Holidays and winter months are ahead, which means that tours are winding down many of our favorite artists will get some well-deserved R&R for a couple months.
Jack White is not among them, and as usual, that’s entirely by choice. The White Stripes/Raconteurs/Dead Weather captain–a.k.a. the busiest man in the biz–will fill his forthcoming days off with another project, recording a new LP for 72-year-old icon Wanda Jackson (Via P4K).
Jackson’s resume includes a career that spans multiple decades, a spot in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a brief relationship with Elvis Presley (who also mentored her), and more or less being the First Lady of rockabilly. White, in addition to his gazillion other projects, produced Loretta Lynn’s 2004 album Van Lear Rose. Jackson told The Oklahoman that “they had a super album, but he didn’t have her do anything different. She just did her little Loretta Lynn songs. But he told me he’s gonna stretch me some.”
More on Jackson’s illustrious career here:
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