Born the youngest of ten children, raised in Southwest Detroit and a resident of Nashville since 2005, Jack White is one of the most prolific and renowned artists of the past fifteen years.

When the White Stripes started in 1997 no one, least of all Jack, ever expected that a red-and-white two-piece band would take hold in the mainstream world. With the release of 2001’s White Blood Cells the band was thrust on magazine covers and captivating audiences through worldwide touring. “Fell in Love With a Girl” served as the band’s breakthrough hit and its accompanying Michel Gondry Lego clip was chosen by Pitchfork Media as the #1 music video of the 2000’s.

The release of Elephant in 2003 not only cemented the band’s reputation as a force to be reckoned with, but it also offered the hit “Seven Nation Army” which has since become appropriated as a de facto stadium chant for many sports teams the world over.

In 2004 White teamed up with Loretta Lynn to produce and perform on her Van Lear Rose album, an effort that won Grammy’s for Best Country Album and Best Country collaboration with vocals for the single “Portland, Oregon.” To date White has won nine Grammys in seven different categories.

White formed a “new band of old friends” the Raconteurs in 2006 and their debut album Broken Boy Soldiers showed a markedly different side, most notably one where songwriting, vocal and guitar duties were shared. The success of their debut-single “Steady, As She Goes” proved that White’s previous accomplishments were no fluke.

To take it even further, in 2009 White took to his original instrument, the drums, and started the Dead Weather with members of the Kills, Queens of the Stone Age and the Greenhornes. Releasing two albums in two years and unleashing a dark, captivating live show upon curious audiences, the Dead Weather futher-cemented Jack White’s musical versatility and range.

Also in 2009, White opened the doors to his very own record label, Third Man Records, where he has produced over 120 records in less than three years. Spanning artists as varied as Jerry Lee Lewis, the Smoke Fairies, Wanda Jackson, Black Milk and Stephen Colbert, the label has quickly developed a reputation as a leader in the vinyl record industry.

In January 2012 White announced the upcoming release of his debut album Blunderbuss which will be accompanied by extensive touring across the world.

Mutual admirers and longtime friends Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, and Emmylou Harris had planned to record together for years, but were prevented by a variety of logistic and legal difficulties. An aborted mid-‘70s session resulted in tracks that appeared on albums by Ronstadt and Harris, but it wasn’t until 1986 that the three superstar singers finally teamed up for what would become an undisputed country classic.

Trio was produced by renowned inventor/recording engineer George Massenberg, who gathered together a stellar lineup of session musicians, including guitarists Ry Cooder, Albert Lee, and David Lindley. The Warner Bros. album proved one of 1987’s biggest country crossover hits, hitting the top 10 on the Billboard 200 as well as #1 on the “Top Country Albums” chart. Trio – which featured four top 10 Country hits, including a chart-topping cover of Phil Spector’s “To Know Him Is To Love Him” – went on to receive RIAA platinum certification and the Grammy Award for “Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.”

It took a dozen years, but Parton, Ronstadt, and Harris finally reunited in 1998 for a long-awaited, hugely anticipated sequel, Trio II. Again produced by Massenberg, the Asylum release featured the three iconic vocalists’ unmistakable harmonies ringing out on soaring tracks like country songwriter Harley Allen’s “High Sierra” and Neil Young’s “After The Gold Rush,” the latter of which won the 1999 Grammy Award for “Best Country Collaboration With Vocal.”

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