The White Stripes
Live at the Masonic Temple, Detroit
October 1, 2005
For all the national attention given to the White Stripes as the current “Detroit band” – Jack’s liner notes for the new Stooges reissues, the ubiquitous critical references to auto factories and smokestacks – it’s rarely acknowledged that, quite frankly, Jack and Meg don’t play hometown shows all that much. Since 2002, when the indie-breakthrough gravy train really kicked into high gear, the Stripes in Detroit have been a semi-annual prospect at best; with touring commitments in countries as far-flung as …