Jack White

For other people named Jack White, see Jack White (disambiguation).

Jack White
Jack White performing with the Dead Weather at the Ottawa Bluesfest 2009.
Background information
Birth name	John Anthony Gillis
Born	(1975-07-09) July 9, 1975 (age 37)[1] Detroit, Michigan , USA
Genres	Rock, alternative rock, garage rock, blues rock, punk blues
Occupations	Musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, actor
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, keyboards, drums, marimba, mandolin, xylophone, clavioline, bass guitar
Years active	1990–present
Labels	Warner Bros., V2, Third Man, Sub Pop, Sympathy for the Record Industry, XL, Italy
Associated acts	Meg White, The White Stripes, The Raconteurs, The Dead Weather, Stephen Colbert, The Upholsterers, The Go, Loretta Lynn, Beck, Holly Golightly, Soledad Brothers, Alicia Keys, Wanda Jackson, The Black Belles, The Rolling Stones, Black Milk, Lanie Lane, Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three, Karen Elson, Norah Jones, Bob Dylan, Danger Mouse, Daniele Luppi
Notable instruments
1965 JB Hutto Montgomery Airline 1970s-era Crestwood Astral II Gretsch Penguin 1950s-era Kay Hollowbody Custom Gretsch Triple Jet Custom Gretsch Jupiter Thunderbird Custom Gretsch Anniversary Jr."Triple Green Machine" Ludwig Drums

Jack White (born John Anthony Gillis, 9 July 1975), often credited as Jack White III,^[2] is an American musician, singer-songwriter, record producer, multi-instrumentalist and occasional actor. He was best known as the vocalist, guitarist and pianist of The White Stripes until they split in February 2011, as well as a vocalist and guitarist for The Raconteurs and the drummer of The Dead Weather. White released his debut solo album, Blunderbuss, on April 24, 2012.
He is ranked No. 70 on Rolling Stone's list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".^[3] White's popular and critical success with The White Stripes enabled him to collaborate as a solo artist with other renowned musicians, such as Beck, The Rolling Stones, Jeff Beck,^[4] Alicia Keys, Bob Dylan, Electric Six, Insane Clown Posse, and Loretta Lynn, whose 2004 album Van Lear Rose he produced and performed on. In 2006, White became a founding member of the rock band The Raconteurs. In 2009, he became a founding member and drummer of his third commercially successful group, The Dead Weather.^[5] He was awarded the title of "Nashville Music City Ambassador" by the Nashville

2013 Grammy Awards

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2013 Grammy Awards
Official poster by Erika Iris Simmons
Date	February 10, 2013 5:00–8:30 p.m. PST
Venue	Staples Center, Los Angeles
Host	LL Cool J
TV in the United States
Network	CBS
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The 55th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 10, 2013, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The show was broadcast on CBS at 8 p.m. ET/PT and was hosted for the second time by LL Cool J. The "Pre-Telecast Ceremony" was streamed live from LA's Nokia Theater at the official Grammy website. Nominations were announced on December 5, 2012 on prime-time television as part of "The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live! – Countdown to Music's Biggest Night", a one-hour special co-hosted by LL Cool J & Taylor Swift and broadcast live on CBS from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.^[1] Fun, Frank Ocean, Mumford & Sons, Jay-Z, Kanye West and Dan Auerbach^[2][3] received the most nominations with six each, all of whom were male artists.
Gotye and Kimbra won the Record of the Year for "Somebody That I Used to Know", becoming the second Australian and first New Zealand act to win the award. Mumford & Sons won the Album of the Year for Babel, and Fun won the Song of the Year (with Jeff Bhasker) for "We Are Young" as well as the Best New Artist.^[4] Kelly Clarkson won the Best Pop Vocal Album for Stronger, becoming the first and only artist to win the award twice.^[4] Dan Auerbach won the most number of awards during the ceremony, with four (including three as part of The Black Keys); followed by The Black Keys, Gotye, Jay-Z, Skrillex, Kanye West, with three each.^[4] Other multiple winners include: Chick Corea, Fun, Kimbra, Mumford & Sons, Frank Ocean, Matt Redman and Esperanza Spalding with two awards each.^[4][5][6]
The Recording Academy introduced three new categories to the 78 awards previously presented at the 54th ceremony—Best Classical Compendium, Best Latin Jazz Album, and Best Urban Contemporary Album, bringing it to a total of 81 awards.^[7] 70 of them were presented at the pre-telecast at the Nokia Theatre, with the remaining 11 were presented at the main ceremony.^[8] Bruce Springsteen received the MusiCares Person of the Year award on February 8, 2013 at the 23rd Grammy Benefit Gala at the Los Angeles Convention Center, two nights prior to the main ceremony.^[9] The official poster was designed by Artist Erika Iris Simmons.^[10] The program producer is AEG Ehrlich Ventures, with Ken Ehrlich serving as executive producer, Louis J. Horvitz as director and David Wild and Ken Ehrlich as writers.^[11]