Jack White: whats so good?

[Hue_Jars]

His new solo album " Blunderbuss" is awsome.

And before you go and knock his guitar work, listen to this track.

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What track is it - youtube vids dont come up on my computer for some reason

 

[Mesc]

What track is it - youtube vids dont come up on my computer for some reason

Catch Hell Blues.

 

[Hue_Jars]

Catch Hell Blues.

Hmm, good song and great live sound, especially considering there is only two of them, but he's playing slide guitar in open tuning. Just holding the slide over a bar and moving it up and down the neck....nothing exceptionally hard about that. Using an overdrive effect for the loud parts by pressing a pedal.

John Butler, Duane Allman craps all over this in terms of slide playing.

 

[Mesc]

Hmm, good song and great live sound, especially considering there is only two of them, but he's playing slide guitar in open tuning. Just holding the slide over a bar and moving it up and down the neck....nothing exceptionally hard about that. Using an overdrive effect for the loud parts by pressing a pedal.

John Butler, Duane Allman craps all over this in terms of slide playing.

yeh , i see where your coming from , pretty simple as far as guitar playing go's... i take it your a guitar player, but simple is sometimes best, take Angus and Malcolm young for example. just pure ,no bullshit guitar playing, I can see why Jack White is criticised , but at the end of the day , it sounds bloody awsome.

This bloke on the other hand..... > Joe Bonamassa , < Pure genius

 

[Hue_Jars]

yeh , i see where your coming from , pretty simple as far as guitar playing go's... i take it your a guitar player, but simple is sometimes best, take Angus and Malcolm young for example. just pure ,no bullshit guitar playing, I can see why Jack White is criticised , but at the end of the day , it sounds bloody awsome.

This bloke on the other hand..... > Joe Bonamassa , < Pure genius

Good point, but Joe Bonamassa is hard to listen to IMO. Sometimes simple is awesome, like ACDC (who dont get enough credit for how good their songs are) and Keef Richards.

I can respect Jack White cos he certainly does have an individual style and makes the simple sound massive

 

[Powerade 08]

Get a copy of The Racounters live at the Manchester Apollo. (Torrent it)

The songs aren't that great and the actual album is pretty average but he and BB just make it work live. Great performer.