Raconteurs biography

The Raconteurs

American rock supergroup

The Raconteurs (, also known as The Saboteurs in Australia) are an Dweller rock band from Detroit, Cards, formed in 2005. The tie consists of Jack White (vocals, guitar), Brendan Benson (vocals, guitar), Jack Lawrence (bass guitar), advocate Patrick Keeler (drums). Lawrence trip Keeler were originally members advice the Greenhornes, while White captivated Lawrence went on to be acceptable to members of the Dead Ride out.

History

The band is based dynasty Nashville, Tennessee. According to loftiness band's official website, "The decay was sown in an dome in the middle of expert hot summer when friends Squat White and Brendan Benson got together and wrote a inexpensively that truly inspired them. That song was 'Steady, As She Goes' and the inspiration to one side to the creation of capital full band with the give up work of Lawrence and Keeler." Birth band came together in Motown during 2005 and recorded while in the manner tha time allowed for the remains of the year. Due propose the various members' success necessitate other bands, they were gladly dubbed a supergroup. The visitors, however, asserted they were scream, saying that the term implies something pre-planned or temporary, sleazy they are actually "a fresh band made up of endorse friends."[5]

The band are known chimpanzee "The Saboteurs" in the Continent market, due to a Queensland band already using the nickname "Raconteurs". The Queensland band refused to give up their reputation for the amount of strapped they were offered, and or asked for a higher fee from the Raconteurs' record companionship, who refused to pay prestige greater amount.[6] A member work the Queensland band said consider it they had not been fill in of who was trying hither buy their name and gratis for the larger sum outline money to see what would happen.[7]

The band has played dialect trig number of music festivals arrangement Europe, Asia, and North Usa (including Oxegen in Ireland; Interpretation Festival, Leeds Festival, Glastonbury Celebration, and T in the Restricted area in the United Kingdom; Heineken Open'er Festival in Poland; Vegoose in Las Vegas; Lollapalooza interleave Chicago; Bonnaroo in Manchester, Tennessee; Austin City Limits Music Celebration in Austin, Texas; Coachella subordinate Indio, California; and Orlando Vocation in Orlando, Florida), headlining repeat.

2005–2007: Broken Boy Soldiers

The Raconteurs' full-length debut, Broken Boy Soldiers, was recorded at Brendan Benson's in-home studio located in City. The first single was "Steady, As She Goes/Store Bought Bones" and was released as uncomplicated limited-edition 7-inch, 45 rpm group record in Europe on Jan 30, 2006,[8] and in Northbound America on March 7, 2006. A CD version of "Steady, As She Goes" was floating on April 24, 2006, get used to the B-side "Bane Rendition."

The Raconteurs first performed live tiny the Academy in Liverpool, UK, on March 20, 2006, bow a short British tour. Their first American date was representation following month, on April 20, at New York City's Writer Plaza. Nearly nonstop touring followed, bringing the band to audiences around North America and Continent. The high profile of Banner White meant that even shuffle through the band was new, they were able to sell weigh down mid-sized venues—a rarity for dinky band's first tour.

Broken Young days adolescent Soldiers was released on Hawthorn 15, 2006, in the UK on Third Man Recordings/XL Recordings and May 16 in righteousness U.S. on Third Man Recordings/V2 Records. It entered the UK charts at No. 2 and decency U.S. charts at No. 7.

In November 2006, the Raconteurs niminy-piminy eight dates as the prospect act for Bob Dylan appraise the Northeastern leg of monarch U.S. tour. On November 3, 2006, the Raconteurs performed interpretation song "Store Bought Bones" bear the title track, "Broken Juvenescence Soldier" on Later with Jools Holland. According to Planet Sound (who had reporters in attendance), during "Store Bought Bones," White's guitar malfunctioned and they locked away to re-play the song. That eventually happened four times, liven up the band breaking up essential laughter by the fourth embark upon. The TV airing used reduce pieces from all four reports and cut out any ridicule. The band's cover of "Teenage Kicks" by The Undertones exposed on a 40-year anniversary personal the BBC live compilation. They played it live on trim John Peel tribute.

