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Oh, one other Jack White thought…

Years ago, I was at O'Hare and the Raconteurs happened to walked past me.  Everyone was dressed in their best Jake Jack White™. Like, you're traveling, guy…let the band be comfy!  They don't need to be in bowlers and vintage three-piece suits or whatever to sit on a plane.

So last night, I noticed the roadies were all dressed in their best Jake Jack White™ as well…shirt & tie, vests, fedoras, those little things that go on your arm to bunch up the sleeves (the name is probably somewhere in a Julian's American post, but I'm too lazy to look it up).

Then the band hits the stage and are just dressed normal?  It wasn't until the end that I realized it was only the road crew…even the merch and sound guy had to wear their dumb little outfits. 

you keep saying Jake, but I think you mean Jack

because this guy dresses like a schlub
https://jakewhite.com/

lol stupid auto-correct / copy & paste.

nkotb wrote:
Oh, one other Jack White thought…

Years ago, I was at O'Hare and the Raconteurs happened to walked past me.  Everyone was dressed in their best Jake Jack White™. Like, you're traveling, guy…let the band be comfy!  They don't need to be in bowlers and vintage three-piece suits or whatever to sit on a plane.

So last night, I noticed the roadies were all dressed in their best Jake Jack White™ as well…shirt & tie, vests, fedoras, those little things that go on your arm to bunch up the sleeves (the name is probably somewhere in a Julian's American post, but I'm too lazy to look it up).

Then the band hits the stage and are just dressed normal?  It wasn't until the end that I realized it was only the road crew…even the merch and sound guy had to wear their dumb little outfits. 

Sleeve Garters
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeve_garter

Last nights Jack White show was once again fantastic.  We arrived around 6:30, line was stretched around two corners of the building.  Doors opened at 7 and it took another 30 minutes to get in.  The opener Des Demonas came on around 8:15, despite a bit of technical difficulty halfway through their set (where they were saved by one of those spiffy dress roadies) they still put on a great show.  Would certainly check them out again given the opportunity.

Jack and band took the stage at 9:15 and played a fantastic set.  I would say 60% overlap with previous night but enough change-ups to keep things interesting.  They played a few more songs than the night before followed by a 3 song encore wrapping up around 10:45 or so.  Sound was fantastic, cleaner, and more refined than BlackCat (which probably goes without saying) but somehow didn't feel quite as engaging.  The Black Cat performance felt more raw and fitting for the material he selected for this tour. 

Was looking forward to catching up on sleep tonight but I guess I will be hitting a third show at the Atlantis.

jb1677 wrote:
Last nights Jack White show was once again fantastic.  We arrived around 6:30, line was stretched around two corners of the building.  Doors opened at 7 and it took another 30 minutes to get in.  The opener Des Demonas came on around 8:15, despite a bit of technical difficulty halfway through their set (where they were saved by one of those spiffy dress roadies) they still put on a great show.  Would certainly check them out again given the opportunity.

Jack and band took the stage at 9:15 and played a fantastic set.  I would say 60% overlap with previous night but enough change-ups to keep things interesting.  They played a few more songs than the night before followed by a 3 song encore wrapping up around 10:45 or so.  Sound was fantastic, cleaner, and more refined than BlackCat (which probably goes without saying) but somehow didn't feel quite as engaging.  The Black Cat performance felt more raw and fitting for the material he selected for this tour. 

Was looking forward to catching up on sleep tonight but I guess I will be hitting a third show at the Atlantis.

I guess you'll be eating ramen noodles in September now that Jack White has swallowed your food budget for the month.

jb1677 wrote:
I would say 60% overlap with previous night but enough change-ups to keep things interesting.  They played a few more songs than the night before followed by a 3 song encore wrapping up around 10:45 or so.

16 songs during 1:15 @ BC vs. 19 songs during 1:35 @ 930

feeling too lazy to calculate overlap %

I made the mistake of pouring over the recent Jack White setlists and it would appear a subscription to Nugs is in order.

The St. Andrew’s show in Detroit complete with a The Go cover looks worth checking out, as does the Black Cat show with the White Stripes covers.  Hotel Yorba is an all time favorite song

How was the Atlantis Jack White gig?  The clips I saw made it look like the most energetic of the three.

gavroche wrote:
How was the Atlantis Jack White gig?  The clips I saw made it look like the most energetic of the three.

Were you guys who judge a show by the energy level really into pep rallies when you were in high school?

Space wrote:

gavroche wrote:
How was the Atlantis Jack White gig?  The clips I saw made it look like the most energetic of the three.

Were you guys who judge a show by the energy level really into pep rallies when you were in high school?

I was Mr. Most School Spirit 3 of my 4 years in high school. Would've been 4 of 4 but that damn Jamie Taco kept stealing all of my flair! Fuck you, Jamie Taco!!

Jack White played the Elephant trifecta of Seven Nation Army, Black Math and Ball and Biscuit at Atlantis. Wow.  Saw White Stripes at Hammerstein Ballroom in 2003 and those were the songs that stand out as making my head explode.

Blind Pig show will be incredible. 

And this tour has me thinking Mr. White is ready for White Stripes reunion if Meg is up for it.

Mobius wrote:
Blind Pig show will be incredible. 

Yo! You going to be in Ann Arbor for this? PM me.

It’s the perfect weekend - night game at the Big House (good weather no less) and then Jack White at Blind Pig . . .but I won’t be there . . .

Mobius wrote:
It’s the perfect weekend - night game at the Big House (good weather no less) and then Jack White at Blind Pig . . .but I won’t be there . . .

We were so close to being best friends until that first ellipsis.

Space wrote:

gavroche wrote:
How was the Atlantis Jack White gig?  The clips I saw made it look like the most energetic of the three.

Were you guys who judge a show by the energy level really into pep rallies when you were in high school?

Hard to say… ours were always forced and lacking energy! 

Currently at Neville Street Groove at Jammin Java


They just did whole lotta Rosie!

Last year their main singer was missing due to Covid but she is here now

Jazz fest on the pier tonight sounded great. Dianne Reeves, Galactic and Chuck Brown Band.
Obviously only Dianne was Jazz strictly speaking

Howas Hooky?
I wanted to go but had to work that night…

I had intended to go to the free Cloud Cult show in Herndon Saturday, but when a fellow boardie offered me a free ticket to Mitski/Alvvays Saturday, I opted for that one.

I stopped at my favorite MD brewery nearby before the show. An obese middle aged couple was asking the obese middle aged bartendress if she was going to any of the Mitski shows, and the bartendress asked "Who's Mitski? The couple proceeded to explain, but made it clear that they weren't going. But they boasted that they did see Jack White at the Atlantis. That sounds about right.

Alvvays are a current favorite, and they didn't disappoint.
Mitski early on thanked all the parents who brought their kids to the show and warned them the show was going to be R rated. It wasn't. Her show was kind of "Meh." Nice to see Fats Kaplin picking up a nice paycheck. Almost as random as Donnie Herron getting picked up by Bob Dylan.