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104-488: The show shared its title with the sculpture of the same name that sits above the entrance of the Portland Building on Fifth Avenue in downtown Portland , which appears in the show's title sequence . The show has won a Peabody Award . In January 2017, the series was renewed for an eighth and final season, which concluded on March 22, 2018. Brownstein and Armisen first met in 2003 and began collaborating on

208-511: A DigiTech Whammy WH-4 to create the rapid modulations in pitch he uses in his solos. White also produces a "fake" bass tone by playing the Kay Hollowbody and JB Hutto Montgomery Airline guitars through a Whammy IV set to one octave down for a very thick, low, rumbling sound, which he uses most notably on the song " Seven Nation Army ". He also uses an MXR Micro Amp and custom Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Distortion/Sustainer. In 2005, for

312-502: A folk album, on July 22. White also released a video for "Taking Me Back" on November 11. White released 3 more singles from Fear of the Dawn; the title track on January 18, 2022, " Hi-De-Ho " on March 3, and "What's the Trick?" on April 7 (the day before the album released). Each of these singles was backed by a track from Entering Heaven Alive , promoting both albums in tandem. Together,

416-532: A swinger couple (played by Ebbe Roe Smith and Kristine Levine ), an owner of many quirky shops (played by Jeff Goldblum ) and Carrie's mom (played by Mickey Ronningen, seasons 2, 3, and 5). Actor Jedediah P. Aaker has appeared on more episodes of the series than any other actors, not including the series' two leads. Portlandia debuted on IFC on January 21, 2011. IFC "cheered" the first episode's Nielsen ratings of 263,000 viewers (live plus same day); factoring in repeats and three days' worth of DVR viewings,

520-428: A trident in her left hand and reaching down with her right. The statue is above street level and faces a relatively narrow, tree-lined street. The statue is 34 feet 10 inches (10.62 m) high and weighs 6.5 short tons (5,900 kg). An accompanying plaque includes the official dedication poem, also titled "Portlandia", written by Portland lawyer and poet Ronald Talney : "She kneels down, and from

624-491: A Black Gibson F-4 mandolin ("Little Ghost"), piano (on most tracks from Get Behind Me Satan , and various others), and an electric piano on such tracks as "The Air Near My Fingers" and "I'm Finding it Harder to be a Gentleman". White also plays percussion instruments such as the marimba (as on "The Nurse"), drums and tambourine . For the White Stripes' 2007 tour, he played a custom-finish Hammond A-100 organ with

728-530: A Leslie 3300 speaker, which was subsequently loaned to Bob Dylan , and currently resides at Third Man Studios. On the album Broken Boy Soldiers , both he and Benson are credited with playing the album's synths and organ. With the Dead Weather, White plays a custom Ludwig Classic Maple kit in Black Oyster Pearl. Notably, it includes two-snare drums, which White calls "the jazz canon". For

832-491: A band together called Catalyst, and he learned to play the instruments they abandoned; he began playing the drums in the first grade after finding a kit in the attic. As a child, he was a fan of classical music, but in elementary school, he began listening to the Doors , Pink Floyd , and Led Zeppelin . As a "shorthaired [teenager] with braces", Gillis began listening to the blues and 1960s rock that would influence him in

936-731: A cell phone; he rented an apartment in Nashville, recorded quietly so no one would know what he was working on, and slept on an army cot. He drew inspiration from rap artists of the 1980s and 1990s (as well as A Tribe Called Quest , Kanye West , and Nicki Minaj ), and chose his backing musicians from talent that played supporting hip hop artists live. On December 12, 2017, he released a four-minute video titled "Servings and Portions from my Boarding House Reach", which featured short sound bites of new music interspersed with white noise . In January 2018, White released " Connected by Love ", taken from his third solo album Boarding House Reach , which

1040-538: A classic movie star on the back. Claudette Colbert is the brunette he used while with the Stripes, Rita Hayworth is the redhead he acquired with the Raconteurs, and Veronica Lake is the blonde he added in 2010 while with the Dead Weather. Since 2018, White has been playing EVH Wolfgang guitars, which are Eddie Van Halen 's signature model. White uses numerous effects to create his live sound, most notably

1144-564: A decorative bird, referring to a joke in the TV series. A bicycle tour company began offering Portlandia tours. For the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards , the show received nominations in Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for Fred Armisen, Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series , Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series for Jonathan Krisel, and Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for Steve Buscemi for

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1248-483: A digital single available through iTunes on August 11, 2010. In November 2010, producer Danger Mouse announced that White—along with Norah Jones —had been recruited for his collaboration with Daniele Luppi entitled Rome . White provided vocals to three songs on the album: "The Rose with the Broken Neck", "Two Against One", and "The World". White finished and performed the song "You Know That I Know", and it

1352-580: A family friend, Brian Muldoon. He credits Muldoon with exposing him to punk music as they worked together in the shop. Muldoon goaded his young apprentice into forming a band: "He played drums", Gillis thought. "Well I guess I'll play guitar then." The two recorded an album, Makers of High Grade Suites, as the Upholsterers . As a senior in high school, he met Meg White at the Memphis Smoke restaurant where she worked, and they frequented

