Suprise Street Scene Fav: The Deadweather

Instead of buying overpriced Street Scene tickets I signed up to bartend. I made $400, got free beer and got to see every band that I wanted to see. The bar I worked at was right smack dab between the two main stages and I made sure and took my dinner break when the other bands I wanted to see were playing. Some of the best parts were Band of Horses, Public Enemy, Modest Mouse (who has disappointed MANY times before but had a great show) and another bomb MIA show. My super surprise favorite of the whole event was The Deadweather though.

FUCKING ROCK AND ROLL MAN.




Seriously, with Alison Mossharts (The Kills, Discount) super strong rock star voice and no gimmicks rock and roll demeanor, Jack White on drums, guitarist Dean Ferita (Queens of the Stone Age) and Bassist Jack Lawrence (The Racountours) this super group KILLED IT! You had to fucking pull out a lighter, raise your beer, scream, air guitar, or something it was that good. Face melting. I miss rock and roll man. After Devandra Banhart and Ra RaRiot it was nice to de-pussify the air and get a real show going. You don't need gimmick to make music if you got the talent man. I can't wait to take a long drive to Vegas with The Deadweather playing!!


How It Started:
In January 2009, Mosshart, Fertita, Lawrence, and White got together for an impromptu jam at White's Third Man studio. The session was followed by two-and-a-half weeks of song writing and recording, during which the Dead Weather formed. Said White: "Things just started to happen. We didn't have a direction. We just went a song a day, two songs a day, whatever we could do and recorded them on the fly... There was no time to think about what it was. It just was."


FUCKING AWESOME

The Deadweather Website