent Consolers of the Lonely. The original version of the song, with its fiddle and acoustic guitar solo, leans toward country, and this version makes that influence explicit. The most interesting elements are the new ones. With her soft-edged, Parton-esque voice, Ashley Monroe sounds great harmonizing with Brendan Benson White leans in toward acoustic alpha male Skaggs, whose graceful mandolin picking fills the transitions from one section to another. Toward the end, they segue wittily into the Everly Brothers' "Wake Up Little Suzy", and in the video, directed with a shaky hand by photographer Autumn de Wilde, the song ends with repeated punctuation and a smattering of applause for each other. It sounds a bit self-congratulatory, but here's hoping this expanded group has some more crossover-ready covers in them.Video:> The Raconteurs [ft. Ricky Skaggs and Ashley Monroe]: "Old Enough"[original version from Consolers of the Lonely; out now on Warner Bros.]
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Raconteurs: Jack White returns to Reading Festival with Raconteurs
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The Raconteurs mainman Jack White returned to the Reading Festival for the fourth time this decade with his 'other' band tonight (June 28).
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Raconteurs: The Kills to tour US with The Raconteurs this summer
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The Kills have announced that they will tour the US with The Raconteurs later this summer and into the autumn.
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Raconteurs: The Raconteurs rock sunny Glastonbury
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The Raconteurs mainman Jack White returned to Glastonbury's Pyramid Stage for the third time this decade with his 'other' band tonight (June 28).
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Raconteurs: The Raconteurs Add New Tour Leg
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Just went you thought that The Raconteurs would be done playing to North American fans later this month when their current run ends, the band has announced a new leg of tour dates in late summer.
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Raconteurs: The Raconteurs announce US fall tour dates
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The Raconteurs have announced a string of tour dates this fall, kicking off with two shows in Portland, OR on September 16.
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