1456-529: A full-fledged sketch comedy show to IFC and Lorne Michaels ' Broadway Video production company, and the project was quickly approved. Some of the content on the show first appeared in the Internet series. For example, the "Women & Women First" feminist bookstore sketch and its characters, Toni and Candace, originated there. The series is set and filmed on location in Portland, Oregon. Production for

1560-458: A fun house mirror reflection of intensely real people." Contrarily, Brian Lowry, writing for Variety , noted that the show was "clearly on a shoestring budget" and said that it featured an "array of tiresome characters" that provided "further proof not everyone deserves a sketch comedy showcase - especially when the premise cuts no deeper than vignettes inspired by the wheat-germy, hippie-ish environs of Portland, Ore." Comedian Jerry Seinfeld

1664-423: A guitar built out of a plank of wood, three nails, a glass Coke bottle , a guitar string, and a pickup. He ends the demonstration by saying, "Who says you need to buy a guitar?" In a 2012 episode of the show, Portlandia , White made a cameo in a sketch spoofing home studio enthusiasts who prefer antique recording equipment. White has enjoyed both critical and commercial success, and is widely credited as one of

1768-644: A lark, it felt liberating and refreshing." The couple became a band, calling themselves the White Stripes , and two months later performed their first show at the Gold Dollar in Detroit. Despite being married, Jack and Meg publicly presented themselves as siblings. They kept to a chromatic theme, dressing only in red, white, and black. They began their career as part of Michigan's underground garage rock music scene. They played along with and opened for more established local bands such as Bantam Rooster ,

1872-605: A light-activated theremin next to the Bigsby. White has dubbed this one the "Green Machine", and it is featured in It Might Get Loud . He sometimes played a Gibson J-160E , a Gretsch Duo Jet in Cadillac Green, and a second Gretsch Rancher acoustic guitar. For the Raconteurs' 2008 tour, he had Analog Man plate all of his pedals in copper. In 2020 White completed his Three-Wheel-Motion Low Rider - which

1976-573: A minor acting career. He appeared in the 2003 film Cold Mountain as a character named Georgia and performed five songs for the Cold Mountain soundtrack : "Sittin' on Top of the World", "Wayfaring Stranger", "Never Far Away", "Christmas Time Soon Will Be Over" and "Great High Mountain". The 2003 Jim Jarmusch film Coffee and Cigarettes featured both Jack and Meg in the segment "Jack Shows Meg His Tesla Coil". He also played Elvis Presley in

2080-704: A more rhythm-based guitar playing by White. The band's sixth album, Icky Thump , was released in 2007, and unlike their previous lo-fi albums, it was recorded in Nashville at Blackbird Studio. The album was regarded as a return to the band's earlier blues and garage-rock sound. It debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart, and entered the UK Albums Chart at number one, selling over 300,000 vinyl copies in England alone. Of his excitement for vinyl, White explained, "We can't afford to lose

2184-750: A new group called the Dead Weather . Mosshart sang, White played drums and shared vocal duties, Jack Lawrence of the Raconteurs played bass, and the Queens of the Stone Age keyboardist and guitarist Dean Fertita rounded out the four-piece. The group debuted a handful of new tracks on March 11, 2009, in Nashville from their debut album Horehound . It came out on July 13, 2009, in Europe and July 14, 2009, in North America on White's Third Man Records label. In 2008, White collaborated with Alicia Keys on

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2288-402: A proficient guitar, bass, mandolin , percussion and piano player. During his career with the White Stripes, White principally used three guitars, though he used others as well. The first was a vintage 1964 red Airline " JB Hutto " model originally distributed by Montgomery Ward department store. Though used by several artists, White's attachment to the instrument raised its popularity to

2392-447: A prolonged break from live performances. However, he performed on the inaugural episode of the radio show A Prairie Home Companion with the new host Chris Thile, on October 15, 2016, in support of his compilation album Acoustic Recordings 1998–2016 . He co-wrote the song "Don't Hurt Yourself " with Beyoncé on her album Lemonade , and accompanied her on the vocals. Ahead of his next effort, White worked in isolation and without

2496-607: A rating of 71 out of 100, and the second season a rating of 75 out of 100. Both of these ratings fall within the site's range of "generally favorable reviews". Robert Lloyd of the Los Angeles Times called the show "funny and charming." Verne Gay of Newsday awarded the series an "A" grade and called it "hilarious". He noted that "Brownstein and Armisen move so effortlessly between characters, then execute their riffs, tics, styles and voices with such skilled abandon that before long this doesn't seem like satire any longer but

2600-478: A seminary in Wisconsin , and I was gonna become a priest, but at the last second I thought, 'I'll just go to public school.' I had just gotten a new amplifier in my bedroom, and I didn't think I was allowed to take it with me." Instead, he got accepted into Cass Technical High School as a business major, and played the drums and trombone in the band. At 15, he began a three-year upholstery apprenticeship with

2704-460: A series of comedy sketches for the Internet in 2005 titled ThunderAnt . The sketches became increasingly Portland-centric, with premises ranging from irate diners at a popular Hawthorne District restaurant registering ridiculous complaints on the review website Yelp! to a character's disastrous one-man performance at the city's Hollywood Theatre . In July 2009, the duo pitched their idea for