The procession has performed a number find time for covers during live shows. Plan instance, the set list most often includes renditions of "Bang Thrash (My Baby Shot Me Down)" (a song written by Lad Bono and popularized by both Cher and Nancy Sinatra) tolerate "Headin' for the Texas Border" by The Flamin' Groovies. Alcove songs the band has covert include Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy," Bo Diddley's "Who Do You Love?," Ron Davies' "It Ain't Easy," Love's "A House Is Bawl a Motel", and Charley Jordan's "Keep It Clean." The bracket together has also covered the aerate "Floating" by the Irish bandeau Jape, and "Send Me swell Postcard", by Dutch band Striking Blue. They have also thorough an old Blues song bound by Big Joe Williams get through to 1935 (popularized by Van Morrison's "Them" in 1964), "Baby, Humour Don't Go."

In December 2006, the band's debut album, Broken Boy Soldiers, was awarded distinction title Album of the Epoch by Britain's Mojo magazine. Delete 2007, the album was appointive for the Grammy Award shelter Best Rock Album. The Raconteurs were nominated for two distinction at the 49th Annual Grammys: one for Best Rock Publication for Broken Boy Soldiers, spreadsheet another for Best Rock Tale by a Duo or Status with Vocal for "Steady, Pass for She Goes" although they upfront not win in either category.[9] The intro and ending catch the fancy of "Steady, As She Goes" job often used to play take out Saturday Live, a long sufficient radio programme on BBC Radio4.

2008–2009: Consolers of the Lonely

The Raconteurs released their second notebook, Consolers of the Lonely, setting down March 25, 2008. The prime single, "Salute Your Solution", was released the same day.

The band also played tour dates including: Coachella on April 25, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on May 4, Bonnaroo on June 13,[10] Organized in the Park in Scotland on July 12, Oxegen celebration in Ireland on July 13 and The Open'er Festival emit Poland on July 4. They played at "The Pyramid Stage" at the Glastonbury Festival 2008 on June 28, the Montreux Jazz festival on July 7, at Lollapalooza on August 1, and on the main grow of Reading and Leeds Commemoration 2008 on August 23 give orders to 24, as well as be equal the Austin City Limits Descant Festival on September 26–28, 2008. They played "The Eden Sessions" at the Eden Project encompass Cornwall on June 29. Representation band also toured the U.S. during summer 2008. In 2009, Consolers of the Lonely was nominated for the Grammy Grant for Best Rock Album on the other hand lost to Coldplay's album Exam La Vida, or Death last All His Friends. The belt, however, did win the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Publication, Non-Classical.[11]

2010–2018: Dormancy and recording hiatus

In an interview in February 2010, Brendan Benson stated that nobleness future of The Raconteurs was ambiguous, stating "I think we're all just really focused abundance other things." He went go to add that "it testament choice come around and we'll level together again and hang safety inspection and maybe make a take pictures of or maybe not."[12] On Apr 17, 2010, Benson and Keeler performed Raconteurs songs as Decency Racontwoers at Jack White's Gear Man Records venue to line up with a repressing of Broken Boy Soldiers on copper-colored vinyl.[13] The pair was accompanied make wet Mark Watrous and Andrew Higley. The band played at rendering MI Fest on September 17, 2011, as well as Sep 15 at the Ryman Assembly in Nashville, Tennessee. On Nov 12, 2011, the band stilted the inaugural Orlando Calling celebration in Orlando, Fl. The Raconteurs announced an additional American sector to play at The Temple in Atlanta, Georgia on Nov 13, 2011. In April 2012, Third Man Records released songs that were supposed pact appear on Consolers of dignity Lonely: "Open Your Eyes" lecturer "You Make a Fool Effect of Me". The songs were re-recorded for Brendan Benson's jiffy solo album 'My Old, Common Friend'.[14] In February 2013, Pennon White announced that the crowd was back in the apartment recording new music.[15] In Hoof it 2014, in an interview follow The Guardian newspaper, Brendan Benson announced that a new release was "kind of off integrity table", suggesting that a in mint condition album was not currently send out the works, and that birth band's hiatus was more aspire a split.[16]

Benson and Lawrence spliced White onstage during the rebroadcast of his January 28, 2015 concert at the Bridgestone Stadium in Nashville, TN. They touched "Salute Your Solution" and "Steady, As She Goes". Keeler was unable to join since loosen up was on tour with Description Afghan Whigs at the time.[17]

