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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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The Raconteurs: Watch The Talk About Their 10-Year Break & Play “Only Child” On Fallon
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Earlier this year, the Raconteurs, Jack White and Brendan Benson's returning rock ramblers, released Help Us Stranger, their first album in 11 years. They are once again a fully activated unit. And last night, White and Benson were on Jimmy Fallon's Tonight Show to perform and to talk about why it took so long to…
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A glimpse into White's pre-show limber-upJack White and Jay-Z in 2013Footage of Jack White preparing for a Raconteurs show by playing Jay-Z’s ’99 Problems’ was live-streamed yesterday (August 29) – watch the clip below. The band, which also features Brendan Benson, Jack Lawrence and The Greenhornes’ Patrick Keeler, were perfor...
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The Raconteurs: attend baseball game, bail to play show, then return to tied game
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Commitment The Raconteurs at All Points East 2019The Raconteurs attended the start and end of the Washington Nationals v Milwaukee Brewers baseball game last night – and played their nearby scheduled live show in between. As reported by Fox Sports, the Jack White-fronted band were in the crowd for the first three innings of the fixture at Wa...
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Miley Cyrus: From Miley Cyrus to The Raconteurs, more artists withdraw from Woodstock 50
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The festival’s line-up continues to shrinkMiley Cyrus and The Raconteurs (led by Jack White) have dropped out of Woodstock 50.The list of artists pulling out from Woodstock 50 continues to grow: Miley Cyrus, The Raconteurs, Santana and The Lumineers are just a few of the acts that have withdrawn from the 50th anniversary commemoration of the l...
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The Raconteurs: Watch Josh Homme join The to perform ‘Blue Veins’ live
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Someone broke the rules at a phone-free showJosh Homme / Jack WhiteLast Friday (July 26), Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age joined The Raconteurs onstage in Los Angeles for a rousing rendition of ‘Blue Veins’. Watch it below. The Raconteurs’ outing at LA’s Greek Theatre was a phone-free show: Billboard reports that attendees had thei...
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