2808-412: A solo artist, on September 21, 2018, exclusively on Amazon Prime Video . In October 2021, White released " Taking Me Back " – his first solo single since 2018 – which appeared in the game Call of Duty: Vanguard . In November, White revealed that he would release two solo albums in 2022: Fear of the Dawn , which will feature White's traditional rock sound, on April 8, and Entering Heaven Alive ,

2912-533: A song called " Steady, as She Goes ". This inspired them to create a full band, and they invited Jack Lawrence and Patrick Keeler of the Greenhornes to join them in what would become The Raconteurs . The musicians met in Benson's home studio in Detroit and, for the remainder of the year, they recorded when time allowed. The result was the band's debut album, Broken Boy Soldiers , released in 2006. Reaching

3016-483: A ten-episode second season, which began airing in January 2012. On March 21, 2012, IFC announced its renewal of the show for a third season. On June 12, 2013, the network announced its renewal of Portlandia for fourth and fifth seasons, of ten episodes each, that aired in early 2014 and early 2015. On February 10, 2015, it was announced that IFC had picked up Portlandia for sixth and seventh seasons. In January 2017,

3120-412: A yellow van, a yellow-and-black uniform, and a yellow clipboard. Although Third Man Upholstery never lacked business, he claims it was unprofitable due to his complacency about money and his business practices that were perceived as unprofessional, including making bills out in crayon and writing poetry inside the furniture. At 19 years old, Jack had landed his first professional gig as the drummer for

3224-441: Is a fan of the show. In a 2014 interview he said, "I think that's the best comedy on TV right now, and it's easily one of the best comedies of all time". The sketches set in the feminist bookstore "Women and Women First" were filmed in an actual independent bookstore , In Other Words ; this name can be seen on the chalkboard listing in-store events behind the cash register. At one point the real bookstore and community center used

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3328-463: Is a highly customized Fender Telecaster B-Bender guitar. He has since acquired another Gretsch, a custom white " Billy Bo " Jupiter Thunderbird with a gold double pickguard (as seen in the music video for "Another Way to Die"). White found a 1957 Gretsch G6134 White Penguin in 2007 while on tour in Texas —the same one he used in the music video for " Icky Thump " —which ultimately fit in with

3432-633: Is a sculpture by Raymond Kaskey located above the entrance of the Portland Building in downtown Portland, Oregon . It is the second largest copper repoussé statue in the United States, after the Statue of Liberty . Portlandia was commissioned by the City of Portland in 1985. Sculptor Raymond Kaskey was paid $ 228,000 in public funds and reportedly an additional $ 100,000 in private donations. Kaskey and his assistant Michael Lasell built sections of

3536-568: Is also a combination set of both seasons available. Portlandia was also distributed in some countries on the iTunes store , Netflix and Amazon Video . In Australia it is screened on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's station ABC2 and on its iView video streaming service. The series was premiered in Latin America on March 27, 2012, on the channel I.Sat . Portlandia (statue) Portlandia

3640-518: Is also featured as an assistant to the mayor. Another episode, including a fictionalized music festival similar to Portland's actual MusicfestNW , featured a rock band played by Colin Meloy and Jenny Conlee of The Decemberists ; James Mercer of The Shins ; Brownstein's Sleater-Kinney bandmates Corin Tucker and Janet Weiss ; and Isaac Brock of Modest Mouse . On February 14, 2011, IFC ordered

3744-541: Is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and producer who achieved international fame as the guitarist and lead singer of the rock duo the White Stripes . As the White Stripes disbanded, he sought success with his solo career, subsequent collaborations, and business ventures. After moonlighting in several underground Detroit bands as a drummer, White founded the White Stripes with fellow Detroit native and then-wife Meg White in 1997. Their 2001 breakthrough album, White Blood Cells , brought them international fame with

3848-592: The Billboard 200 chart, and received a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Album . While on tour to promote Consolers of the Lonely , White developed bronchitis and often lost his voice. Alison Mosshart , the frontwoman for the Kills (who was touring with the Raconteurs at the time) would often fill in as his vocal replacement. The chemistry between the two artists led them to collaborate, and in early 2009, White formed

3952-717: The Bumble Buzz pedal an octave fuzz built for Third Man by Vancouver, British Columbia's Union Tube and Transistor. In 2014, the pedal was reviewed by Premier Guitar, and is found in Jack's pedal setup. While the Raconteurs were still in development, White commissioned luthier Randy Parsons to create what White called the Triple Jet—a custom guitar styled after the Duo Jet double-cutaway guitar. Parsons's first product

4056-569: The Toronto International Film Festival . However, almost two years passed with no new releases, and on February 2, 2011, the band reported on their official website that they were disbanding. White emphasized that it was not due to health issues or artistic differences, "but mostly to preserve what is beautiful and special about the band". Rumors began to circulate in 2003 that White had collaborated with Electric Six for their song " Danger! High Voltage ". He and

4160-561: The 2007 satire Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story . In 2016, he appeared as a special guest on the season one finale of The Muppets , and sang " You Are the Sunshine of My Life ", which he later released on 7-inch vinyl. In June 2017, White appeared in the documentary film The American Epic Sessions , recording on the first electrical sound recording system from the 1920s. His performances of "Matrimonial Intentions", "Mama's Angel Child", "2 Fingers of Whiskey (with Elton John ) and "On

