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Jack White. image by Ros O'Gorman.

Jack White. image by Ros O'Gorman.

Jack White Plays His First Solo Gig

by Paul Cashmere on March 12, 2012

in News

Jack White took to the stage for a solo artist for the very first time this week playing for the third birthday of his Third Man Records birthday in Nashville.

Jack White. Photo by Ros O'Gorman.

Jack White. Photo by Ros O'Gorman.

White dished up a greatest hits set of songs from The White Stripes, The Dead Weather and The Raconteurs.

Jack White will play a few tunes for Third Man Records showcase this week (March 16) during SXSW. Joining him will be Karen Elson, Jon Reilly & Friends, Pujol, Reggie Watts, Lanie Lane and The Black Belles.

His first ever solo set was:

Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground
(White Stripes)
Missing Pieces
(new)
Sixteen Saltines
(new)
Love Interrupted
Hotel Yorba
(White Stripes)
Top Yourself
Hypocritical Kiss
(new)
You’re Pretty Good Looking (For a Girl) (White Stripes)
Blue Blood Blues
(from The Dead Weather, Sea of Cowards, 2010)
Were Going To Be Friends
Freedom At 21
My Doorbell
Cut Like a Buffalo
You Know That I Know
Weep Themselves to Sleep
Ball & Biscuit
Steady as She Goes
(from The Raconteurs, Broken Boy Soldiers, 2006)
Seven Nation Army (White Stripes)
Goodnight Irene

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