The Raconteurs biography
Future directions
In an interview in February 2010 Brendan Benson stated that the future of The Raconteurs was ambiguous, stating "I think we're all just really focused on other things." He went on to add that "it will come around and we'll get together again and hang out and maybe make a record or maybe not." On April 17, 2010, Benson and Keeler performed Raconteurs songs as The Raconteurs at Jack White's Third Man Records venue to coincide with a repressing of
Broken Boy Soldiers on copper-colored vinyl. The pair was accompanied by Mark Watrous and Andrew Higley.
The band played at the MI Fest on September 17, 2011, as well as September 15 at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. On November 12, 2011 the band played the inaugural Orlando Calling festival in Orlando, Fl. The Raconteurs announced an additional American show to play at The Tabernacle in Atlanta, Georgia on November 13, 2011. In April 2012, Third Man Records released two songs that were supposed to appear on Consolers of the Lonely; 'Open Your Eyes' and 'You Make a Fool Out of Me'. Jack White said ''Open Your Eyes' sounds like a hit. Seems like it could've been released as a single and I can't remember why it didn't make the album'. The songs are to be re-recorded for Brendan Benson's next solo album.
Members
- Jack White - vocals, guitar, keyboards, stylophone, mandolin
- Brendan Benson - vocals, guitar, keyboards
- Jack Lawrence - bass guitar, banjo, backing vocals
- Patrick Keeler - drums, percussion
Touring members and guest musicians
- Dean Fertita (2006, 2011) - keyboards, percussion, guitar
- Mark Watrous (2008) - keyboards, fiddle, percussion, violin, vocals
- Alison Mosshart (2008) - lead vocals during the Memphis show 29 September
- Meg White (2008)- drummer during an encore in a 2008 show
References
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