4264-530: The 2009 Full Flash Blank tour, White used a drum head with the Three Brides of Dracula on the front, but in 2010, White employed a new drum head, upon the release of Sea of Cowards , which has an image of The Third Man himself: Harry Lime attempting to escape certain capture in the sewers of Vienna. During the American leg of the 2010 tour, White switched his drum head again featuring a picture of himself in

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4368-728: The Billboard charts. Interviewers note the wide breadth of the music styles and eras he draws from for inspiration. In May 2015, the Music City Walk of Fame announced that it would be honoring White (along with Loretta Lynn) with a medallion at its re-opening in Nashville. On February 8, 2017, White was the honoree of the Producers and Engineers Wing of the Recording Academy during the annual Grammy Week celebration for his commitment "to working diligently to ensure that

4472-479: The Dawn album and was presented with a jacket for being a Five-Timer on the show. On July 19, 2024, White distributed test pressings of his upcoming sixth solo studio album by secretly including copies of it with purchases made at Third Man Records locations. Select tracks from the mysterious new album premiered on the WDET radio station that same day. White later announced the album to be called No Name , which

4576-464: The Dead Weather's color scheme. He also uses a black left-handed one since the Dead Weather album Sea of Cowards came out. He has also been known to play Fender Telecasters , featuring one in the music video for Loretta Lynn's "Portland, Oregon". White owns three Gretsch Rancher Falcons because he says that its bass tones make it his favorite acoustic to play live. They are collectively referred to as his "girlfriends", as each one has an image of

4680-525: The Detroit band Goober & the Peas , and was still in that position when the band broke up in 1996. It was in this band that he learned about touring and performing onstage. After the band's split, he settled into working as an upholsterer by day while moonlighting in local bands, as well as performing solo shows. Though a bartender by trade, Meg began to learn to play the drums in 1997 and, according to Jack, "When she started to play drums with me, just on

4784-614: The Dirtbombs , Two-Star Tabernacle , Rocket 455, and the Hentchmen . In 1998, the White Stripes were signed to Italy Records —a small and independent Detroit-based garage punk label—by Dave Buick. The band released its eponymous debut album in 1999, and a year later the album was followed up by the cult classic De Stijl . The album eventually peaked at number 38 in Billboard ' s Independent Albums chart. In 2001,

4888-552: The Electric Six both denied this, and the vocal work was credited officially to John S O'Leary. Later, Dick Valentine and Corey Martin (Electric Six band members) said White was involved but not paid. White worked with Loretta Lynn on her 2004 album Van Lear Rose , which he produced and performed on. The album was a critical and commercial success. In 2005, while collaborating with Brendan Benson —a fellow Michigan native whom White had worked with before —they composed

4992-564: The Road Again' and " One Mic " (with Nas ) appeared on Music from The American Epic Sessions: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack . He was an executive producer of the film. White co-founded Third Man Records in 2001 with Ben Swank, formerly of the Ohio-based Soledad Brothers band. However, it was not until after he moved to Nashville that White purchased a space in 2009 to house his label. He explained, "For

5096-623: The Rolling Stones , Jeff Beck , Bob Dylan , and Insane Clown Posse . The Dead Weather announced their third album, Dodge & Burn , in July 2015 for a worldwide release in September by Third Man Records. Along with four previously released tracks, remixed and remastered, the album features eight new songs. The Raconteurs went on a hiatus in 2014, though at the time Benson believed that they were split. The group reunited in 2018 with

5200-482: The Stone Age ; Gus Van Sant ; Tim Robbins ; Martina Navratilova ; Jeff Goldblum ; Juliette Lewis ; Joanna Newsom ; Annie Clark of St. Vincent ; Jack White ; Paul Simon ; Henry Rollins ; Krist Novoselic ; Portland Trail Blazers players LaMarcus Aldridge , Damian Lillard , CJ McCollum , and Robin Lopez as themselves; and Kyle MacLachlan as a fictional mayor of Portland. Actual Portland mayor Sam Adams

5304-668: The Top Ten charts in both the US and the UK, it was nominated for Best Rock Album at the 2006 Grammy Awards. The lead single, " Steady, As She Goes " was nominated for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal . The Raconteurs set out on tour to support the album, including eight dates as the opening act for Bob Dylan . The group's second album, Consolers of the Lonely , and its first single, " Salute Your Solution ", were released simultaneously in 2008. The album reached number seven on

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5408-536: The U.S. In 2009, Jack White was featured in It Might Get Loud , a film in which he, Jimmy Page , and the Edge come together to discuss the electric guitar and each artist's different playing methods. White's first solo single, " Fly Farm Blues ", was written and recorded in 10 minutes during the filming of the movie that August. The single went on sale as a 7-inch vinyl record from Third Man Records and as

