Austin City Limits Review: Saturday: Jack White
By Bradford Harrison at October 14, 2012 | 7:55 pm | Print
Photo courtesy of ACL Festival
Jack White may be the last true rock star. Really. Just like films, rock is so dominated by small groups and large groups, but ultimately, they are still groups. When is the last time rock has produced someone of such shape shifting talents as Jack White?
He can claim that The White Stripes were on top of the world until they split in February 2011, as well as a being the vocalist and guitarist for The Raconteurs and the drummer of The Dead Weather. Then to top that off, White released his debut solo album, Blunderbuss, on April 24, 2012. Not a bad resume for a rock star.
It was a bit sad to have to pick sides in the AMD Stage, young, Jack White-crowd versus the Bud Light Stage, older, Neil Young-crowd, but you have to make choices as a festival goer, and I think most people were happy with their choice. Jack White truly displayed incredible range with songs like “Ball and Biscuit” and “Steady, As She Goes”, as well as playing some great gems from his new solo album “Freedom at 21″ and “Hypocritical Kiss”
Seemingly perfect for a Saturday night ACL headliner, Jack White in no way disappointed, and added another legend to his belt with his supremely satisfying set on Saturday night.
Below is a set list for the show:
The Hardest Button to Button
(The White Stripes song)
Freedom at 21
Love Interruption
Weep Themselves to Sleep
Cannon/John the Revelator
(The White Stripes song)
Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground
(The White Stripes song)
Trash Tongue Talker
Top Yourself
(The Raconteurs song)
Hotel Yorba
(The White Stripes song)
I’m Slowly Turning Into You
(The White Stripes song)
Hypocritical Kiss
Steady, As She Goes
(The Raconteurs song)
Two Against One
(Danger Mouse cover)
We’re Going to Be Friends
(The White Stripes song)
Screwdriver / Blue Blood Blues
(The Dead Weather song)
Ball and Biscuit
(The White Stripes song)
Seven Nation Army
(The White Stripes song)