Jack White
Jack White is a Detroit-born singer, guitarist and producer whose music spans the White Stripes, the Raconteurs, the Dead Weather and a solo career rooted in blues and garage rock.
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Music
MusicOverview
- Born
- July 9, 1975 · Detroit, Michigan
- Based in
- Nashville, Tennessee
- What he does
- Singer, guitarist, drummer, songwriter, producer and visual artist
- Breakout
- White Blood Cells with the White Stripes, 2001
- Also hear him in
- The Raconteurs and the Dead Weather
- Record label
- Third Man Records
Mini bio
How it started.
Born John Gillis in Detroit, Jack made recordings with a friend on a reel-to-reel while still at school. He worked as an upholsterer and played drums in Goober & the Peas before forming the White Stripes with Meg White in 1997.
The songs fans found first.
White Blood Cells brought the duo wider attention in 2001, with “Fell in Love With a Girl” and its LEGO video. Elephant followed in 2003 with “Seven Nation Army,” whose guitar riff found another life as a stadium chant.
More than one band.
Jack also sings and plays guitar in the Raconteurs and drums in the Dead Weather. He produced Loretta Lynn’s Van Lear Rose in 2004, and his first solo album, Blunderbuss, reached No. 1 in the United States in 2012.
Making things by hand.
Third Man Records connects his music with vinyl, recording and design. That interest extends to furniture and sculpture: in 2026, his first public art exhibition in London brought his visual work into a gallery, while Frozen Charlotte continued his solo recording career.
Creditschronological, newest first
Solo recordings
- 2026Frozen CharlotteSolo artist
- 2025No Name Live EPSolo artist
- 2024No NameSolo artist
- 2014LazarettoSolo artist
- 2012BlunderbussSolo artist
Bands and production
- 2006Broken Boy Soldiers · The RaconteursBand member, vocals and guitar
- 2004Van Lear Rose · Loretta LynnProducer and performer
- 2003Elephant · The White StripesVocals and guitar
Books and visual art
- 2026These Thoughts May DisappearArtist, Newport Street Gallery exhibition
- 2026Collected Lyrics and Selected Writing Volume 1Author; edited by Ben Blackwell
Awards
- Rock & Roll Hall of Fame · 2025Inducted with the White Stripes in the Performer category.
- Grammy Award · Best Rock Performance · 2015Won for “Lazaretto.”
- Grammy Award · Best Country Album · 2005Producer of Loretta Lynn’s winning album Van Lear Rose.
- Grammy Awards · 2004The White Stripes won Best Alternative Music Album for Elephant; Jack won Best Rock Song for “Seven Nation Army.”
Quotes
We can only work from the scraps that we were given on this planet. I like that. That's a challenge.Jack White, Wallpaper*
Speaking about found materials and his first public art exhibition in London, May 2026.
Trivia
- Before the White Stripes, he opened Third Man Upholstery in Detroit in 1996.
- He took Meg White’s surname when they married.
- The Lazaretto Ultra LP plays side A from the inside out and hides tracks beneath its center labels.
- In 2013, he donated $200,000 to help launch the National Recording Preservation Foundation.
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