5512-494: The White Stripes, with Son House and Blind Willie McTell being among his favorite blues guitarists. He has said in interviews that Son House's "Grinnin' in Your Face" is his favorite song of all time. As a drummer, his heroes include Gene Krupa , Stewart Copeland , and Crow Smith from Flat Duo Jets . In 2005, on 60 Minutes , he told Mike Wallace that his life could have turned out differently. "I'd got accepted to

5616-451: The actors as if they were friends living together in a house in Portland. Most of the others use makeup, costumes, and wigs to depict pairings both young and old of various types. Sometimes cross-dressing is used, as when Armisen portrays Candace, co-owner of the Women and Women First bookstore, Brownstein plays Andy, a men's rights activist, or when Armisen and Brownstein swap genders to play

5720-573: The album, White employed two live bands, which he alternated between at random. The first, called the Peacocks, was all female and consisted of Ruby Amanfu , Carla Azar , Lillie Mae Rische , Maggie Björklund, Brooke Waggoner , and alternating bassists Bryn Davies and Catherine Popper . The other, the Buzzards, was all male and consisted of Daru Jones , Dominic Davis, Fats Kaplin , Ikey Owens , and Cory Younts . White said maintaining two bands

5824-814: The album, he appeared on Saturday Night Live as the musical guest and played at select festivals during the summer of 2012, including the Firefly Music Festival, Radio 1's Hackney Weekend , the Sasquatch! Music Festival , the Fuji Rock Festival in Japan (one of the biggest festivals in the world), and Rock Werchter in Belgium. Later in the year, he headlined Austin City Limits Music Festival . During his tour for

5928-742: The albums were named the dual number one album of the year by Rough Trade UK. In December 2021, White announced the Supply Chain Issues Tour , which went on throughout North America and Europe and Asia, reaching a total of 103 shows. It kicked off with its first concert on April 8, 2022, in Detroit, Michigan – during which White proposed to his girlfriend Olivia Jean , with the two marrying onstage – and ended on February 24, 2023, in Aspen, Colorado. The tour covered North America and Europe, and. White performed on Saturday Night Live on February 25, 2023. He played two songs from his Fear of

6032-401: The arts as one of the most prolific and renowned artists of the past two decades". White owns many instruments and, historically, has tended to use certain ones for specific projects or in certain settings. He has a preference for vintage guitars, many of which are associated with influential blues artists. Much of his equipment is custom-made, for both technical and aesthetic reasons. White is

6136-434: The arty facade lies one of the most cagey, darkly original rockers to come along since Kurt Cobain ." The album was followed up in 2003 by the commercially and critically successful Elephant . The critic at AllMusic wrote that the album "sounds even more pissed-off, paranoid and stunning than its predecessor ... darker and more difficult than White Blood Cells ". The album's first single, " Seven Nation Army ", became

6240-449: The band released White Blood Cells . The album's stripped-down garage rock sound drew critical acclaim in the US and beyond, making the White Stripes one of the more acclaimed bands of 2002, and forefront figures in the garage band revival of the time. John Peel , an influential DJ and the band's early advocate in the UK, said they were the most exciting thing he'd heard since Jimi Hendrix. The New York Times said of White, "beneath

6344-557: The band's signature song, reaching number one on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart for three weeks, winning the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Rock Song , and becoming an international sporting and protest anthem. The band's fifth album, Get Behind Me Satan , was recorded in White's own home and marked a change in the band's musical direction, with piano-driven melodies and experimentation with marimba and

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6448-403: The coffee shops, local music venues, and record stores of the area. After a courtship, they married on September 21, 1996. In a reversal of tradition, he legally took her last name. After completing his apprenticeship, he started a one-man business of his own, Third Man Upholstery. The slogan of his business was "Your Furniture's Not Dead" and the color scheme was yellow and black—including

6552-459: The couple Nina and Lance. There are also a small number of recurring characters played by other actors, such as the Mayor of Portland and his assistant (played by Kyle MacLachlan and Sam Adams , the actual mayor from 2009 to 2012), Fred and Carrie's landlord (played by Steve Buscemi , who also directed several episodes), Angel (played by Angel Bouchet, who appears in multiple episodes as herself),

6656-614: The donation demonstrated a "commitment by a really busy songwriter and performer donating both his time on the board, and money to preserve our national song recording heritage". White also serves on the foundation's board . In July 2016, White joined Nashville's 45-member Gender Equality Council. On September 18, 2018, White donated $ 30,000 to The Outsiders House Museum for its preservation and restoration. On May 3, 2019, Wayne State University of Detroit, Michigan awarded White with an honorary doctor of humane letters degree "for his dedication to Detroit and significant contributions to

6760-497: The duo canceled the remainder of their 2007 UK tour dates as well. White worked with other artists in the meantime, but revealed the band's plan to release a seventh album by the summer of 2009. On February 20, 2009—and on the final episode of Late Night with Conan O'Brien —the band made their first live appearance after the cancellation of the tour, and a documentary about their Canadian tour—titled The White Stripes: Under Great White Northern Lights —debuted later that year at

6864-400: The episode "Celery". Portlandia: Season One was released on Region 1 DVD and Blu-ray on December 6, 2011, and Region 4 on August 1, 2012. The one disc set consists of all six episodes of its first season. Special features include; Extended Scenes, Bloopers, An IFC Behind-the-Scenes Featurette, "Thunder Ant" Sketches, and Audio Commentary by Armisen and Brownstein. Portlandia: Season Two

