Jack White
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Jack White is the lead vocalist, guitarist, lyricist, songwriter, and pianist for The White Stripes. He is also the vocalist and guitarist for The Raconteurs.
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History
Jack was born John Anthony Gillis on July 9, 1975 in Detroit, Michigan.
Personal Life
Costumes/Looks
He has worn several different things in pictures, album covers, promo shoots, concerts, etc. Some of these things include :
- White T-shirt and red pants (for many occasions, including the album covers for their eponymous debut album and White Blood Cells)
Equipment
Guitars
- 2 1964 JB Hutto Montgomery Airline electric guitars
- 1 Harmony Rocket
- 1 1970s Crestwood Astral II
- 1 1950S Kay Hollowbody (Jack usually plays this with a slide)
- A Gretsch guitar (Jack usually plays this with the Raconteurs)
FX Pedals/Amps
- Digitech whammy pedal (for the rapid modulations in pitch for his solos)
- MXR Micro-amp
- Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi Distortion/Sustainer
- Electro-Harmonix Polyphonic Octave Generator (POG)
- 1970s Fender Twin Reverb
- 100-Watt Sears Silvertone 6x10 combo amplifiers
Keyboards
- Rhodes bass keys
Facts
- Many White Stripes were saddened and shocked to hear that Jack White had been in a car accident on his 28th birthday. Jack was making a left turn when another car ran a red light and struck the side of Jack's car. Jack later said : "This 75 to 80 year old woman drove right out in the middle of the street, right in front of us. There was nothing I could do to get away from it. It was lucky that there was nobody seriously injured. The airbag hit my hands on the steering wheel. I didn't know about any injuries until I got out of the car and kind of looked around. It didn't hurt: it was more, 'That's not supposed to be bent like that.' It was bent in a really strange way. And it was shattered, from here to here [draws line along lower half of finger]. I immediately thought 'That's not going to be good, is it?'. It was a multiple fracture which means it didn't actually go through the skin but it shattered inside the finger. I can't write, I can't play piano, I can't play guitar, I can't do anything creative. I can't even tie my shoes. The airbag broke my finger when it deployed. Maybe I would have been better off without an airbag. But I wasn't too freaked out. I was OK with it. It was one of those things where your mind acclimates to whatever the situation is. It just sort of upset me that I had to stop touring and I couldn't write music or play guitar or piano."
Ironically, as Jack has a fascination with the number three, doctors put three screws in Jack's finger during the operation to fix it. Jack has also said that doctors told him the finger may require more surgery.
Side Projects/Other Bands/Credits
- Jack was briefly in a band called "The Walker-White Trio" with guitarist Johnny Walker of the Soledad Brothers and possibly Ben Swank (also of the Soledad Brothers).
