The Raconteurs at the Greek Theatre September 22, 2008.
Better Than: winning your football pool at work.
Download: "The Switch and The Spur" from The Raconteurs website
The sudden cancellation of the White Stripes tour led me to believe it would be awhile until Jack White (Vocals/Guitars) would resurface. I was shocked when a new Raconteurs album "Consolers of The Lonely" landed on the shelves just a few weeks after it was completed in March. The Raconteurs stopped by the Greek Theatre for
Back in 1996, it seemed like a pretty good bit that, post-"The Distance," Cake would wind up as a one-hit wonder. Yet the Sacramento band became one of the most reliable commodities in modern rock, which resulted in a ton of slightly amusing novelty hits: "Never There." "Sheep Go To Heaven." "Short Skirt/Long Jacket." "Love You Madly." An instrumental version of "Short Skirt/Long Jacket" is even the theme song to NBC's (which was just renewed, a rare victory for fans of nerdy network TV shows).
Oh, the simple joys of rocking out in a garage band. Most aspiring musicians can reminisce about the countless days spent hashing out future rock classics not yet born, sweating out their angst between a dusty tool bench, crappy Christmas ornaments and a broken lawn mower. And in many respects, the So Cal three piece Oh, The Spanish Moss are no different. Except these guys may actually make it out of the garage one of these days.
With a sound combining the boot stomping blues of the Black Ke
The Dead WeatherHorehound(Third Man)Jack White is a really good guitar player. In the White Stripes and the Raconteurs, he's shown off his proficiency in a variety of styles and genres (six years later, the faux-bassline of "Seven Nation Army" is still stuck in a lot of heads). He's a focus of upcoming documentary It Might Get Loud, where he joins certified six-string icons Jimmy Page and the Edge in gabbing about the history of the electric guitar.So it's perplexing that in the Dead Weather, hi