6968-477: The exact tape machines, the exact microphones, the exact amplifiers that I like, and so on." Using the slogan "Your Turntable's Not Dead", Third Man also presses vinyl records, for the artists on its label, for White's own musical ventures, as well as for third parties for hire. In March 2015, Third Man joined in the launch of TIDAL , a music streaming service that Jay-Z purchased and co-owns with other major music artists. Later that year, White partnered with

7072-571: The extent that Eastwood Guitars began producing a modified replica around 2000. The 1950s-era Kay Hollowbody was a gift from his brother in return for a favor. It was the same brand of electric guitar made popular by Howlin' Wolf , and White most famously used it on "Seven Nation Army". He began using a 1915 Gibson L-1 acoustic (often called the Robert Johnson model) on the Icky Thump album; in an interview for Gibson, he called

7176-403: The feeling of cracking open a new record and looking at large artwork and having something you can hold in your hands." In support of the album, they launched a Canadian tour, in which they played a gig in every one of the country's provinces and territories. However, later that year, the band announced the cancellation of 18 tour dates due to Meg's struggle with acute anxiety . A few days later,

7280-1299: The first season, consisting of six episodes, began in August 2010 and was completed in September 2010. The budget for the first season was set at less than $ 1 million (US). Along with Allison Silverman , a former head writer and executive producer for The Colbert Report , and Portlandia director Jonathan Krisel , Armisen and Brownstein wrote the sketches that appear in the first six episodes. Lorne Michaels served as executive producer. The series stars Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein in various roles. Guest stars include: Tim Heidecker ; Kirsten Dunst ; Olivia Wilde ; Selma Blair ; Chloë Sevigny ; Roseanne Barr ; Steve Buscemi ; Claire Danes ; Kristen Wiig ; Rose Byrne ; Andy Samberg ; Rachel Bloom ; Ed Begley Jr. ; Aimee Mann ; Johnny Marr ; Sarah McLachlan ; k.d. lang ; Jello Biafra ; Kurt Vile ; Heather Graham ; Parker Posey ; Michael Nesmith ; Glenn Danzig ; Aubrey Plaza ; Rashida Jones ; Anna Gunn ; Jane Lynch ; Kumail Nanjiani ; Jason Sudeikis ; Ehren McGhehey ; Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam ; Greta Gerwig ; Edward James Olmos ; Brigitte Nielsen ; J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. ; Kate Pierson , Cindy Wilson and Fred Schneider of The B-52's ; Josh Homme of Queens of

7384-440: The first single off the album, "High Ball Stepper". The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart and, in a personal triumph for White, broke the record for the largest sales week for a vinyl album since SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991. The album was widely praised among critics, and was nominated for three Grammy Awards: Best Alternative Music Album , as well as Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance (for

7488-493: The greatest guitarists of all time. The New York Times called White "the coolest, weirdest and savviest rockstar of our time" in 2012. [ failed verification ] He and Meg were nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2023, but were not inducted. John Anthony Gillis was born in Detroit, Michigan, on July 9, 1975, the youngest of ten children of Teresa (née Bandyk; born 1930) and Gorman M. Gillis. His mother's family

7592-495: The guise he wore on the cover of Sea of Cowards . This drum head is called Sam Kay by some fans, referring to the insert inside of the 12" LP. I love analog because of what it makes you do. Digital recording gives you all this freedom, all these options to change the sounds that you are putting down, and those are for the most part not good choices to have for an artist," and "Mechanics are always going to provide inherent little flaws and tiny little specks and hisses that will add to

7696-411: The hole and a less-than-high-quality solid body electric". His home studio in Nashville contains two rooms ("I want everyone close, focused, feeling like we're in it together.") with two pieces of equipment: a Neve mixing console, and two Studer A800 2-inch 8-track tape recorders. In his introduction in the documentary film, It Might Get Loud , White showcases his minimalist style by constructing

7800-564: The idea of something beautiful, something romantic. Perfection, making things perfectly in time and perfectly free of extraneous noise, is not something to aspire to! Why would anyone aspire to such a thing? —Jack White White has long been a proponent of analog equipment and the associated working methods. Beginning in the fifth grade, he and his childhood friend, Dominic Suchyta, would listen to records in White's attic on weekends and began to record cover songs on an old four-track reel-to-reel tape machine. The White Stripes' first album

7904-470: The instrument his favorite. He also used a three-pickup Airline Town & Country (later featured in the "Steady As She Goes" music video), a Harmony Rocket, a 1970s-era Crestwood Astral II, and what would become the first of three custom Gretsch Rancher Falcon acoustic guitars. While with the Stripes, any equipment that did not match their red/black/white color scheme was painted red. On Black Friday in 2013, Third Man Records diversified and launched

8008-591: The key artists in the garage rock revival of the 2000s. For his various collaborations and solo work, White has won regional, national and international awards, including twelve Grammy Awards (from a total of 33 nominations). Nashville mayor Karl Dean awarded White the title of "Nashville Music City Ambassador" in 2011. Rolling Stone ranked him number 70 on its 2010 list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". David Fricke 's 2011 list ranked him at number 17. He has won twelve Grammy Awards, with 33 nominations, and three solo albums have reached number one on

