Nov 242014
On his new 7″ single “Would You Fight For My Love?”, Jack White covers an obscure artist called Hello=Fire. In the ‘Seven Degrees of Jack White’ game though, they’re only a few steps away. Hello=Fire is a project from White’s bandmate in the Raconteurs and the Dead Weather, Dean Fertita. They released one album in 2009, and the closing song “Parallel” was co-written with another Raconteurs bandmate: Brendan Benson.
Where the original was a trippy psych-rock jam, White turns it into a mandolin-and-fiddle country swing, featuring rollicking barrelhouse piano from the late Ikey Owens. Until it explodes that is. Stream it below.
[audio: /Miscellaneous/Parallel.mp3]Buy the new 7″ at Third Man Records.
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[…] Co-written by The Raconteurs’ Brendan Benson and released via Fertita’s 2009 album as Hello=Fire, the original version of “Parallel” was a woozy, psychedelic rocker. Here in White’s hands, however, the song’s been transformed into a twangy-meets-synthrock opus, complete with keys from the late Isaiah “Ikey” Owens. It’s an interesting take to say the least and showcases the Third Man label head’s inventiveness. Take a listen at Cover Me Songs. […]