Jack White and Dean Fertita

12 EVENT MUSIC Motley crew: The Dead Weather band (from left) Jack Lawrence, Alison Mosshart, Jack White and Dean Fertita HIT COLLECTION JACK White is a collector. At his there were two other up- home in Nashville, he collects Jack White has made a habit of holsterers who lived on my block taxidermied birds, a certain in Detroit,’’ he says. brand of clock and old scissors collecting musicians and putting them ‘‘There was the guy next door, from his days as an upholsterer. Sally Browne Brian Muldoon, and at the end of And although he loves vinyl in his bands, writes the block there was an old records, producing a lot through German upholsterer named his label Third Man records, he like I’ve never heard anyone And in Nashville, White can Klomp, so I was the third one on doesn’t collect music. else’’; and Jack White on drums also occasionally be seen behind my block, which was a pretty rare THE RETURN OF JAPAN’S COMEDY MASTERS! ‘‘I don’t collect music and and vocal. the counter at his shop Third occurrence in space time. records because that’s really ‘‘I haven’t been a drummer in a Man records, the storefront for ‘‘I don’t think that has ever dangerous for me. If I start doing band since I was a teenager,’’ his label. happened before. I don’t know that you’ll never see me again,’’ White says. Although the label is less than why that actually happened, he says. ‘‘The four of us have been in a a year old, they’ve already put there was just some sort of chain ‘‘It would be something that I lot of bands. out more than 25 records, includ- of events so I became Third Man could become extremely obsess- ‘‘I was playing shows with ing music and spoken word, on upholstery. ive over and it would hurt my Dean Fertita in bowling alleys in digital and vinyl. White admits ‘‘The number three has deep songwriting and my creativity Detroit 10 years ago, and I was he’s a sucker for the romance of meaning to me – I’ve talked and I would end up emulating playing festivals with Alison in the old medium. about it a lot in interviews before. and trying to think of things that Europe in 2002. We just have a ‘‘Of course, everybody should It’s hard to talk about, it’s very were done, and I don’t want to long history together. be. How can you not? If you’re close to my heart. I revolve most PLEASE LAUGH, WE’RE RISKING OUR LIVES express myself like that.’’ ‘‘But we never really realised not attracted to vinyl it’s because of the things I do around that Jack White also collects that the four of us in a room – it you never took a record out of number.’’ ous musicians. And the White Stripes got really inspiring to do some- the sleeve and put the needle on So, perhaps it’s a lucky sign “Fabulous. Outrageous. Hilarious” frontman, who also heads The thing we’ve never done before it yourself. Once you do that that The Dead Weather is his THE TIMES, Saboteurs (called The Racon- and some really heavy music that you’ll never compare the two.’’ third famous band. LONDON teurs in the US) has put together pushes us in ways that we didn’t The name Third Man has a ‘‘I think it’s a sign of freedom another collection of talented think we could do.’’ deep meaning for White. He has for me,’’ he says. people for his latest band, The White says the chemistry of a strong connection to the num- ‘‘I’m a fortunate boy to be able Dead Weather. the band is so strong that they ber three, which he has talked to do what I want to do when I The Dead Weather come to even had to start recording their about in many interviews, but it want to do it, and that’s inspiring Australia this month, a year after sound checks so they didn’t lose was also the name of his up- to me. they first performed in Nashville. any of the great material they holstery shop in Detroit. ‘‘I’ve been lucky not to be The band features Alison were coming up with. ‘‘A lot of that had to do with digging ditches, for one, and Mosshart of The Kills on vocals, They released their first album, number two, to not have to stay ‘‘the best female front-person out Horehound, mid last year, and in one musical mode for 20 years there today’’; Dean Fertita of already have a second album due It got really to keep myself afloat. 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