{"id":484388,"date":"2019-04-07T12:39:57","date_gmt":"2019-04-07T18:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=818771"},"modified":"2019-04-07T12:39:57","modified_gmt":"2019-04-07T18:39:57","slug":"jack-white-the-raconteurs-celebrate-10-years-of-third-man-records-in-nashville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/jack-white-the-raconteurs-celebrate-10-years-of-third-man-records-in-nashville\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack White, the Raconteurs Celebrate 10 Years of Third Man Records in Nashville"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s been eight years since the Raconteurs<\/a> came together for a live performance, and on Saturday night, as part of Third Man Records<\/a>\u2019 10-year anniversary party, Jack White<\/a>, Brendan Benson, Jack Lawrence and Patrick Keeler reunited to kick off their forthcoming LP, Help Us Stranger<\/em>, with a tight set of songs new and old that show the foursome hasn\u2019t rusted a bit in their time off. After a sweet introduction from White\u2019s mother Teresa Gillis, the foursome launched into fan favorite \u201cConsoler of the Lonely\u201d \u2014 the same way they started their shows on their last tour together nearly a decade ago.<\/p>\n

Playing on a yellow and black stage erected in the lot outside of Third Man Record\u2019s storefront and with the Nashville skyline \u2014 one that has changed enormously in the years since White moved to town in 2006 \u2014 in the background, the Raconteurs debuted a sampling of Help Us Stranger<\/em>\u2018s new songs like \u201cNow That You\u2019re Gone,\u201d \u201cBorn and Razed\u201d and the title track<\/a> (after which White asked the crowd, \u201cShould we put that on the album?\u201d) alongside oldies like \u201cSalute Your Solution.\u201d White and Benson easily slipped back into their dual front man roles, with the Third Man himself playing crowd conductor for an arena-worthy sing-along on \u201cSteady as She Goes.\u201d The band finished with Broken Boy Soldier\u2019s \u201cBlue Veins,\u201d which White exploded with a lengthy guitar solo on his Flying V.<\/p>\n

The performance was part of a full day of music and a sprawling street festival celebrating Third Man Records, which set up shop long before Nashville\u2019s \u201cIt City\u201d boom. When the black and yellow storefront opened in 2009, it was a pivotal moment in the town\u2019s sea change from country music capital to cutting-edge Southern hub, full of ideas, bands and creative masterminds that were ready to challenge the idea that New York and L.A. could only serve as the country\u2019s main artistic centers. In the years since, Third Man has expanded rapidly, signing artists like Margo Price and Joshua Hedley (who both played afternoon DJ sets at the event), branching out into books and opening a Detroit location, complete with vinyl pressing plant, to help further realize White\u2019s dedication to all things acetate. They even shot a record into space and made the world\u2019s fasted record.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also become an integral part of the Nashville musical community, hosting everything from children\u2019s events to special concerts in the Blue Room venue, which has seen Pearl Jam and Father John Misty, among others, on its stage. Saturday\u2019s lineup included Craig Brown Band, Lillie Mae, the Gories and Quintron & Miss Pussycat, showing just how musically diverse their approach is \u2014 Third Man doesn\u2019t have a sound as much as a mission to highlight artists that could go criminally unheard in a commercial-focused market.<\/p>\n

\"Margo<\/p>\n

Margo Price and Joshua Hedley performed DJ sets at Third Man Records\u2019 10th anniversary block party in Nashville. (Photo: Dana Distortion)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cThe next ten years of Third Man is going to be a whole lot more,\u201d says Ben Swank, \u201cConsigliere\u201d of Third Man Records. \u201cMore art, more rock and roll, more film, poetry, old punks ceding the way for the young DIY\u2019ers, more protest, more paradigm smashing, more tears in the rain and sands in the hourglass. It\u2019s going to be ten more years of invoking things that make us all feel something honest in this age of capitalist nihilism and we\u2019re going to do it with all of our friends and family of independent labels and stores, publishers and artists together.\u201d<\/p>\n

Third Man has also established a reputation among artists as an ally in terms of creative control, particularly in a city where the bottom line can be priority Number One. When Price was shopping her debut, Midwest Farmer\u2019s Daughter<\/em>, Third Man was the only label that would not only sign her, but also agree to release the project completely untouched. For Hedley, Third Man has been a sense of family.<\/p>\n

\"Jack<\/p>\n

Jack White\u2019s mother, Teresa Gillis, introduced the Raconteurs. (Photo: Dana Distortion)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a label run by musicians,\u201d says Hedley. \u201cThat\u2019s rare. Most label executives couldn\u2019t tell you shit from shinola, all they care about is dollar signs. They find a pretty face who can halfway carry a tune, tell them what to sing, what to wear, how to act, what to say, and how to say it. Third Man is a different beast. They care about the records they release and they care about the artists making those records. I guarantee you 90% of the executives at any given label on Music Row couldn\u2019t tell you half the names on their roster. Every single person working at Third Man could damn near tell you my life story. They give a shit and that\u2019s refreshing in Music City.\u201d<\/p>\n

Third Man will be releasing Help Us Stranger<\/em> \u2014 the Raconteurs\u2019 third studio LP and their first in over a decade since 2008\u2019s Consolers of the Lonely<\/em> \u2014 on June 21st. The Raconteurs will play two more shows at Third Man\u2019s Blue Room this week on April 8th and 9th.<\/p>\n

via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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