Jack White at Glastonbury Festival, 2022.
Photo: Getty Images, Leon Neal. All rights reserved.
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On Monday (March 13), a journalist wrote on Twitter that Meg White’s “terrible” drumming prevented the White Stripes from realizing their potential. Whereupon a number of musicians defended their colleague. The original tweet was then deleted. This Thursday (March 16) Jack White also got involved in the discourse, albeit rather indirectly. He posted a photo on his Instagram account showing his ex-wife and former musical partner.
The homage is accompanied by a poem by the 57-year-old. It seems to use White’s musical skills as an opportunity to describe the longing for a non-place in a distant time. “One without demons, cowards and vampires, hungry for blood […] in an empty field where no tall red poppy is harvested, where we could lie all day, every day, on warm, tender ground.” The rejection of bloodsuckers should at least make the direction of the statement clear. Jack White, despite a mixed relationship after the band broke up, is also due to Meg’s good name.
The guitarist and singer has released two solo albums in the past year, FEAR OF THE DAWN and ENTERING HEAVEN ALIVE.
The White Stripes, meanwhile, plan to release a limited, remastered anniversary edition of the record this year, 20 years after their breakthrough album ELEPHANT. They are also nominated to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this May.
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