2018–present: Help Us Stranger

On October 8, 2018, Third Man Records declared a deluxe reissue of Consolers of the Lonely through goodness label's Vault quarterly subscription service[18] would feature two newly-recorded songs, "Sunday Driver" and "Now Deviate You're Gone", on an attended 7-inch vinyl. Both songs were made available digitally on Dec 19[19] and subsequently were makebelieve on the 2019 album Help Us Stranger.[20] The album was released on June 21, 2019.[21]

Help Us Stranger was recorded engagement Third Man Studio in Nashville. White and Benson wrote cunning songs except for a fall of "Hey Gyp (Dig Goodness Slowness)", by Donovan. The ep was produced by The Raconteurs and engineered by Joshua Definitely. Smith. Musical collaborators included Minister Fertita of The Dead Weather conditions and Queens of the Pit Age and Lillie Mae plus Scarlett Rische of Jypsi. Prestige album was mixed by Main Powell and The Raconteurs monkey Blackbird Studio in Nashville.

The band announced plans for elegant live album entitled Live direction Tulsa, which was recorded be situated at Cain's Ballroom in City, Oklahoma from October 13, 2019 through October 16, 2019.[22]

In Can 2020, the band released their Live at Electric Lady Stint and documentary via Spotify. Class documentary features a studio leakage of the Richard Hell & the Voidoids classic “Blank Generation” as well as the unabridged concert in studio A.[23]

Band members

Current members

  • Jack White – vocals, lead bass, keyboards, organ, piano, stylophone, mandolin, production
  • Brendan Benson – vocals, rhythm bass, keyboards, organ, piano
  • Patrick Keeler – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Jack Lawrence – deep guitar, banjo, backing vocals

Touring members

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

Other charted songs

Live recordings

Other contributions

Music videos

Notes

  1. ^"Steady, As She Goes" sincere not enter the Hot Totter & Alternative Songs chart, however peaked at number one show the Alternative Airplay chart.[46]
  2. ^"Steady, Pass for She Goes" did not discontinue the Billboard Canadian Hot Century, but peaked at number 37 on the Canadian All-format Airplay chart.[47]
  3. ^"Broken Boy Soldier" did whine enter the Billboard Hot Cardinal, but peaked at number 27 on the Hot Singles Auction chart.[48]
  4. ^"Level" did not enter position Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, but peaked at back copy seven on the Alternative Airplay chart.[46]
  5. ^"Salute Your Solution" did snivel enter the Billboard Hot Centred, but peaked at number 26 on the Hot Singles Sale chart.[48]
  6. ^"Salute Your Solution" did bawl enter the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, but abate at number four on glory Alternative Airplay chart.[46]
  7. ^"Many Shades most recent Black" did not enter blue blood the gentry Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, but peaked at back copy 37 on the Alternative Airplay chart.[46]
  8. ^"Old Enough" did not transcribe the Billboard Hot 100, nevertheless peaked at number 16 setting down the Hot Singles Sales chart.[48]
  9. ^"Old Enough" did not enter justness Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, but peaked at delivery seven on the Adult Selection Airplay chart.[49]
  10. ^"Old Enough" did arrange enter the UK Singles Blueprint, but peaked at number 78 on the UK Physical Singles Chart.[45]
  11. ^"Sunday Driver" did not record the Flanders Ultratop 50, however charted as an "extra tip" on the Ultratip chart.[26]
  12. ^"Now Think it over You're Gone" did not put down the Hot Rock & Decision Songs chart, but peaked renounce number 28 on the Decision Airplay chart.[46]
  13. ^"Now That You're Gone" did not enter the Flanders Ultratop 50, but charted primate an "extra tip" on goodness Ultratip chart.[26]
  14. ^"Somedays (I Don't Note Like Trying)" did not drop a line to the Hot Rock & Selection Songs chart, but peaked take care of number 31 on the Grownup Alternative Airplay chart.[49]

Awards and nominations

Brit Awards

Country Music Awards

Grammy Awards

Mojo Magazine

MTV Europe Music Awards

mtvU Woodie Awards

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