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Fatback Deluxe
Matt Andersen
Danny Bryant
Aynsley Lister
Sue Foley
Chantel McGregor
Joanne Shaw Taylor
Imelda May
Joe Bonamassa
Damon Fowler
Grady Champion
Oli Brown
Ana Popović
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Derek Trucks
Wilson T King
Seasick Steve
Susan Tedeschi
Virgil and The Accelerators
Jimmy Bowskill
The Black Keys
The White Stripes
Walter Trout
Dani Wilde
Candye Kane
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Style: Blues, garage punk, country
Influenced by: Son House, Robert Johnson, The Gun Club
Gear: 1964 JB Hutto Montgomery Airline, Harmony Rocket
Find out more:www.whitestripes.com
With respect to the other artists in this roundup, no contemporary band has done more to drill the blues aesthetic and beauty of lo-fi recording into the public consciousness than The White Stripes.
While guitarist and vocalist Jack White has taken on a dizzying array of musical projects over the years (The Raconteurs, The Dead Weather and the brilliant 2004 Van Lear Rose album, a collaboration with country legend Loretta Lynn), The White Stripes is still his finest hour.
The future of The White Stripes is up in the air at the moment. In an interview with MusicRadar’s Joe Bosso in May 2009 Jack claimed that a new Stripes record “won’t be too far off.” Pull your finger out mate!
