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Jack White        

American Singer-Songwriter; Former Lead Singer of "The White Stripes"

Jack White, often credited as Jack White III, is an American musician, singer-songwriter, record producer, multi-instrumentalist and occasional actor. He was born in Detroit, Michigan, the youngest of ten children to Teresa and Gorman M. Gillis. His mother's family was Polish, while his father was Scottish-Canadian.

He was best known as the vocalist, guitarist and pianist of The White Stripes until they split in February 2011, as well as a vocalist and guitarist for The Raconteurs and the drummer of The Dead Weather. White released his debut solo album, Blunderbuss, on April 24, 2012.

He is ranked No. 70 on Rolling Stone's list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".White's popular and critical success with The White Stripes enabled him to collaborate as a solo artist with other renowned musicians, such as Beck, The Rolling Stones, Jeff Beck, Alicia Keys, Bob Dylan, Electric Six, Insane Clown Posse, and Loretta Lynn, whose 2004 album Van Lear Rose he produced and performed on. In 2006, White became a founding member of the rock band The Raconteurs. In 2009, he became a founding member and drummer of his third commercially successful group, The Dead Weather.

He was awarded the title of "Nashville Music City Ambassador" by the Nashville mayor Karl Dean in 2011.

In March 2015, White's record label "Third Man" joined in the launch of Tidal, a music streaming service owned by Jay-Z.

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Jack White and Neil Young: collaborate for covers album?
Jack White and Neil Young have reportedly made an album together. Two different sources claim the musicians have collaborated on a covers LP, including songs by some of their favourite singer-songwriters...
Jack White Finishing Up New Album | Music News | Rolling Stone
Jack White has a new album in the works, and it looks like it could be coming out soon. In a recent chat with fans on the message board of his label,

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