Whenever Jack White debuted a new song live, the arrangement and lyrics would often be the final version. In the early part of his career, some songs could take years before showing up on a record, while others were played live a few times and never heard again. As he recently stated in an interview, “I’ve tried every different kind of way to write. And I never settled on one thing. It seems like the things people resonate the most with are things I do very quickly.” Here’s a collection of debuts and earliest recorded performances of songs from throughout Jack White’s live career, highlighting his approach to bringing new ideas to the stage.
From the version of “Jimmy The Exploder” performed at the White Stripes’ first ever live show in 1997, to the full-band version of “The Union Forever” and the unreleased song “One And Two” from 1999, to the live premiere of “Seven Nation Army” from the opening show of the “Elephant” tour, and the many other debuts from across Jack White’s solo career – including the impromptu version of “That’s How I’m Feeling” from 2022, and the most recent songs “G.O.D and the Broken Ribs” and “Derecho Demonico” and which were all first performed live on the No Name tour.
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The Fat Angel Sings 