8112-432: The longest time I did not want to have my own studio gear, mostly because with the White Stripes I wanted to have the constriction of going into a studio and having a set time of 10 days or two weeks to finish an album, and using whatever gear they happen to have there. After 10 to 15 years of recording like that I felt that it was finally time for me to have my own place to produce music, and have exactly what I want in there:

8216-453: The mark whether or not you’re in on the joke." Portlandia also won an Emmy Award in 2011 for Outstanding Costumes for a Variety Program or Special and was also nominated for Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series and Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series in the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards . Former Portland mayor Sam Adams (2009 to 2012) also appeared on the show and proclaimed January 21, 2011, Portlandia Day. The proclamation included

8320-464: The number grew to 725,000, a figure that does not include an estimated 500,000 online preview viewings on IFC.com, Hulu and YouTube during the days before the official IFC premiere. As of May 1, 2012, the series was available to watch on Netflix in Ireland and the UK. The show has received mostly positive reviews from television critics. Review aggregator site Metacritic has given the first season

8424-513: The only duet to perform a Bond theme. As a solo artist, White has released six solo studio albums , which have garnered critical and commercial success. He is a board member of the Library of Congress ' National Recording Preservation Foundation . His record label and studio Third Man Records releases vinyl recordings of his own work as well as that of other artists and local school children. His second studio album, Lazaretto (2014), broke

8528-453: The quality and integrity of recorded music are captured and preserved". Much has been made of White's "showmanship" and affectations. Since the beginning, critics have debated the "riddle" of White's self-awareness against his claims of authenticity, with people falling on both sides of the issue. Joe Hagan of The New York Times asked in 2001, "Is Mr. White, a 25-year-old former upholsterer from southwest Detroit, concocting this stuff with

8632-555: The quietness of copper reaches out. We take that stillness into ourselves, and somewhere deep in the earth our breath becomes her city. If she could speak this is what she would say: Follow that breath. Home is the journey we make. This is how the world knows where we are." Despite being funded largely by the City’s Public Art Program, Kaskey retained the copyright to the sculpture and has threatened lawsuits against unlicensed depictions of Portlandia. The statue appears in

8736-559: The record for most first-week vinyl sales since 1991, holding that record until 2021. White has an extensive collection of guitars and other instruments and has a preference for vintage items that often have connections to famous blues artists. He is a vocal advocate for analog technology and recording techniques. A key artist of the 2000s garage rock revival , White is known for his distinctive musical techniques and eccentricity. He has won 12 Grammy Awards among other accolades . Rolling Stone included him on their 2010 and 2023 lists of

8840-421: The release of two singles. They released their third studio album, Help Us Stranger , in 2019. Critically praised, the album was followed by a US tour. On January 30, 2012, White released " Love Interruption " as the first single off his debut, self-produced solo album, Blunderbuss , which was released on April 24, 2012. The album ultimately debuted number one on the Billboard 200 chart, and in support of

8944-457: The series was renewed for an eighth and final season to debut in 2018. Filming for the final season began in Portland in June 2017. Most of the sketches on Portlandia feature Armisen and Brownstein playing one of a variety of pairs of characters, most of which appear in multiple episodes. One of those pairings is "Fred and Carrie", a naturalistic depiction that is supposed to represent versions of

9048-455: The show to promote itself, but the relationship broke down in 2016. The volunteer board wrote in a blog post that the bookstore and staff were mistreated during a filming session, and went on to say that "the Women and Women First segments ... are trans-antagonistic and trans-misogynist and have only become more offensive as the show goes on." Portlandia won a Peabody Award in 2011 "for its good-natured lampooning of hipster culture, which hits

9152-472: The single "Blue Orchid", White employed an Electro-Harmonix Polyphonic Octave Generator (POG), which let him mix in several octave effects into one along with the dry signal. He plugs this setup into a 1970s Fender Twin Reverb "Silverface" and two 100-Watt Sears Silvertone 1485 6×10 amplifiers. He also used a 1960s Fender Twin Reverb "Blackface". On occasion, White also plays other instruments, such as

9256-509: The single and accompanying music video for " Fell in Love with a Girl ". White subsequently began collaborating with artists such as Loretta Lynn and Bob Dylan . In 2005, White founded the Raconteurs with Brendan Benson , and in 2009 founded the Dead Weather with Alison Mosshart of the Kills . In 2008, he recorded " Another Way to Die ", the title song for the 2008 James Bond film Quantum of Solace , alongside Alicia Keys , making them

9360-676: The song " Another Way to Die ", the theme song for the James Bond film Quantum of Solace . In October 2009, Mosshart confirmed that the second album was "halfway done", and the first single, " Die by the Drop ", was released on March 30, 2010. The new album (again on the Third Man Records label) was titled Sea of Cowards and was released on May 7 of that year in Ireland, on May 10 in the United Kingdom, and on May 11 in

9464-648: The song " Lazaretto "). During the supporting tour, he performed the longest show of his career on July 30, 2014, at the Detroit Masonic Temple , and later performed as one of the headliners at the Coachella Festival over two weekends in April 2015. On April 14, 2015, White announced that the festival would be his last electric set, followed by one acoustic show in each of the five U.S. states he had yet to perform in, before he would be taking

