The White Stripes: Complete Lyrics: 1997-2007 - Couverture rigide

White, Jack

Couverture rigide

ISBN 13 : 9798986614526

Editeur : Third Man Books, 2023

Synopsis

The White Stripes Complete Lyrics is a deluxe new 300+ page hardbound book documenting all of Jack White's original words written for the 6x Grammy Award-winning duo he and Meg White formed in 1997 through the release of their final album in 2007. The first-time-ever lyric collection also features never-before-seen and rare rough drafts, alternate lyrics, and photographs, alongside exclusive essays by Hanif Abdurraqib, Ben Blackwell, and Caroline Randall Williams.

Here's some facts you may or may not know about the White Stripes:

• They are quite possibly the youngest band to have opened for both the Rolling Stones and the Pretty Things.
• They have won six Grammy Awards.
• They have appeared on the Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, the Daily Show with John Stewart, The Late Show with David Letterman, Charlie Rose, Late Night with Conan O'Brien and Detroit PBS Backstage Pass.
• They have released two films, both of which feature the words "under" and "lights" in the title.
• They are almost certainly the only band to have ever played shows with Loretta Lynn, the Stooges, Porter Wagoner, Whirlwind Heat and Sleater-Kinney.
• All six of their albums have at least one song with the word "little" in the title. They have performed in Iqaluit, Canada; Talinn, Estonia and Toledo, Ohio.
• Jack and Meg White appeared in Jim Jarmusch's film Coffee and Cigarettes.
• Several songs by the White Stripes are featured in the first season of the television series Peaky Blinders.
• The Academy Award-winning movie, The Social Network featured "Ball and Biscuit" in the opening scene.
• The band also appeared as themselves in The Simpsons episode "Jazzy and the Pussycats."
• The song "Apple Blossom" was featured in the Quentin Tarantino film The Hateful Eight.
• Wayne McGregor used music by the White Stripes for his production Chroma, a piece he created for The Royal Ballet in London, England.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Jack White is a twelve-time Grammy-winning musician, producer, and actor. He is best known for his work in the bands The White Stripes, The Raconteurs, The Dead Weather, and as a solo artist. In 2009 he also founded his own record label, Third Man Records.

Hanif Abdurraqib is a poet, essayist, and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio. His book Go Ahead In The Rain: Notes To A Tribe Called Quest became a New York Times Bestseller, was a finalist for the Kirkus Prize, and was longlisted for the National Book Award. His second collection of poems, A Fortune For Your Disaster, was released in 2019 by Tin House, and won the 2020 Lenore Marshall Prize. In 2021, he released the book A Little Devil In America with Random House, which was a finalist for the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the The PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay. The book won the 2022 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction and the Gordon Burn Prize. Hanif is a graduate of Beechcroft High School.

Ben Blackwell is the The White Stripes official historian. Also a co-founder, co-owner of Third Man Records, he's directly overseen the release of over 950 different titles and the pressing of over seven million pieces of vinyl.

Caroline Randall Williams is a multi-genre writer, educator, performance artist in Nashville Tennessee, where she is a Writer-in-Residence at Vanderbilt University. Host of the Viola Davis produced series Hungry For Answers, she is also co-author of the NAACP Image Award-winning cookbook Soul Food Love. Her debut poetry collection, Lucy Negro, Redux was published by Third Man Books, and turned into a ballet by Nashville Ballet, with an original score by Grammy award winner Rhiannon Giddens. She performs her poetry as a member of the cast. The production made its television debut last year as part of PBS's Great Performances series. Named by Southern Living as "One of the 50 People changing the South," and ranked by The Root as one of the 100 most influential African Americans of 2020, the Cave Canem fellow has been published and featured in multiple journals, essay collections and news outlets, including The Atlantic, The Iowa Review, The Massachusetts Review, CherryBombe, Garden and Gun, Essence, and the New York Times.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Third Man Books
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798986614526
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 315
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Third Man Records; Tanja.Michaelis@mig-music.de; ; Hildesheimer Strasse 83; Hannover; D-30169; Allemagne