| The Raconteurs tickets are now available and | | | | had to evolve sometime. In The Raconteurs, |
| can be bought or sold online at | | | | that evolution appeared to be from blues-rock |
| | | | to…well, blues-rock with other |
| With The White Stripes rising to success and | | | | influences. Psychedelic ones, largely looking |
| prominence in the early aughts, it surprised | | | | to the '60s pop of the Rolling Stones and the |
| few that Jack White's newest project, the | | | | Beatles. |
| Detroit band The Raconteurs, would also | | | | |
| quickly find success. Allowing White (along | | | | The band was received well, though not |
| with collaborator Brendan Benson) to try | | | | necessarily enthusiastically. Many fans of |
| things he doesn't usually blend into his | | | | The White Stripes didn't see enough of a |
| work, The Raconteurs had a similar but still | | | | difference between the two to really switch |
| distinct sound than The White Stripes. | | | | camps or delve deeply into White's newest |
| | | | project. But The Raconteurs sophomore release |
| To understand where the band's roots lay, you | | | | altered that by a bit. |
| first have to go back in time to 2003, when | | | | |
| The White Stripes found mainstream success | | | | In 2008, they released Consolers of the |
| with Elephant. After that record, Jack White | | | | Lonely. The sepia-toned album cover, which |
| and singer/songwriter Brendan Benson teamed | | | | makes the band look like blues-rock from the |
| up and collaborated on the song "Steady as | | | | Civil War period rather than a modern day |
| She Goes." After that, they put a band | | | | rock outfit, sends a message that this is |
| together, forming the Raconteurs with several | | | | music out of time. More than a reference to |
| other musicians. | | | | the Civil War, it probably hints at the bands |
| | | | in the '60s that often portrayed themselves |
| Their first release, 2006's Broken Boy | | | | as bands out of time (some of which had album |
| Soldiers, attracted a fair share of notice | | | | covers similar to Consolers of the Lonely). |
| from the music press and fans alike. Most | | | | Regardless, it was much better received than |
| eyes, however, were on White, and what | | | | The Raconteurs previous album. The true |
| direction he would go after The White | | | | testament of their success was the fact that |
| Stripes. The blues-based rock that Detroit | | | | more people were buying The Raconteurs |
| was best known for, and which the The White | | | | tickets. |
| Stripes undoubtedly led in the early '00s, | | | | |