Austin's annual über festival of festivals, South By Southwest (SXSW), is well known for its 'pop-up' performances, and yesterday (16 March) crowds were treated to an impromptu set from Jack White.
The guitarist played a cover of Buddy Holly's Not Fade Away, followed by his own White Stripes song, Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground - A heartening sight for fans still distraught by the band's split announcement last month.
The Third Man Rolling Record Store
Ever the entrepreneur, White was already turning SXSW heads thanks to his bright yellow truck called The Third Man Rolling Record Store. A great way to pimp his own record label and - if the opening line of the promotional video below is to be believed - single-handedly save the music industry…
"A recent study shows that 97% of all high school-aged kids have NEVER been to a stand alone record store." Shocking.
Seasick Steve
White also took the opportunity to announce that Seasick Steve had just signed a one album deal with Third Man: "he signed the desk in my office in black marker pen by way of a contract."
"I'm like, I'm freaked out right now. I'm scared. I feel like I'm drowning on stage and I feel like I'm failing”: SZA on that misfiring Glastonbury headline set
“It sounded so amazing that people said to me, ‘I can hear the bass’, which usually they don’t say to me very often”: U2 bassist Adam Clayton contrasts the live audio mix in the Las Vegas Sphere to “these sports buildings that sound terrible”
"I'm like, I'm freaked out right now. I'm scared. I feel like I'm drowning on stage and I feel like I'm failing”: SZA on that misfiring Glastonbury headline set
“It sounded so amazing that people said to me, ‘I can hear the bass’, which usually they don’t say to me very often”: U2 bassist Adam Clayton contrasts the live audio mix in the Las Vegas Sphere to “these sports buildings that sound terrible”