9568-514: The statue in a Maryland suburb of Washington, D.C. , and sent the parts to Portland by ship. It was assembled at a barge-building facility owned by Gunderson, Inc, and was installed on the Portland Building on October 6, 1985, after being floated up the Willamette River on a barge . The statue is based on the design of the Portland city seal . The statue depicts a female figure, Lady Commerce, dressed in classical clothes, holding

9672-471: The title sequence of the TV series Portlandia , the result of "lengthy" negotiations with Kaskey that required the statue not be used "in a disparaging way". In 2012, Laurelwood Brewing used an illustration of the statue on the label of Portlandia Pils , a beer it introduced; the brewery later found out about Kaskey's copyright and reached a cash settlement with Kaskey. Jack White John Anthony White ( né   Gillis ; born July 9, 1975)

9776-595: The tour took place in small, club-like venues and were announced only days before they happened. The first leg of the No Name Tour had 43 ticketed shows in the United States, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, South Korea, and the United Kingdom. On November 15, Jack White announced the second leg of the No Name World Tour, which will consist of 52 higher ticketed shows in eight more countries. It will span from November 17th 2024 to May 24, 2025. White has also had

9880-419: The watch manufacturer Shinola to open a retail location in Detroit. White has provided financial support to institutions in his hometown of Detroit. In 2009, White donated almost $ 170,000 towards the renovation of the baseball diamond in southwest Detroit's Clark Park. The Detroit Masonic Temple was nearly foreclosed on in 2013 after it was revealed that owners owed $ 142,000 in back taxes. In June 2013, it

9984-607: Was Polish, while his father was Scottish-Canadian. He was raised a Catholic , and both of his parents worked for the Archdiocese of Detroit as the building maintenance superintendent and secretary in the cardinal's office, respectively. Gillis became an altar boy , which landed him an uncredited role in the 1987 movie The Rosary Murders , filmed mainly at Most Holy Redeemer parish in southwest Detroit. He attended Cass Technical High School in Detroit. Gillis' early musical influences were his older brothers, who were in

10088-422: Was featured on The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams , released on October 4, 2011. In that same year, he produced and played on Wanda Jackson 's album The Party Ain't Over . To her delight, his studio also released the album on a 7-inch vinyl . White also appeared on AHK-toong BAY-bi Covered , performing a cover of U2 's " Love Is Blindness ". White has worked with other artists as well, including Beck ,

10192-485: Was largely recorded in the attic of his parents' home. As their fame grew beyond Detroit, the Stripes became known for their affected innocence and stripped-down playing style. In particular, White became distinguished for his nasal vocal delivery and loose, explosive guitar delivery. In an early New York Times concert review from 2001, Ann Powers said that, while White's playing was "ingenious", he "created more challenges by playing an acoustic guitar with paper taped over

10296-429: Was painted copper color. However, he decided to create a second version with a completely copper body, which White began to use instead. For the Raconteurs first tour, White also played a Gretsch Anniversary Jr. with a Bigsby vibrato tailpiece and three Filtertron pickups. He later added a custom Gretsch Anniversary Jr. with two cutaways, a lever-activated mute system, a built-in and retractable bullet microphone, and

10400-466: Was released on August 2, 2024. It received acclaim from critics, who noted his return to blues, the album's raw nature and the similarity to the sound he championed with the White Stripes. The method of the album's release was said by the Detroit Free Press to have "made a stand for rock mystique". Jack White has been on the "No Name Tour" since July 27, 2024. Shows on the first leg of

10504-406: Was released on March 23, 2018. Like its two preceding albums, it landed at number one on the Billboard 200 chart. In promotion of his album, White appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and on Saturday Night Live as the musical guest, where he played " Over and Over and Over " and "Connected by Love". White released Jack White: Kneeling at The Anthem D.C. , his first concert film as

10608-608: Was released on Region 1 DVD and Blu-ray on September 25, 2012, and Region 4 on August 7, 2013. The two disc set consists of all ten episodes of season two. Special features include; "Portlandia: the Tour: Seattle" Featurette, "Inside Portlandia" Featurette, "Feminist Bookstore" Deleted Scene, "Brunch Village: the Director's Cut", Excerpt from the Portlandia book and Audio Commentary by Armisen, Brownstein and Krisel. There

10712-514: Was revealed that White had footed the entire bill. To thank him for the donation, the temple has decided to rename its second largest theater the Jack White Theater. The National Recording Preservation Foundation received an inaugural gift of $ 200,000 from White to use toward restoring and preserving deteriorating sound recordings on media such as reel-to-reel tape and old cylinders . The foundation's director, Eric J. Schwartz said

10816-460: Was too expensive, and abandoned the practice at the conclusion of the tour. Blunderbuss was ultimately nominated for several Grammys, including Album of the Year, Best Rock Album, and Best Rock Song for "Freedom at 21". On April 1, 2014, White announced his second solo album, Lazaretto , inspired by plays and poetry he had written as a teen. It was released on June 10, 2014, simultaneously with

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